Team to evaluate health sciences education

Team to evaluate health sciences education

University Park, Pa. -- In an effort to better prepare the University to meet the challenges of health sciences in the decades to come, Penn State President Graham B. Spanier recently named the Health Sciences 2020 Team to evaluate the University's health sciences portfolio across all three missions of research, education and service. The 14-member team, led by Darrell G. Kirch, in his role as senior vice president for health affairs, includes:

-- Gordon W. Blood, professor and head, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Health and Human Development;

-- Pamela M. Cole, professor, Department of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts;

-- Raymond T. Coward (team co-leader), Raymond E. and Erin Stuart Schultz professor and dean, College of Health and Human Development;

-- Dwight Davis, associate dean for Student Affairs and Admissions, and professor, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine;

-- Davie Jane Gilmour, president, Pennsylvania College of Technology;

-- Madlyn L. Hanes, provost and dean, Capital College;

-- Peter J. Hudson, Willaman professor of biology, Eberly College of Science;

-- Darrell G. Kirch (team leader), senior vice president for Health Affairs, dean, College of Medicine, and chief executive officer, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center;

-- Berend Mets, Eric A. Walker professor and chair, Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine;

-- Paula F. Milone-Nuzzo, professor and director of the School of Nursing, and associate dean for International Partnerships, College of Health and Human Development

-- Jay Moskowitz, associate vice president for Health Sciences Research, vice dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Medicine, and chief scientific officer, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center;

-- Carlo G. Pantano, director, Materials Research Institute, and distinguished professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences;

-- C. Channa Reddy, director, Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences, and distinguished professor and head, Department of Veterinary Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences; and

-- Dennis G. Shea, professor and head, Department of Health Policy and Administration, College of Health and Human Development