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The Innovators podcast, a product of Harris Search Associates, features interesting conversations with global thought leaders in the areas of higher education and research, engineering, technology, and the health sciences and provides our listeners an opportunity to benefit from lessons learned from the national leaders changing the landscape of innovation and discovery.

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Bright Lights in Tennessee: UT Knoxville Recruits World-Class Researchers

Donde Plowman was appointed Chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 2019, having previously served on the faculty of business, and as Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She earned her doctorate in strategic management from the University of Texas at Austin, a master's in education from the University of North Texas, and a…

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Independent Research Institutes, Science and Cuts to Federal Support of Research

Hermann Haller, MD President, Professor, MDI Biological Laboratory; Professor, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School Haller received his medical degree from the Free University of Berlin and completed his postdoctoral work at Yale University. He has published more than 700 peer-reviewed articles, holds six world-wide patents and has founded four biotech companies. He…

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The Governments' Role in Higher Education: A Brief Oral History (with Richard L. McCormick, PhD, President Emeritus, Board of Governors and Professor of History and Education at Rutgers University)

Federal and state governments play significant roles in both public and private universities. The federal role in research is, at once, old enough to now span three-plus generations and yet recent enough that many people—ironically, those who rely on it most—are unaware of its origins. Recent actions by the federal government to cut billions of dollars from previously-approved research grants to…

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Federal Support for Scientific and Biomedical Research (with Daniel Linzer, PhD, President Emeritus, Research Corporation for Science Advancement)

Dr. Daniel Linzer retired as President Emeritus of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement in July of this year after eight years of leadership. He joined RCSA from Northwestern University where he was on the faculty as professor of molecular biosciences and served as Provost for a decade following stints as dean and associate dean of arts and sciences. Dr. Linzer earned his doctorate…

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Innovation in Funding Research (with Kevin Byrne, MBA, President & CEO, The University Financing Foundation)

Kevin Byrne is the President & CEO of TUFF, recognized for his innovative solutions to capital challenges faced by institutions. He specializes in non-traditional public-private partnerships and real estate financing for university research parks and innovation districts. Kevin holds an MBA with honors from the Wharton School and graduated with honors from Furman University, where he now serves as…

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The State of Biomedical Research (with Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA, President of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation)

Dr. Claire Pomeroy is a distinguished physician, educator, and advocate for healthcare reform. With an undergraduate and medical degree from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Kentucky, Dr. Pomeroy has served on the medical faculties of the University of Kentucky, the University of Minnesota, and UC Davis, where she became the dean of the School of Medicine and is now…

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Opioids in America: A Crisis Without End (with Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH, Vice President for Research; Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Health San Antonio)

In this episode of INNOVATORS, Dr. Jennifer Potter's talk offers an in-depth analysis of the enduring and deadly opioid crisis in America, exploring the factors that have sustained this epidemic for decades and assessing recent developments in overdose trends to understand their implications for the future. Originally from Canada, Dr. Potter earned her undergraduate degree from Queen's University,…

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The Successful Start of a New Medical School: A Conversation with Mark A. Schuster, MD, PhD (Founding Dean and CEO; Professor, Health Systems Science at Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine)

In recent years, a number of new medical schools – both allopathic and osteopathic – have launched and still more are in preparation. In 2017 Kaiser Permanente announced the appointment of Dr. Mark A. Schuster of Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital as the founding dean of the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. A renowned figure in pediatric, adolescent, and…

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Data Science and the Study of Alzheimer's (with Christopher Gaiteri, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Empire Innovation Scholar, SUNY Upstate Medical University)

Christopher Gaiteri, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Empire Innovation Scholar at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Dr. Gaiteri earned his undergraduate degree from Washington & Lee University and his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. He joined Rush University as assistant professor of neurological sciences and computational neuroscientist after…

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The Development and Evolution of Data Science: Potential and Leadership (with Philip E. Bourne, Ph.D., Founding Stephenson Dean, School of Data Science and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia)

Dr. Philip Bourne, founding Stephenson Dean of the School of Data Science at the University of Virginia, established in 2019 with a gift of $120 million. Dr. Bourne's career encompasses work at Columbia University, the University of California at San Diego, and the National Institutes of Health and includes motorcycle jaunts throughout western Virginia and beyond. We spoke with him at his office…

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