 R. Timothy Mulcahy was appointed Vice President for Research at the University of Minnesota on February 1, 2005. As Vice President for Research he is responsible for the oversight and administration of an externally-funded research program of more than $600 million on the five campuses of the University of Minnesota system.
Mulcahy has primary responsibility for the overall vitality of the University-wide research environment, including supporting evolution of new research, maintaining a competitive research infrastructure, developing and managing campus-wide research policies, and overseeing administrative management of all sponsored research activity. He is also responsible for technology commercialization activities at the University and for the administration of regulatory offices associated with research.
Since assuming his responsibilities as Vice President for Research, Mulcahy has initiated a series of programs and organizational changes designed to enhance commercialization of University-based technologies, invigorate the formation of new spin-off companies based on university research, and enrich university-business relations. These efforts have led to the reorganization of the University’s technology transfer activities into the new Office of Technology Commercialization, with its twin Licensing and Venture centers, and the creation of the Academic and Corporate Relations Center, which provides relationship management services and concierge-like access to University resources to local, national and international businesses, non-profits, and governmental agencies.
Prior to his appointment at the University of Minnesota, Mulcahy served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) from 2002 to 2005. In that capacity he was responsible for coordinating research policy development and implementation for the campus, and overseeing campus-wide compliance with federal research regulations. From 1996 to 2002 he served as Associate Dean for the Biological Sciences at UW and had administrative responsibility for the research and graduate education activities of some 40 departments or programs, 676 faculty, and 1,690 graduate students in the biological sciences.
Mulcahy earned his bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Rochester in 1973 and his doctorate in pathology and radiological sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979. In 1981 he joined the faculty of the Experimental Therapeutics program at the University of Rochester Cancer Center. In 1985 he was recruited to the University of Wisconsin, where he achieved the rank of full professor in 1991.
His research has focused on cancer biology with an emphasis on the development of novel therapeutic approaches and on the molecular mechanisms of tumor cell resistance to conventional chemotherapy. His research has spanned the spectrum from bench research to clinical trials. His laboratory group is recognized for its expertise in the regulation of two key genes involved in critical cellular protection pathways. He has trained numerous graduate students, postdocs, and medical fellows, and has published more than 85 research papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Read a Q&
A with VP Mulcahy published in the first month of his
tenure at the University.
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