Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Grand Rounds
The Health Sciences Entrepreneurship (HSE) Grand Rounds seminar series features successful and engaging scientists who have proven experience in entrepreneurial ventures, sharing their stories via webcast.
The seminar series is a collaboration among the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the University of Kansas Medical Center, and the University of Utah (all Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program institutions), and University of Tennessee Health Science Center. HSE Grand Rounds presentations are scheduled for the second Friday of each month.
Upcoming Presentations

Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Vice President for Therapuetics BioVentures, LLC
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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Past Presentations
2023
Jolieke G. van Oosterwijk, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, US Biologic
"Advancing Scientific Discoveries to One Health Applications"
April 19, 2023
Curator’s Distinguished Professor
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri
"Translational Advances in Neurodegenerative Diseases"
2022
Vice Provost for Research and Innovation
Wes Smith Distinguished Chair in Geriatrics for Longevity
Scientific Program Manager, SBIR Development Center
Distinguished Professor, UTHSC
2021
Curator's Distinguished Professor of Radiology and Physics
Director of Technology Development
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical EngineeringDirector, Case-Coulter Translational Research PartnershipCase Western Reserve University
Assistant Dean of Education Initiatives, School of MedicineAssociate Professor, Department of Nutrition, Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterCase Western Reserve University
Assistant Vice President, Enterprise and Innovation
Executive Director (Interim) Center for Medical Innovation
Director of Research, UTHSC Graduate School of Medicine (Knoxville)
Director of Amyloidosis and Cancer Theranostics
Co-Founder and interim Chief Science Officer, Attralus, Inc.
"The Road to a Collaborative Corporate-Academic Partnership for Biotechnology"
2020
Founder and Staff Renal Pathologist
NCATS SBIR/STTR Program Director, NIH
2019
CEO-Scientist for elixir international and Visiting Scientist, University of Alabama Birmingham and Coe College
President/CEO for Enable Ventures, Inc. and NuShores Biosciences, LLC
Founder and Director, HealthTech Arkansas
Director of the Whiteboard 2 Boardroom Program, University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Innovation Center
2018
Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Tennessee Research Foundation
Director, UAMS Translational Research Institute
October 12, 2018
Chief Executive Officer, PinPoint Testing
Professor Emeritus, Pharmaceutical Sciences, UTHSC
Sameer Ather, MD, PhD
Co-founder and CEO, XpertDox, LLC
Dr. Jay Gandy
Professor and Chair at UAMS