Below is a listing of past HSE Grand Rounds seminar series presentations and links
to view them. When prompted, please login with your UT NetID and password to view
the recording and/or slides.
Chris Lorson, PhD
Curator’s Distinguished Professor MU Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Associate
Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine
"Translational Advances in Neurodegenerative Diseases"
February 15, 2023
Daniel Sem, PhD, MBA, JD
Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, Professor of Business and Professor of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Concordia University, Wisconsin and Ann Arbor
"Resources for Healthcare and HealthTech Startups: Examples from the Southeast Wisconsin
CTSI"
December 6, 2022
Watch the December 2022 PresentationPresentation Passcode: d+X0gY9i
Arny Ferrando, PhD, FISSN
Wes Smith Distinguished Chair in Geriatrics for Longevity, Health Promotion
and Frailty Prevention, Co-Director, Center for Translational Research in Aging and
Longevity, Professor, Department of Geriatrics University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences
"The Development of 463: UAMS Amino Acid Formulation"
October 27, 2022
Watch the October 2022 PresentationPresentation Passcode: 1!FEsnBF
Reema Raiklar, PhD
Scientific Program Manager, SBIR Development Center, National Cancer Institute
"Funding and Commercialization Resources and Biomedical Technologies"
May 12, 2022
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Wei Li, PhD
UTHSC Distinguished Professor, Director of UTCoP Drug Discovery Center, Faculty Director
of UTCoP Shared Analytical Instrument Facility, Founder and CSO, SEAK Therapeutics,
LLC
“The One-Mile Mark in a Marathon: First Tastes of Starting a Company in Developing
a Small Molecule Drug”
January 20, 2022
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Kattesh Katti, PhD
Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Radiology and Physics, University of Missouri
"From Lab to Market: Translating Discoveries in Green Nanotechnology Into Nanomedicine Products"
December 10, 2021
Watch the December 2021 presentation
Teddy Johnson, PE, MBA
Director of Technology Development, Institute of Translation Health Sciences, University
of Washington
"How to Know if You Have a Marketable Idea"
October 28, 2021
Watch the October 2021 presentation
Stephen D. Fening, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Director, Case-Coulter
Translational Research Partnership, Case Western Reserve University
Cheryl Thompson, PhD
Assistant Dean of Education Initiatives, School of Medicine; Associate Professor,
Department of Nutrition, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University
"Developing the Next Generation of Translational Biomedical Scientists"
May 4, 2021
Ellen Purpus, PhD
Assistant Vice President, Enterprise and Innovation, University of Nevada, Reno
"Shedding a Light on Managing Conflicts of Interest"
March 25, 2021
Watch the March 2021 presentation
Bryan McRae, MD
Executive Director (Interim) Center for Medical Innovation, University of Utah School
of Medicine
"Surgical Development and Entrepreneurship"
February 12, 2021
Watch the February 2021 presentation
Jonathan Wall, PhD
Director of Research, UTHSC Graduate School of Medicine (Knoxville)
Director of Amyloidosis and Cancer Theranostics
Co-Founder and interim Chief Science Officer of Attralus, Inc.
"The Road to a Collaborative Corporate-Academic Partnership for Biotechnology"
January 27, 2021
Watch the January 2021 presentation
Ian McClure, JD, LLM
Executive Director, Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Kentucky
Liz Knapp, MS
Program Manager, Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Kentucky
Co-Manager, Southeast XLerator Network (Hub & Communications)
Almesha Campbell
Assistant Vice President, Research and Economic Development, Jackson State University
"EnRICH Program Inaugural Year - Looking for Champions and Collaborators"
September 22, 2020
Watch the September 2020 presentation
John Chavez, MBA
President of New Mexico Angels Investment Group
"Moving Medical Technology from the Lab to the Market"
March 26, 2020
Watch the March 2020 presentation
Monica Jablonski, PhD, FARVO
Professor of Ophthalmology, Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Pharmaceutical Sciences,
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
"The First Step Is Always the Hardest"
January 10, 2020
Watch the January 2020 presentation
Karim I. Budhwani
CEO-Scientist for elixir international and Visiting Scientist, The University of Alabama
Birmingham and Coe College
"Leading the Innovation and New Knowledge Driven Economy of the Future"
November 8, 2019
Watch the November 2019 presentation
Sharon C. Ballard
President/CEO for Enable Ventures, Inc. and NuShores Biosciences, LLC
"Leveraging Non-Dilutive Federal Funding to Springboard Science & Technology Ventures"
September 13, 2019
Watch the September 2019 presentation
Jeff Stinson, CPA, MBA
Founder and Director, HealthTech Arkansas; Executive Director, Fund for Arkansas’
Future
“HealthTech Arkansas and its Contributions to Healthcare Innovation in Arkansas”
April 12, 2019
Watch the April 2019 presentation
Jim Baxendale
Director of the Whiteboard 2 Boardroom Program at the University of Missouri-Kansas
City’s Innovation Center
"University/Hospital Innovators and Technology Transfer"
January 11, 2019
View January 2019 presentation
Chris West
Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Tennessee Research Foundation; President,
ZeroTo510 Accelerator
"What We’ve Learned in Life Sciences Innovation: Practical Tips in Translational Research"
December 14, 2018
Watch the December 2018 presentation
Laura P. James, MD
Director, UAMS Translational Research Institute; Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical
and Translational Research; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, the University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences
"SMALL Business Grants: BIG Opportunities"
October 12, 2018
Watch the October 2018 presentation
Molly Wasko, PhD
Collat School of Business Associate Dean for Research, Innovation and Faculty Success; I-Corps
Program Director; CCTS Executive Council Member; the University of Alabama at Birmingham
“I-Corps@NCATS Workshop”
September 14, 2018
Watch the September 2018 presentation
Jeffery H. Moran, MD
Chief Executive Officer, PinPoint Testing, Associate Professor at UAMS
"An Unorthodox Path to Entrepreneurial Success"
April 10, 2018
Watch the April 2018 presentation
Duane D. Miller, PhD, NAI
Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UTHSC
“From Androgen Receptor Ligand Discovery to Potential Therapeutic Uses”
March 13, 2018
View the March 2018 presentation
Sameer Ather, MD, PhD
Co-founder and CEO, XpertDox, LLC, Former Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Disease,
the University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Healthcare’s Digital Future”
January 9, 2018
Watch the January 2018 presentation
Dr. Jay Gandy
Professor and Chair at UAMS, Founding Partner, Center for Toxicology and Environmental
Health (CTEH), LLC
“Lessons Learned from the Transition of Scientist to Businessman”
September 12, 2017
Watch the September 2017 presentation
