Research Leadership

Glenn Dillon, PhD, is Vice President of Research and Grants Administration for the American Heart Association, the largest non-governmental, nonprofit funder of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in the United States. In this role, he works with AHA volunteers, AHA leadership and an excellent research team in facilitating and managing all aspects of AHA’s research portfolio.

Prior to joining AHA, Glenn had spent his career in academia. Most recently, he was Professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Vice Provost for Health Institutes at University of North Texas Health Science Center. He also served for several years as Vice President for Research at UNTHSC. While at West Virginia University, he was Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at West Virginia University Health Sciences Center’s School of Medicine, and Vice President for Research and Graduate Education. Glenn earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, then did postdoctoral research in molecular neuropharmacology in Central Nervous Systems Diseases Research at the Upjohn Company in Kalamazoo, MI. His research lab focused on the molecular pharmacology and cellular physiology of ligand-gated ion channels in the brain.