News Release

School of Public Health dean search under way.

June 11, 2004 press release from the University of Michigan School of Public Health

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Members of a committee charged with advising the provost on the selection of a new dean for the School of Public Health (SPH) met for the first time in May 2004 to hear Provost Paul N. Courant's expectations for the search. Current Dean Noreen Clark will step down from her position, effective June 30, 2005, at the completion of her second five-year term.

The search for a new dean for the School of Public Health is under way (to apply or nominate for the position, see information at right).

"Under Noreen's leadership of almost a decade, the School of Public Health has made outstanding progress and is now poised to move forward on a number of fronts," University of Michigan Provost Paul N. Courant said in a letter to faculty and staff. "I know that the School of Public Health and the entire university community are grateful for Dean Clark's dedication and leadership."

Courant asked the committee to narrow the field and report its recommendations by late in the fall term 2004.

Kenneth Warner, Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health and professor of health management and policy at SPH, is chair of the committee that will conduct a national search for Clark's successor.

Other members of the SPH Dean Search Advisory Committee include:

• Michael Boehnke, Pharmacia and Upjohn Foundation Research Professor of Biostatistics and professor of biostatistics, SPH

• Cleopatra Caldwell, assistant professor of health behavior and health education, SPH, and faculty associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research

• Lorena Estrada, doctoral student, health behavior and health education, SPH

• David Garabrant, professor of occupational medicine, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, SPH, and associate professor of occupational medicine, emergency medicine, Medical School

• Timothy R. B. Johnson, Bates Professor of Diseases of Women and Children, chair and professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Medical School; professor of women's studies, LSA; and research scientist, Center for Human Growth & Development

• Sharon Kardia, associate professor of epidemiology, SPH

• Terri Mellow, director of communications, SPH

• Kimberlydawn Wisdom, Michigan surgeon general and alumna, SPH.

Contact: Terri Mellow, director of communications
Phone: (734) 764-8094
E-mail: twm@umich.edu

All inquiries, nominations, and applications for the position of SPH dean should be submitted to:

Kenneth E. Warner

Chair, SPH Dean Search Advisory Committee
University of Michigan
3074 Fleming Administration Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
sph.search.chair@umich.edu

Paula Carabelli
Spencer Stuart
10900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310/209-0610
sphmich@spencerstuart.com

Complete text of position description.