172% Return on Investment

As of Feb 2009, SALSI has helped researchers acquire an additional $8,264,825 in research funding on top of the $4,810,473 that was originally awarded.

Cumulative additional funds (in millions) raised. No data collected in ‘07.

Biomedical Engineering Program Growth

Number of graduate students in Biomedical Engineering.

	PhD students
	MS students

119

Research Publications

As of 2010, 119 joint research publications have resulted from SALSI-supported activities.

20

Joint Inventions

As of 2010, 20 inventions have resulted from SALSI collaborations such as a Chlamydia vaccine being developed with MERCK.

Committee Members

Spencer Redding, D.D.S., Med Committee Co-Chair Professor/Chair Dental Diagnostic Science UTHSCSA		Andrew T. Tsin, Ph.D. Committee Co-Chair Professor/Dean Biochemistry/Physiology UTSA
Sunil Ahuja, M.D. Professor Medicine UTHSCSA		Ephrem Fernandez, Ph.D. Professor Clinical Psychology UTSA
Yidong Chen, Ph.D. Professor Epidemiology & Biostatistics UTHSCSA		Brenda Hannon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Psychology UTSA
Donald Dougherty, Ph.D. Professor Psychiatry UTHSCSA		Joo L. Ong, Ph.D. Professor/Chair Biomedical Engineering UTSA
Ellen Kraig, Ph.D. Professor Cellular & Structural Biology UTHSCSA		Lloyd Potter, Ph.D. Professor/Interim Chair Demographics UTSA
Gail Tomlinson, M.D., Ph.D Professor/Greehey Chair in Genetics of Cancer Pediatrics UTHSCSA		Miguel Yacaman, Ph.D. Professor/Chair Physics UTSA

Alternate Committee Reviewers

Hanna Abboud, MD Professor Medicine UTHSCSA		Michael Baumann, Ph.D. Associate Professor Psychology UTSA
Helen Hazuda, MD Professor Medicine UTHSCSA		Rena Bizios, Ph.D. Professor of Cellular & Tissue Engineering Lab Biomedical Engineering UTSA
Syed Imam, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Medicine UTHSCSA		Thomas Coyle, Ph.D. Associate Professor Psychology UTSA
Thomas Oates, Jr., DMD, Ph.D. Professor Periodontics UTHSCSA		Waldemar Gorski, Ph.D. Professor/Chair Chemistry UTSA
Jan Patterson, MD Professor Medicine UTHSCSA		Hai-Chao Han, Ph.D. Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering UTSA
John Roache, Ph.D. Professor Psychiatry UTHSCSA		Catherine Kasper, Ph.D. Associate Professor English UTSA
Chih-Ko Yeh, Ph.D. Professor Dental Diagnostic Science UTHSCSA		Deborah Mangold, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Psychology UTSA
		Ben V. Olguín, Ph.D. Associate Professor English UTSA

Reviewers External To Committee

Jeremy Beer, Ph.D. Brooks City Base		Sandeep Dhindsa, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Buffalo
Michael Henry, DDS, Ph.D. Professor Endontics UTHSCSA		Kun Lu, Ph.D. Project Scientist UCSD

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