A national firm will assist an 11-person UNMC committee in the search for a new vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies.
The committee, led by Kyle Meyer, Ph.D., associate dean for the School of Allied Health Professions, and the firm, Korn/Ferry International, will soon start the national search to replace Rubens Pamies, M.D., who died unexpectedly last month at the age of 52.
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“This position is vital to UNMC’s mission to provide world-class academic opportunities for our students and we will work hard to find someone who has Dr. Pamies’ creativity and reach,” said UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D.
UNMC’s academic and diversity efforts achieved great success under Dr. Pamies, Dr. Maurer said, pointing to this week’s news that several medical center education programs made impressive jumps in the newest U.S.News & World Report rankings of graduate schools as evidence of this fact.
Joining Dr. Meyer on the search committee are:
- Bob Bartee, vice chancellor, external affairs;
- Yvette Holly, assistant vice chancellor, information technology services;
- Jeremy Peterson, president, student senate;
- Sarah Thompson, Ph.D., professor and associate dean, academic programs, College of Nursing;
- Myrna Newland, M.D., director, the UNMC Equity Office;
- David Brown, Ph.D., associate dean, academic affairs, College of Dentistry;
- Surinder Batra, Ph.D., professor and chairman, biochemistry and molecular biology;
- Jorge Rodriguez-Sierra, Ph.D., professor, genetics, cell biology and anatomy;
- Bill Lydiatt, M.D., professor, otolaryngology-head and neck surgery; and
- Renaisa Anthony, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor and deputy director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities, College of Public Health.