Harris Search Associates

04/23/2026

Read our recent white paper - Deep Technology Commercialization Leadership: Aligning Research, Capital, and Translational Scale
https://harrissearch.com/pub/publications/publications/deep-technology-commercialization-leadership-aligning-research-capital-and-translational-scale/

04/18/2026

Read our recent white paper - Emergence of the Chief Data and Research Computing Officer

01/28/2026

Listen to the latest Innovators podcast with Dr. Herman Haller, MD, President and Faculty, MDI Biological Laboratory and Professor and Former Chair, Division of Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Germany

https://harrissearch.com/pub/podcast/independent-research-institutes-science-and-cuts-to-federal-support-of-research-with-hermann-haller-md-president-and-faculty-mdi-biological-laboratory-and-professor-and-former-chair-division-of-nephrology-hannover-medical-school-germany/

09/30/2025

Read "Caught in the Cross Fire"Addressing the changing research landscape: Opportunities for the Independent Research Institute community
https://harrissearch.com/pub/publications/publications/addressing-the-changing-research-landscape-opportunities-for-the-independent-research-institute-community/

09/09/2025

We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Dr. Alicia Allen as the inaugural Director of National Center for Opioid Research and Clinical Efficacy (NCOR) at the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute and Associate Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

Congrats Alicia and ACRI!

08/12/2025

Read our recent white paper" The Expanding Impact of Private Research Institutes: Partnerships, Innovation, and Societal Benefit"
https://harrissearch.com/pub/publications/publications/the-expanding-impact-of-private-research-institutes-partnerships-innovation-and-societal-benefit/

07/22/2025

Read our recent article 'Research Faculty Recruitment - A Renewed Competitive Frontier and Strategic Imperative for Higher Education' featured in Higher Education Digest

Higher Education Digest – July 2025

06/30/2025

We were thrilled to partner with Central State University (CSU) to successfully recruit Dr. Adrian Petway as Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Congratulations to Dr. Petway and CSU!
https://harrissearch.com/pub/publications/success-stories/harris-search-associates-recruits-dr-adrian-petway-as-vice-president-for-administration-and-finance-and-chief-financial-officer-at-central-state-university/

02/11/2025

Read our latest article, "Research Faculty Recruitment – A Renewed Competitive Frontier and Strategic Imperative for Higher Education"
which details the opportunities and challenges of recruiting research faculty

Jeffrey Harris is the founder and Managing Partner of Harris Search Associates where he leads the firm’s Higher Education, Academic Medicine, and Healthcare Administration practices. Founded in 1997, and modeled after the first premier management-consulting firms, Harris Search Associates is a ...

08/02/2024

We were delighted to partner with Simmons University on the successful recruitment of Dr. Ammina Kothari as Dean of the Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Congratulations Ammina and Simmons!