ETSU Vice Provost for Research

East Tennessee State University is conducting a national search for the next Vice Provost for Research and Chief Research Officer. 

At ETSU, research is a commitment to discovery, innovation, service, and meaningful impact across Appalachia and beyond. Over the past decade, ETSU’s research enterprise has grown through collaboration among faculty, students, and community partners who are addressing real-world challenges.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a collaborative, relational, and strategic leader to build upon a period of remarkable growth and help shape the next era of research, scholarship, creative activity, innovation, and sponsored programs at a regional public research university.

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• Search Committee

  Chair: Joe Bidwell, PhD
  Dean, Phil and Martha Bachman College of Arts and Sciences

  Jon Moorman, MD, PhD, FACP
  Vice Chair of Research and Scholarship, Quillen College of Medicine

  Steph Frye-Clark, D.M.A. 
  ETSU Faculty Trustee, and Faculty Senate Representative

   Saurabh Mehta, PT, PhD, GCS
  Associate Dean for Research, College of Health Sciences

  Angela Hagaman, DrPH, MA, LPCA
  Research Assistant Professor, Co-Director, Addiction Science Center

  Bess Sirmon-Taylor, Ph.D
  Council of Academic Chairs Representative

  Lynette Hamlin, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
  Associate Dean for Research, College of Nursing

  Katie Houston, Ph.D. 
  Director of Commercialization, ETSU Research Corporation

   Amy Edwards, M.B.A.
  Executive Director, Center for Community Outreach

   Alex Simmons
   Graduate & Professional Student Association Representative

  Tony Keck, MPH
  College of Public Health External Advisory Committee, Ballad Health
  Community Partner, and Alumni

  Rachel Bishop
  Contracts Officer, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Administration

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