Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences

Centers of Excellence and Research Facilities

Graduate research is significantly enhanced by the presence of many Research Centers of Excellence and Research Centers at UTHSC and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Centers add to impressive research facilities housed in the contributing departments.

Research Centers of Excellence

• Diseases of Connective Tissue: Dr. Andrew Kang, Director
• Genomics and Bioinformatics: Drs. Daniel Goldowitz, Robert Williams, Leonard R. Johnson, and Russell Chesney, Directors
• Neurobiology & Imaging of Brain Disease: Drs. Bill Pulsinelli and Burt Sharp, Directors
• Neuroscience Institute: Dr. David Smith, Director
• Vascular Biology: Dr. Lisa Jennings, Director

Research Centers

• Molecular Resource Center: Dr. William Taylor, Director and Dr. Donald B. Thomason, Executive Director
• Ophthalmology Institute- Center for Vision Research: Dr. Eldon Geisert, Director
• UT Cancer Institute: Dr. Lawrence Pfeffer, Director of Research
• Hartwell Center for Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, St. Jude: Dr. Clayton Naeve, Director
  

Revised 10 August 2004