Dr. Bethlynn maxwell

After retiring from The University of Texas System in 2019, BethLynn Maxwell provides consulting services to universities in the areas of intellectual property and conflicts of interest. Before Dr. BethLynn Maxwell retired in 2019, she was the Chief Health Research Officer in the Office of Health Affairs and an Associate General Counsel in the Office of General Counsel at The University of Texas System. The University of Texas System is comprised of five health institutions and eight academic institutions. Her responsibilities as the Associate General Counsel in the Office of General Counsel focused on provided intellectual property services and assistance to various institutions of The University of Texas System. As the Chief Health Research Officer in the Office of Health Affairs at The University of Texas System, Dr. Maxwell developed, managed, implemented and evaluated several new UT System health enterprise initiatives (e.g., clinical trial collaborations, biobank consortium, core services network, etc.). Dr. Maxwell joined the Office of General Counsel at UT System in 1997 as a patent attorney. Before joining The University of Texas System, Dr. Maxwell was a patent attorney with Fish & Richardson P.C. in Houston, TX. Before she pursued her law degree and became a patent attorney, Dr. Maxwell oversaw and managed a tissue culture core research laboratory and performed research in the Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. She received a Ph.D. and M.S. in Molecular Biology from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and a J.D. from the South Texas College of Law.