Dr. Brian Herman is currently Vice President for Research (VPR) and Professor of Cellular & Structural Biology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). He received his graduate and postgraduate training at the University of Connecticut Health Science Center and Harvard Medical School. Following postgraduate training, Dr. Herman held the positions of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy (now Cell and Developmental Biology) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH, 1983-1998). Prior to his assuming his current position, he was the Chairperson of the Cellular and Structural Biology Department at the UTHSCSA (1998-2004). During his academic career, he has received numerous honors including an American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award, the Dozor Fellowship and two NIH MERIT awards. In 2004, he received the UTHSCSA’s highest honor, the Presidential Senior Scholar Award. He has served on and chaired numerous federal peer review grant panels, served on many editorial boards, has reviewed many manuscripts for numerous journals, and has organized, chaired and spoke at numerous international scientific meetings. He currently serves on the boards of numerous organizations including the Executive Committee of the San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (SALSI), a founding board member of the San Antonio Technology Accelerator Initiative (SATAI), the Texas Technology Research Foundation, San Antonio, Inc., BioMed SA, and serves as the Chair elect of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Research  Advancement and Development (GRAND).