Senior Scientist Seminar Series

Spotlighting the Research and Career Paths of Dell Med Scientists

Research improves thousands, if not millions, of peoples’ lives at a time. Join Dell Med’s Health Transformation Research Institute for the Senior Scientist Seminar Series (S⁴) to learn about the impressive career paths and impactful scientific contributions of Dell Med and UT faculty.

S⁴ is aimed at trainees, faculty, healthcare workers and the UT community at large to learn from experienced clinician-scientists.

Save the Dates, noon-1pm CST

October 15, 2026 - Alan Groves, MD, MBChB, Measuring Flow to Forget Pressure. Recording here.

December 10, 2026 - Ade Adamson, MD, MPP. Register here.

February 11, 2027 - Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernández, PhD. Register here.

Meet This Year's S^4 Speakers

Alan Groves, MD, MBChB, is a professor of pediatrics and courtesy professor in Medical Education at Dell Medical School. His primary research interest is in assessing heart function and growth using echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. Dr. Groves is also the director of neonatal research for Dell Med’s neonatal-perinatal fellowship program. He is passionate about applying ultrasound technologies within the NICU to improve care, and he has implemented targeted neonatal echocardiography and point-of-care ultrasound techniques in multiple institutions, with a focus on adherence to agreed protocols and robust quality assurance. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts, has been awarded $2.5 million in research funding, and remains passionate about improving care for pediatric patients.

Ade Adamson, MD, MPP, is a board-certified dermatologist and assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. His primary clinical interest is in caring for patients at high risk for melanoma of the skin, such as those with many moles (particularly atypical moles) or a personal and/or family history of melanoma. Dr. Adamson’s research involves understanding patterns of health care utilization including overuse and underuse in dermatology. He is interested in how effectively and efficiently the health care system delivers care to patients with skin cancer, the most common type of cancer in the United States.

Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernández, PhD, is a professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and holder of the Judson S. Swearingen Regents Chair in Engineering. Her laboratory specializes in the development of polymeric biomaterials to improve clinical outcomes of medical devices and regeneration strategies. Her expertise in biomaterials and contributions to the field have been recognized by her election as a Fellow of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.