UT Health Science chancellor search

A 20-member committee has been appointed to find the next Chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, at Memphis. The KNS reports. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital William Evans will co-chair the search with a UT human-resources officer, Linda Hendricks. Evans is currently chairman, also, of Tennessee Technology Development Corporation.

Pew win for St. Jude's scientist

Charles Mullighan, M.D., Ph.D., in pathology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been named a Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences, for the Aussie's work related to leukemia, and will receive $240K over four years to further his research.

TTDC names chairman to succeed Marcum

Venture Nashville reports this morning on the appointment of Bill Evans (at left), who is CEO at St. Jude's in Memphis, to the chairmanship of the board of Tennessee Technology Development Corporation. Evans takes the reins from Dan Marcum, founder of Marcum Capital in Tullahoma. A specialist in the field of pharmacogenomics, Evans will work with TTDC CEO Eric Cromwell in leading the state's push to expand the knowledge-intensive, high-growth sector of the state's economy. The full story is here.