Graduate School Board of Trustees

Sarah C. Larsen, PhD (Chair)
Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
University of Houston, Houston, TX

Carolyn L. Smith, PhD (Vice Chair)
Vice President of Education Affairs
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

James R. Downing, MD
President & CEO
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Steve Allen, MD, MBA
Former CEO of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Ryan Potts, PhD
Vice President
Amgen

Peter Espenshade, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology and Associate Dean for Graduate Biomedical Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD
EVP, Scientific Director
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Steven M. Varga, PhD (ex officio)
Dean
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memphis, TN

Robert Teis (student rep)
President, Graduate Student Association
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memphis, TN

Detailed information for the Board of Trustees found at, https://www.stjude.org/education-training/st-jude-graduate-school-of-biomedical-sciences/about/board-of-trustees.html