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 DentistryFranklin Garcia-Goday, DDS, MS, PhD, Professor, Dentistry and Bioscience Research
- UTHSC College of Graduate Health ScienceDonald 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 ProfessionsStephen Alway, PhD, Professor and Dean, Physical Therapy
James Carson, PhD, FACSM, Professor, Physical Therapy
- UTHSC College of MedicineKenneth 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
Terri H. Finkel, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Associate Chair, Pediatrics
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, Chair and 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 NursingAnne 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 PharmacyGeorgi Petkov, PhD, Chair and Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Junling Wang, PhD, Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science
- UT Institute of AgricultureSoghra Jarvandi, MD, PhD, Associated Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences
Laura Stephenson, MS, PhD, Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences
- UT Graduate School of MedicineMichael Karlstad, PhD, Professor, Surgery
Deidra Mountain, PhD, Associate Professor, Surgery
Dustin Osborne, PhD, Associate Professor, Radiology
Paul Terry, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Medicine