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Brett P. Giroir |
The Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives, Brett P. Giroir, M.D., is responsible for leading efforts that are critical to the development of the biotechnology initiatives within The Texas A&M University System and the emerging biotechnology corridor. Dr. Giroir also serves as Executive Director of the Institute of Innovative Therapeutics, a single, unified biomedical enterprise designed to improve global health through research, development, demonstration and commercialization and is President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosecurity Foundation, a coalition of academic and industry partners advancing research, education and economic development within the state of Texas and throughout the United States.
Through an extensive network of collaborative affiliations and ventures, the Office of Strategic Initiatives seeks to match A&M System expertise to the needs of industry, government and other academic institutions.
| Career | |
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| 2011-present | Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives, The Texas A&M University System |
| 2008-2011 | Vice Chancellor for Research, The Texas A&M University System |
| 2006-2008 | Director, Defense Sciences Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) |
| 2004-2006 | Deputy Director, Defense Sciences Office, DARPA |
| 2000-2004 | Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Chief Medical Officer, Children's Medical Center, Dallas |
| 1993-2008 | Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor with Tenure – Research Track, Associates First Capital Corporation Distinguished Chair in Pediatrics; UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas) |
| Education | |
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| 1991-1993 | Research Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Dallas) |
| 1990-1991 | Clinical Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| 1986-1990 | Resident, Chief Resident, Pediatrics: Children’s Medical Center Dallas and Parkland Memorial Hospital |
| 1986 | M.D., Alpha Omega Alpha, UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas) |
| 1982 | Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) |