Each component of Texas A&M Health has a research office that is responsible for local administration of its research programs and an associate dean (or equivalent) who reports to the Vice President for Research. Each component also has a number of signature research programs and priorities.

College of Dentistry

Kathy Svoboda
Interim Associate Dean for Research
ksvoboda@tamu.edu


Research priorities:


  • Tooth development and genetics
  • Dentin, bone and cartilage matrix biology
  • Temporomandibular joint function, dysfunction and pain
  • Implants, bone regeneration devices and devices to move teeth
  • Stem cell applications for regenerative strategies and scaffold design
  • Use of biomarkers to detect oral cancer

Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine

J. Thomas Cunningham
Senior Associate Dean for Research
jtcunningham@tamu.edu


Research priorities:


  • Aerospace medicine
  • Rural medicine
  • Brain, behavior, psychiatric and neurological disorders
  • Biomedical engineering and regenerative medicine
  • Cancer, cell and developmental biology
  • Cardiovascular, lymphatic and metabolic disease
  • Genetics, genomics and networking biology
  • Infection, immunity and inflammation

College of Nursing

Linnae Hutchison
Director of Research
llhutchison@tamu.edu


Research priorities:


  • Disease management and prevention
  • Forensic nursing
  • Health professional education
  • Health promotion and risk reduction
  • Maternal, child and adolescent health
  • Rural and underserved populations

Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy

Chendil Damodaran
Associate Dean of Research and Innovation
chendamodar@tamu.edu


Research priorities:


  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Cancer
  • Clinical trials
  • Community health
  • Drug design and discovery
  • Drug delivery
  • Drug abuse
  • Health disparities and biomarkers
  • Infectious diseases
  • Medicinal chemistry
  • Neurosciences
  • Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics
  • Pharmacy education and pedagogy
  • Pharmacy services
  • Women's health
  • Formulation development (FDD)
  • Bioavailability/bioequivalence (BA/BE)

School of Public Health

Tiffany Radcliff
Associate Dean for Research
tiffany.radcliff@tamu.edu


Research priorities:


  • Asthma research and education
  • Healthy aging through long-term care issues
  • Environment and sustainability
  • Global health research
  • Health law and policy
  • Reproductive and child health

Institute of Biosciences and Technology

Kenneth S. Ramos
Executive Director
kramos@tamu.edu


Research priorities:


  • Identify novel disease protective agents from natural sources and explore the role of the epigenome in health and disease
  • Promote the translation of discoveries in biology and engineering into interventions of value in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease
  • Determine the molecular mechanisms of infectious and inflammatory diseases and designing strategies to interfere with these processes
  • Promote the translation of discoveries in cancer cell biology into interventions of value in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease