Tag: Dr. Jessica Snowden

After Longstanding and Outstanding Commitment to Research and Graduate Training, Dr. Donald Thomason Returns to Mentoring and Educating Students

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Education
Portrait of Dr. Donald Thomason

After serving with great distinction and dedication since 2012 as the dean of the College of Graduate Health Sciences, effective today, esteemed leader and colleague Donald Thomason, PhD, returns to his passion and to direct activities in teaching and mentoring students.  Since becoming a faculty member at UT Health Science Center in the Department of Physiology in… Read More

The Fight of Our Lives: Advancing Cancer Research in Tennessee

Written by Jessica Snowden

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Clinical CarePublic ServiceResearch

As a pediatrician, I’ve been at the bedside of countless families whose lives changed in a moment when they learned their child had cancer. As a daughter and patient, myself, I’ve scrambled to learn as much as I could about new diagnoses, treatments, and testing for adult cancers, all while wondering if this was the… Read More

New Vice Chancellor for Research Happiest When Helping Others Solve Problems

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research

Jessica Snowden, MD, did not set out to be a scientist. The new vice chancellor for Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center initially planned to be a pediatrician and a teacher. That is, until an infectious disease fellowship expanded her view of medicine and health care. “I was in Arkansas for my… Read More

Nationally Known Pediatric Infectious Disease Researcher Named Vice Chancellor for Research

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research

After an extensive national search, Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, FAAP, MHPTT, a nationally recognized pediatric infectious disease specialist and researcher, has been named the new vice chancellor for Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, effective September 1. She will also serve as a professor in the College of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics. Currently the… Read More