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Center for Pediatric Experimental Therapeutics

Mission

The mission of the Center for Pediatric Experimental Therapeutics is the integration of basic, applied, and clinical sciences on the development of new treatments for childhood diseases.

Benchmarks for success include: 

  1. the number and quality of publications,
  2. the quantity and quality of competitive funding to support Center activities,
  3. the training opportunities for students, residents and postdoctoral fellows, and
  4. the educational offerings by Center investigators to the scientific community.

Specific Goals

 

Annual Report

Leadership

jarrod fortwendel

Jarrod Fortwendel, PhD
Director
jfortwen@uthsc.edu

  • Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science 
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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Glen E. Palmer, PhD
Scientific Advisor
gpalmer5@uthsc.edu 

  • Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, UTHSC College of Pharmacy

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P. David Rogers, PharmD, PhD, FCCP
Scientific Advisor
dave.rogers@stjude.org

  • Member, St. Jude Faculty 
  • Chair, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 
  • Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Brian M. Peters, PhD 
Scientific Advisor
brian.peters@uthsc.edu 

  • Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science 
  • First Tennessee Endowed Chair of Excellence in Clinical Pharmacy
  • Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry

 

Last Published: Mar 14, 2025