Board

Advisory Committee Members

 

UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVES

David E. Anderson, DVM, MS, DACVS,  Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, UT College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN
Coordinator for East Tennessee, TennIRM

Ken Brown, JD, MPA, PhD, FACHE, Executive Vice Chancellor, UTHSC  Bio

Peter Buckley, MD, Chancellor, UTHSC  Bio

James Carson, PhD, FACSM, Executive Director, TennIRM  Bio

Phil Cestaro, Associate Vice Chancellor, UTHSC Research and Business Development; Executive Director, Clinical Trials Network of Tennessee (CTN2)
 
Jasbir Dhaliwal, PhD, Executive Vice President for Research & Innovation, University of Memphis; Executive Director, FedEx Institute of Technology  Bio

Steve Goodman, PhD, Professor, UTHSC Pediatrics  Bio
Industry Liaison, TennIRM

Greg Harris, Senior Director of Development, UT Foundation

Y. James Kang, PhD, Professor, UTHSC Surgery
Chief Scientist, TennIRM
 
Gabor Tigyi, MD, PhD, Harriet Van Vleet Endowment Professor, Physiology; Associate Vice Chancellor, UTHSC Global Cooperation and Industry Relations  Bio

INDUSTRIAL PARTNER REPRESENTATIVES

Shannon A. Brown, FedEx Senior Vice President (retired)
Committee Chair, TennIRM

Chris Damien, Director of Biologics R&D, Stryker 

Len Lothstein, PhD, Paradox Pharmaceuticals  Bio

Divyen Patel, PhD, CEO/Founder, Genome Explorations, Inc.  Bio

Isaac Rodrigues, PhD, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Sweetbio  Bio

Bernard Siegel, JD, Founder & Director, Regenerative Medicine Foundation  Bio

Dan Shimko, Director of Biologics R&D, Spinal & Biologics, Medtronic

Thomas "Mike" Vaughn, BS, President/CEO, Adora Life Sciences

John J. Webb, President, Tri-South Region, CIGNA