Tom Franklin PhD

Senior Scientific Advisor - NTEC

Dr. Franklin is an accomplished and well-published cardiovascular physiologist with 34 years of experience as a researcher, educator, and technology administrator including 18 years with Indiana University School of Medicine and most recently serving as CEO of the Texas Health Research Institute.  Dr. Franklin's distinguished career includes serving organizations such as Interscience Research Institute, McDonnell-Douglas Corp. on the NASA/USAF Project Gemini B Manned Orbital Laboratory, and as President and Executive Director of the Indianapolis Center for Advanced Research. Dr. Franklin received his Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his M.S. in Cardiovascular Physiology from Bowman Gray School of Medicine, and his B.S. in Biology from Wake Forest University.