{"id":39087,"date":"2011-06-28T11:51:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T15:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=39087"},"modified":"2011-07-08T08:27:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T12:27:50","slug":"search-committee-named-for-vp-for-health-affairs-and-medical-school-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/06\/search-committee-named-for-vp-for-health-affairs-and-medical-school-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Search Committee Named for VP for Health Affairs and Medical School Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst has announced the members of the search committee for the Health Center\u2019s next vice president for health affairs and medical school dean. The list includes a wide range of people including many department heads, administrative officers and students.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released to the Health Center community, Herbst said, \u201cThe membership of the committee is intended to represent our vital constituencies.\u201d Herbst also noted, \u201cWe are determined to find the most talented and imaginative leader that we possibly can, one that UConn deserves, as we march into an incredibly bright future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The search is expected to take approximately six months to complete.<\/p>\n<p>Mun Choi, dean of the School of Engineering, and Dr. Gerald Burrow, chair of the UConn Health Center Board of Directors, will serve as co-chairs of the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the UConn Health Center Search Committee are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Edward      Almonte, Police Officer, Public Safety<\/li>\n<li>Carolle      Andrews, Chief Administrative Officer<\/li>\n<li>John Biancamano,      Chief Financial Officer<\/li>\n<li>Winston      Campbell, Interim Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/li>\n<li>Jon      Goldberg, Professor, Professor of Oral Rehabilitation, Biomaterials and      Skeletal Development<\/li>\n<li>David      Henderson, Associate Dean, Medical Student Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Marc      Lalande, Senior Associate Dean, Research Planning and Coordination<\/li>\n<li>Ellen Leone,      Chief Nursing Officer<\/li>\n<li>Jay      Lieberman, Director, New England Musculoskeletal Institute, Professor and      Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery<\/li>\n<li>Les Loew,      Professor, Cell Biology and Computer Science and Engineering; Director,      Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling<\/li>\n<li>Monty      MacNeil, Dean, School of Dental Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Bruce Mayer,      Professor, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and AAUP      Representative<\/li>\n<li>Jean      Morningstar, President, University Health Professionals<\/li>\n<li>Kiki Nissen,      Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education<\/li>\n<li>Glen Russo,      Medical Student<\/li>\n<li>David      Shafer, Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial      Surgery<\/li>\n<li>Brittany      Sonnichsen, Dental Student<\/li>\n<li>Pramod      Srivastava, Professor of Immunology; Director, Neag Comprehensive Cancer      Center<\/li>\n<li>Mike      Summerer, Director, John Dempsey Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Sandy      Weller, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Microbial and      Structural Biology<\/li>\n<li>Staff to the      Committee: Kathleen Kay, UConn Health Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Herbst also announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kornferry.com\/bios\/WarrenRoss\">Dr. Warren Ross of Kom\/Ferry International<\/a> will assist in the international search in order to build a greater pool of candidates. Before coming to Korn\/Ferry, Ross served as executive associate dean at the University of Florida\u2019s College of Medicine, followed by appointment as chief executive officer of the University of Florida Health System. He has extensive experience with academic medical centers and leadership searches.<\/p>\n<p>Herbst says she and UConn Provost Peter Nicholls will be visiting the Health Center regularly to \u201cgather your reflections on the future, and to hear your hopes for our next leader.\u201d The first town hall meetings are scheduled for Thursday, August 11, or Monday, August 22, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Keller Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>Herbst also urged Health Center employees to begin thinking of colleagues around the nation to nominate as candidates for the position of vice president and send any nominations to Kathleen Kay at <a href=\"mailto:kkay@uchc.edu\">kkay@uchc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst has announced the members of the search committee for the Health Center\u2019s next vice president for health affairs and medical school dean. The list includes a wide range of people including many department heads, administrative officers and students. In a statement released to the Health Center community, Herbst said, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[56],"class_list":["post-39087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 05:36:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39087"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47037,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39087\/revisions\/47037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39087"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=39087"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=39087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}