Research Day

Research Day

May 14, 2024
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Health Education Center

Core showcase graphic

May 14, 2024
10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Health Education Center

Visit with UTMB's cores and centers during this showcase event, and learn what resources are available to our research community.

Participating Cores, Centers, Institutes and Groups

Animal Resource Center (ARC)

Assay Development Service Division

Center for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics (CAST)

Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Center for Health Promotion, Performance, and Rehabilitation Research

Center for Single Cell Genomics

Center on Lung Diseases, Inflammation and Remodeling (LUDIR)

Department of Biosafety

Environmental Health & Safety

Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Core Lab

Germ-Free Mouse Facility

GSBS Automation

Houston Methodist Research Cores

Human Research Protection Program/Institutional Review Board

Inhalation Toxicology Core

Innovation and Commercialization Center

Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities

Institute for Translational Sciences - Community Engagement Core

Institute for Translational Sciences Clinical Research Center

Mass Spectrometry Facility

Microbiome and Bioinformatics Analysis Core

Office of Biostatistics

Office of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

Research Ethics Program

Research Integrity and Regulatory Affairs

Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Sealy Center on Aging

Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences

Special Pathogens of Excellence in Clinical Treatment, Readiness, & Education (SPECTRE) program

Team Science

Transgenic Mouse Core Facility

Translational Intensive Care Unit

UTMB Aerobiology Core

UTMB Institutional Biorepository

UTMB's NextGen Sequencing Core

AGENDA

8:30 a.m.
HEC 3.206
Welcome
8:45-9:45 a.m.
HEC 3.206

Keynote Address
Nirav Shah
The Future of Health and Health Care—Opportunities for Research
Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH
Senior Scholar
Clinical Excellence Research Center at Stanford University

10 - 10:45 a.m.
HEC 3.206

Research Updates
Randall  Urban, MD
Vice President and Chief Research Officer

New Leadership and What It Means for Researchers

  • Vineet Gupta, PhD, Vice President for Innovation, Technology Development & Transfer
  • Alan L. Landay, PhD, Vice President, Team Science
  • Salim Hayek, MD, Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer
  • Sanja Sever, PhD, Vice President and Director of Sealy Institute of Drug Discovery
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
HEC 1.200/1.202
Core Showcase/Break
Noon-1 p.m.
HEC 3.206

Panel Discussion - Innovation in Research
The Fourth Pilar at UTMB

  • Darrell H. Carney, Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Vineet Gupta, PhD, Vice President for Innovation, Technology Development & Transfer
  • Alan L. Landay, PhD, Vice President, Team Science
  • Peter McCaffrey, MD, FCAP, Assistant Professor, Pathology
  • Darpan I.  Patel, PhD, Assistant Dean for Translational Science and Professor, School of Nursing
  • Sanja Sever, PhD, Vice President and Director of Sealy Institute of Drug Discovery
  • Carole A. Tucker, PT, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, School of Health Professions

(box lunch served to registered participants)box lunch provided to those registered)

1-2 p.m.
HEC 1.200/1.202
Core Showcase Open