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Office of Research Affairs

 



Schedule of Events

Annual Medical School Research Retreat,
Keynote Address: Douglas Fearon, M.D.
The University of Cambridge
September 25, 2008

Mitchell Lazar,M.D., Ph.D.,
Director of Institute of Diabetes, Metabolism and Obesity
University of Pennsylvania
October 23, 2008

Marshall Nirenberg, Ph.D.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
March 11, 2009

David Russell, Ph.D.
Professor, Biophysics and Molecular Genetics
UT Southwestern Medical Center
March 25, 2009

Douglas Mann, M.D., F.A.A.C.
Professor Medicine-Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine
April 22, 2009

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Its growth and development are highly valued and various activities and programs exist to support and stimulate the intellectual life of the faculty, graduate, and post-graduate trainees through programs offered by the Research Committee, Graduate Student Education Committee, and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.

The Office of Research Affairs has a firm commitment to advancing the research enterprise of the Medical School by providing input on research and research related policy matters to the Dean, the Administrative Council, and the Faculty Senate as follows: 

  • Identification and consideration of research areas for development, especially in regard to the establishment of centers and interdisciplinary programs.

  • Identification of facilities and equipment needed for replacement and development.

  • Development of strategies for expanding activities in clinical and basic research.
    Establishment of a plan and guidelines for the Medical School to more actively participate in technology transfer.

  • Establishment of a plan and guidelines to more actively participate in technology transfer.

  • Advise on use of institutional resources and the acquisition of outside funds for the development of research programs to make the research efforts of the school visible to the public.

The Office of Research Affairs also screens and identifies nominees for extramural funding opportunities with limited submission criteria, approves visiting student appointments, and is responsible for the oversight and management of the Interim Grant Assistance Programs, the Annual Medical School Research Retreat, the Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture, the Dean’s Lecture Series and the Cheves Smythe Distinguished Lecture.

For additional information, please contact Kimberly Campbell:
Phone:  713-500-5605
Address:  6431 Fannin, Suite MSB G.300, Houston, Texas 77030
E-mail:  kimberly.j.campbell@uth.tmc.edu


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