Research Leadership

Dimitrios Karamichos, PhD, FARVO
Vice President, Research and Graduate Studies
Executive Director & Endowed Chair, NTERI
Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacology & Neuroscience

Robert McClain, PhD
Associate Vice President
Research & Commercialization
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Adrian Denvir, PhD
Interim Associate Vice President
Office of Research Administration

Cameron W. Cushman
Assistant Vice President, Innovation Ecosystems
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Mazen Barakat, MBA
Assistant Vice President, Budget & Finance
Division of Research & Innovation

Noah Drew
Associate Vice President
Research Operations

Karissa O’Brien, MBA
Assistant Vice President
Office of Sponsored Programs

Research Directors

Egeenee Daniels, DVM
Executive Director
Department of Lab Animal Medicine

Tania Ghani, MS, CIP
Executive Director
Office of Research Compliance

Meredith Fogleman, MBA
Director
Research Enhance & Assist Program

Sam Dean
Director of Communications
Division of Research and Innovation

Itzel Pena Perez, MS, CIP
Director
North Texas Regional IRB

Amanda Hatcher, MBA
Director of Grant Accounting & Fiscal Compliance
Sponsored Program Accounting

Gregory Harris
Associate Director
Research Information Systems & Analytics