New Roles Mark Changes in HMS Dean's Office
Harvard Focus, August 29, 2003
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HMS dean Joseph Martin recently announced several changes in the Dean's Office administration, effective Sept. 1. Dennis Kasper will step down as HMS executive dean for academic programs and concentrate on leadership of the Channing Laboratory and the new HMS initiative to develop therapeutics and vaccines against biological weapons. As a result, Raphael Dolin will become HMS dean for academic and clinical programs and assume several of Kasper's responsibilities, including oversight of Faculty Affairs. Dolin will continue to be responsible for hospital relations, clinical programs , clinical research issues, and graduate medical education. He will be assisted by Jules Dienstag, who will become the HMS associate dean for academic and clinical programs. Nancy Andrews will assume the new position of HMS associate dean for basic sciences and graduate studies. She will oversee the graduate programs and the Division of Medical Sciences and will chair a new basic science faculty advisory committee intended to provide more opportunity for involvement of the junion faculty in the activities of the School. The Office of Technology Licensing will now report to Andrew's office. She will chair a search committee to identify her successor as director of the MD-PhD program. |