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Inaugural Celebration for THERC

The Health Research Institute hosted the inaugural celebration for the Translational Health Engineering Research Center located in Grand Rapids, MI, on Wednesday, October 1st, 2025. Remarks from distinguished leaders were featured.

Reference their profiles below to learn more about each one of them:  

Richard Koubek

  • President

Andrew Barnard

  • Vice President for Research

Caryn Heldt

  • Executive Director, Health Research Institute
  • James and Lorna Mack Endowed Chair in Continuous Processing
  • Professor, Chemical Engineering

Bapi Pahar

  • Senior Research Scientist at THERC
  • PMP Certified
  • Associate Editor for Frontiers in Viral Immunology Journal