The Office of Research and Graduate Studies

• provides research administration for the UTCVM
• coordinates the Comparative and Experimental Medicine (CEM) Graduate Program
• allocates research space
• determines graduate stipends
• interacts with compliance officers and committees
• provides administrative oversight for the Tennessee Higher Education Commission Center of Excellence in Livestock Diseases and Human Health, the institutional Office of Laboratory Animal Care, and college laboratory animal facilities
• interfaces with other research units of the UT system; with other university, federal, and state agencies; and with private interests in developing and maintaining collaborative interactions and clinical trials