Mentorship

Effective mentoring is critical to the success of the TN-CTSI. The TN-CTSI has a pool of mentors with active funded research program that will provide a suitable environment for trainee research projects. Mentors have a strong mentorship track record, history of successful translational research, ability to commit the time required for mentorship, and a strong personal commitment to the academic success of junior faculty.

TN-CTSI Mentors

• UTHSC College of Dentistry
  Franklin Garcia-Goday, DDS, MS, PhD, Professor, Dentistry and Bioscience Research
• UTHSC College of Graduate Health Science
  Donald Thomason, PhD, Dean and Professor, College of Graduate Health Sciences, College of Medicine (Physiology)

  Alex Dopico, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Pharmacology

• UTHSC College of Health Professions
  Stephen Alway, PhD, Professor and Dean, Physical Therapy

  James Carson, PhD, FACSM, Professor, Physical Therapy

• UTHSC College of Medicine
  Kenneth Ataga, MD, Professor, Medicine

  Jim Bailey, MD, MPH, Professor, Medicine and Preventive Medicine

  John Bissler, MD, Professor, Pediatrics

  Dennis Black, MD, Professor, Pediatrics

  Gouyan Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

  Mace Coday, PhD, Professor, Preventive Medicine

  William Cushman, MD, Professor, Preventive Medicine

  Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, MBA, Professor, Medicine and Endocrinology

  James Dale, MD, Professor, Medicine, Infectious Disease

  Robert Davis, MD, MPH, Professor, Biomedical Informatics

  Karen Derefinko, PhD, Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine

  Marshall Elam, PhD, MD, Professor, Pharmacology

  Jay Fowke, PhD, MPH, Professor and Interim Dean, Preventive Medicine

  Mitchell Goldman, MD, Professor, General Surgery

  Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAP, Associate Professor, Surgery; Director, Pediatric Surgery

  Joan Han, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics

  Neil Hayes, MD, MPH, Professor, Internal medicine

  Gregory Heath, DHSc, MPH, Professor, Internal medicine

  Eric Heidel, PhD, Associate Professor, Surgery

  George Huang, DDS, DSc, Professor, Bioscience Research

  John Jeffries, MD, Professor, Cardiovascular Institute

  Karen Johnson, MD, PhD, Endowed Professor in Women’s Health, Preventive Medicine

  Colleen Jonsson, PhD, Van Vleet Chair of Excellence in Virology; Director, UTHSC Regional Biocontainment Laboratory

  Csaba Kovesdy, MD, Professor, Medicine

  Rebessa Krukowski, PhD, Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine

  Michelle Martin, PhD, Professor, Preventive Medicine

  Jennifer Martindale-Adams, EDD, Associate Professor, Caregiving, Aging, Dementia

  Alex Mason, PhD, Professor, Preventive Medicine

  Johnathan McCullers, MD, Professor and Chair, Pediatrics

  Ramesh Narayanan, PhD, Associate Professor, Hematology

  Linda Nichols, PhD, Professor, Preventive Medicine

  Simonne Nouer, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine

  Guiseppe Pizzorno, PhD, Pharm D, Associate Dean, UT College of Medicine in Chattanooga

  Phyllis Richey, PhD, Professor, Preventive Medicine

  Saunak Sen, PhD, Professor, Preventive Medicine

  Tiffany Seagroves, PhD, Professor, Pathology; Associate VC, Research Core Labs

  David Shibata, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Professor and Chair, Surgery

  Amber Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

  Jeffrey Towbin, MD, Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

  Johnathan Wall, PhD, Professor, Medicine

  Robert Williams, PhD, Professor and Chair, Genetics, Genomics and Informatics

  Ae-Kyung Yi, PhD, Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry

• UTHSC College of Nursing
  Anne Alexandrov, PhD, RN, CCRN, ANVP-BC, NVRN-BC, FAAN, Professor, College of Nursing, Acute and Tertiary Care

  Donna Hathaway, PhD, FAAN, Professor, Nursing

  Wendy Likes, PhD, DNSc, APRN-Bc, FAANP, Professor and Dean, College of Nursing

  Ansley Stanfill, PhD, RN, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research

• UTHSC College of Pharmacy
  Georgi Petkov, PhD, Chair and Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

  Junling Wang, PhD, Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science

• UT Institute of Agriculture
  Soghra Jarvandi, MD, PhD, Associated Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences

  Laura Stephenson, MS, PhD, Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences

• UT Graduate School of Medicine
  Michael Karlstad, PhD, Professor, Surgery

  Deidra Mountain, PhD, Associate Professor, Surgery

  Dustin Osborne, PhD, Associate Professor, Radiology

  Paul Terry, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Medicine

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