Richard Grondin, Ph.D.

Center Director

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Dr. Grondin is an associate professor in the College of Medicine with over 20 years of academic research experience having published nearly 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in the field of aging and neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, Dr. Grondin is trained and experienced with FDA-regulated requirements for nonclinical laboratory studies that specifically address data quality, integrity and reproducibility. 

As Center Director, Dr. Grondin is responsible for the overall mission of the Good Research Practices (GRP) Resource Center. Dr. Grondin actively participates in training workshops offered to students, faculty and staff, which include study planning and conduct through use of protocols and standard operating procedures, logs of use/maintenance and calibration for key equipment as well as data retention and reporting principles. The Center also consults with research core facilities to establish best practices and more effective core management. Collectively, these efforts support the University of Kentucky research community in producing data of high quality, integrity and reproducibility. Our work on implementing FDA-inspired Good Research Practices in academia has been presented at national meetings and published in a handbook (Littrell OM, et al., Costs of implementing quality in research practice. Handb. Exp. Pharmacol. 2020, 257: 399-423. PMID:31541322).