{"id":38357,"date":"2011-05-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/05\/24\/changes-announced-in-academic-affairs\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:12:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:12:40","slug":"changes-announced-in-academic-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/05\/24\/changes-announced-in-academic-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes announced in academic affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Turpen, Ph.D., has been named assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs and Jialin Zheng, M.D., is the new associate dean for graduate studies as part of a series of changes in UNMC Academic Affairs. <\/p>\n


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\n<\/TABLE>In their new part-time roles, Drs. Turpen and Dr. Zheng will split duties previously assigned to David Crouse, Ph.D., who became interim vice chancellor for academic affairs after the untimely death of Rubens Pamies, M.D., in February. <\/p>\n

“Our growth as an institution made it necessary to adjust our operations in academic affairs,” Dr. Crouse said. “These changes are a continuation of plans started by Dr. Pamies in his time as vice chancellor for academic affairs.” <\/p>\n

Dr. Turpen will remain professor and vice chairman for education in the department in genetics, cell biology and anatomy, and Dr. Zheng will maintain his posts as professor of pharmacology and experimental neurosciences and director of UNMC’s Asia Pacific Rim Development Program.<\/p>\n

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