About Texas Biomed

Saving Lives With the Power of Scientific Discovery

Texas Biomedical Research Institute aims to unravel the mysteries of infectious diseases through innovative thinking, creative problem solving and cutting edge technologies.

We Make Today’s Discoveries Possible of Becoming Tomorrow’s Cures.

Since its founding in 1941 by Thomas B. Slick Jr., the Texas Biomedical Research Institute has gained worldwide recognition in scientific and academic communities for the quality of its basic research.

Our scientists work each and every day to improve human health by being a world leader in lifestyle and infectious disease research. Each year, our scientists are engaged in more than 200 research projects and publish well over 100 articles in the international scientific literature.

Campus

Located on a 200-acre campus on the northwest side of San Antonio, Texas, Texas Biomed partners with hundreds of researchers and institutions around the world, targeting advances in the fight against infectious diseases impacting our communities around the world, including AIDS, TB, hepatitis, malaria, hemorrhagic fever viruses, parasitic infections and many other infectious diseases. We also study co-morbidities of infection and vulnerable populations, such as the very young and the elderly and those suffering from cardiovascular diseases and metabolic disorders.

Staff

Its staff of more than 350 employees includes a multidisciplinary team of approximately 65+ doctoral-level scientists who lead more than 200 major research projects in the Institute’s three program areas of Disease Intervention & Prevention, Host Pathogen Interaction and Population Health, as well as the Southwest National Primate Research Center. Below is an overview of our institutional leadership.

Institutional Leadership

• Board of Trustees
  Dr. James (Jamo) Rubin
  Chairman

  • President and CEO
    Dr. Larry Schlesinger
    

    • Vice President for
      Finance and Administration,
      Chief Financial Officer
      Bruce Edwards

    • Vice President for
      Advancement and Public Relations
      Corbett Christie

    • Vice President for
      Information Technology Systems,
      Chief Technology Officer
      John M. Heaner

    • Vice President for
      Research
      Joanne Turner, Ph.D.

    • Director,
      SNPRC
      Deepak Kaushal, Ph.D.

    • Co-Chair, Disease Intervention Prevention Program
      Timothy Anderson, Ph.D.

    • Co-Chair, Disease Intervention Prevention Program
      Ricardo Carrion, Jr. Ph.D.

    • Co-Chair, Host Pathogen Interaction Program
      Luis D. Giavedoni, Ph.D.

    • Co-Chair, Host Pathogen Interaction Program
      Ian Cheeseman, Ph.D.

    • Co-Chair, Population Health Program
      Shelley Cole, Ph.D.

    • Co-Chair, Population Health Program
      Jordi Torrelles, Ph.D.