Subhash Chauhan, PhD

Biography

Subhash Chauhan, PhD, is the Director of the South Texas Center of Excellence in Cancer Research at the UTRGV School of Medicine.

Dr. Chauhan earned his PhD from the Central Drug Research Institute in Lucknow, India. He later joined the University of Tennessee Health Science Center faculty, where he served as a professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy and Cancer Research Center.

Dr. Chauhan is an accomplished researcher with 24 years of experience in cancer immunology research, and he has garnered several high-award grants from the National Institutes of Health. He currently serves as Chair of the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at the UTRGV School of Medicine.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Director of South Texas Center of Excellence in Cancer Research

• Shall be directly accountable to the Chair.

• Shall be responsible for the administration of the South Texas Center of Excellence in Cancer Research.

• Shall hold regular meetings of the Center faculty to present pertinent information and to discuss issues that may include, among others, Center or SOM policies, educational, research and service programs, long-range objectives, and current problems.

• Shall recruit and recommend to the Chair the appointment of faculty and other personnel.

• Shall be responsible for the Center’s role in carrying out the programs that are the responsibility of SOM faculty.

• Shall be responsible for the implementation of all UTRGV and SOM policies and regulations applicable to the Center.

• Shall prepare the Center’s budget to be submitted to the Department/ISU Chair annually including recommendations for compensation of both faculty and non-faculty personnel.

• Shall be responsible for the budgetary control of his Center in collaboration with the Department/ISU Chair.

• Shall recommend faculty appointments, promotions, and tenure to the Department/ISU Chair and pertinent UTRGV SOM committee for review and processing.

• Shall organize the Center in a way that best serves the needs of the Center and SOM and provide for appropriate interaction with the Center faculty and between its faculty and leadership.

• Shall be responsible for the career development and mentoring of faculty members in the Center.