On Thursday, Jan. 27 the UConn Health Board of Directors held a special meeting to endorse the University’s appointment of Dr. Bruce T. Liang as UConn Health’s Interim CEO and Executive Vice President of Health Affairs.

Liang is an internationally recognized cardiovascular physician-scientist and national leader in academic medicine. He will continue to serve as dean of UConn School of Medicine and the Ray Neag Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine. Liang first joined UConn Health in 2002 as a physician-scientist faculty member and was appointed dean of the medical school in 2015. As dean he has led to new heights UConn’s advancement of medicine, medical education, and research.

Under Liang’s leadership the medical school has received record-breaking research grant funding of over $100 million year after year. He also has overseen the school’s successful implementation of a new-age, team-based and patient-centered four-year curriculum since 2016, better preparing future physicians for the rapidly evolving health care field.