Frank G. Stout, MPH
Vice President for Research Administration, Emory University

Frank G. Stout was appointed Vice President for Research Administration at Emory University in September 2000, reporting to the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and the Provost.

Frank graduated from the University of South Dakota (a family tradition) B.S. in Biology 1971, and Tulane University Medical Center with an MPH with Honors in 1977.  In 1979, he completed a special summer studies program in Systems Management at MIT’s, Sloan School of Management.

Following his graduation in 1971, Frank began his research career at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health as a research biologist working on animal and human bone marrow transplantation teams and grants/contracts that were awarded by the Federal Government to universities and corporations.  In 1978, he joined the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of Harvard Medical School as the Deputy Director of Research Administration and in 1981 he became the Director of Research Administration at New England Medical Center.  In 1986, Frank became the first administrative officer for the University of Maryland (System Wide) Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology.

He was recruited back to Boston in the middle of 1987 to the Tufts-New England Medical Center as the Vice President for Research Administration.  In 1994, the additional responsibility of Acting Vice President for Clinical Operations was added to Frank’s position, which he retained until joining Emory.

Frank has been the Principal Investigator on several grants, served on a number of different review and advisory committees at the NIH and other professional associations, served as a Board Member for companies and biotech corporations, chaired committees on behalf of the Federal Court of Newark, NJ, and has published several articles.

Current appointments include Member of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and World Intellectual Property Commission on National Systems of Innovation: Intellectual Property, Universities and Enterprises, Member of the Woodruff Health Science Center Board of Trustees, Member of the Georgia Biomedical Partnership Board of Directors, Member of The Carter Center Board of Councilors, Member of the Southeastern Universities Research Association Board of Trustees, Member of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Nominating Committee, and Ad-hoc Member of EmTech Biotech Development, Inc. Board of Trustees.