Dr. Dimitrios Karamichos | Vice President, Research and Graduate Studies

Dimitrios Karamichos, PhD, is the vice president for research and graduate studies at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. His leadership extends to the North Texas Eye Research Institute at UNTHSC, where he serves as executive director and endowed chair, a role he assumed in 2022. He recently served from 2023 to 2025 as interim dean of HSC’s College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences. As a tenured professor, he holds faculty appointments in the Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience within the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences, and in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences within the College of Pharmacy.

Prior to joining HSC, Dr. Karamichos was associate director of research at the Neuroscience Center and director of strategic partnerships in the Graduate College at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He held the W. Stanley Muenzler, MD, Endowed Professorship in Corneal Disease in the Department of Ophthalmology/Dean McGee Eye Institute at OUHSC.

With a focus on Keratoconus disease, Dr. Karamichos’ research aims to discover, develop and deliver novel therapies for the treatment of corneal trauma, diseases and dystrophies. He also investigates the role of sphingolipids in corneal wound healing, diabetic keratopathy and the application of bioengineering for corneal transplantation.

Dr. Karamichos earned his BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, England. He completed his MSc at Imperial College at the University of London with a focus on tissue engineering, imaging modalities and radiology. In 2006, he obtained his PhD in Tissue Repair and Engineering from University College London at the University of London. After earning his PhD, he completed postdoctoral fellowships at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and Schepens Eye Research Institute at Harvard Medical School in Boston.