Annual Fund

Moving Texas forward with each conversation, achievement and discovery.
We are the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology.

We invite you to join us in giving science a voice when it is needed most with your donation to the TAMEST Annual Fund. The annual fund is an important part of TAMEST’s strategy to convene the state’s brightest minds, foster collaboration and advance research and innovation in Texas. Your gift provides important support to enhance our current programs and develop new initiatives.

Annual Fund Donors

(Updated January 15, 2026)

Dereje Agonafer, Ph.D.
Bonnie Bartel, Ph.D.
Marjorie A. Beaudet and Arthur Louis Beaudet, M.D.
David E. Daniel, Ph.D.
Teresa A. Davis, Ph.D.
Sharon Y.R. Dent, Ph.D.
E. Linn Draper Jr., Ph.D.
The Honorable Gordon R. England
Richard A. Gibbs, Ph.D.
Ellen R. Gritz, Ph.D.
Selda Gunsel, Ph.D.
Yassin A. Hassan, Ph.D.
Helen Elisabeth Heslop, M.D., D.Sc. (Hon)
George J. Hirasaki, Ph.D.
Vivian Ho, Ph.D.
Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
Keith Johnston, Ph.D.
Melvin F. Kanninen, Ph.D.
Lydia E. Kavraki, Ph.D.
Robert Kennicutt Jr., Ph.D.
Jeff Kodosky
Brendan Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Marvin & Annette Lee Foundation
Kishor C. Mehta, Ph.D.
Antonios G. Mikos, Ph.D.
Richard B. Miles, Ph.D.
Ted Moise, Ph.D.
Tim Nedwed, Ph.D.
Kimberly Orth-Taussig, Ph.D.
Lindsey Howe Parham
Randall W. Poston, Ph.D.
Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH
Ruth and Ken Arnold Family Fund
Shell
Kelly Sood and Anil K. Sood, M.D.
Ganesh C. Thakur, Ph.D.
The William H. Press and Jeffrey Howell Fund
Richard D. Wood, Ph.D.