04/08/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 04/08/2026 08:40
April 21, 2026 - VIRTUAL PRESENTATION
Cross Campus Collaboration
Speaker: Jennifer Ferris, Director of Research, Knoxville
Speaker: Giuseppe Pizzorno, Chief Research Officer at Erlanger; Associate Dean for Research, COM-Chattanooga
Topics covered will include:
The coordinated research framework connecting UT Health Sciences Memphis, COM-Chattanooga/Erlanger, and UT Knoxville - enabling efficient collaboration, regulatory compliance, and responsible data governance
Shared clinical data resources and access to patient populations through the University of Tennessee Medical Center to accelerate high-impact research
Centralized support services in Knoxville, including the Office of Research Support (ORS) and Office of Biostatistics, to guide studies from concept through dissemination