Vice President, Health Sciences and Dean, School of Medicine
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he new VP/Dean will oversee the Division at a pivotal moment: University leadership has launched an ambitious effort to grow and align the UNR's health-science programs, in large part by creating a standalone academic division, the Division of Health Sciences. This VP/Dean will develop a vision for the enterprise which is the only comprehensive health care campus and the only medical school in the state. A central mission for the VP/Dean will be to shape and unify the newly expanded Division - comprising the Schools of Medicine, Community Health Science, Nursing, and Social Work, as well as diverse health-related programs and centers - around truly coordinated approaches to improve health professional education, research, and the quality and accessibility of health care and promotion of wellness for the citizens of Nevada.
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evada urgently requires expansion in its health-science training and research capacity. While UNR has earned a strong reputation in medical and health science education and in basic science research, the challenge is now to integrate the academic and clinical components into a coordinated enterprise to elevate a broader research enterprise, train and educate a full range of personnel for the health professions, and work with clinical partners to provide excellent care to Nevadans in both urban and rural areas.
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he University is committed to playing a central role in addressing these challenges and in 2008 it unified the health science schools under a single organization that will be led by the VP/Dean. The DHS spans two cities separated by approximately 400 miles: the Reno campus is home to the classroom learning and the majority of research, while the clinical and graduate medical education programs operate in diverse partner hospitals and clinics in Las Vegas, Reno and Nevada's rural areas. The Division and Schools have statewide missions. The Health Science Education Building is a $46 million structure which will open in 2011 to build the capability to raise the medical school class size from 62 to 100 annually and to raise the nursing class from 96 to 192 annually. Additionally, it broke ground for the Center for Molecular Medicine in Reno, the first new research building at the School of Medicine in nearly 30 years. Expansion and consolidation of UNSOM facilities to create a focal point for the School in Las Vegas is a priority.
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he VP/Dean position is an opportunity to develop an integrated academic health center, aligning the energies and accomplishments of schools and centers in ways that enable each to contribute as highly effective, integrated elements of a health science division. Reporting to the Provost and the President of UNR, she/he will lead the DHS to become a powerful resource for the state: a widely respected academic center with strong ties to the state's widely dispersed communities, a hub for globally significant health-science research, an engine for economic growth, and a source of world-class healthcare professionals to serve the state's growing health-care needs.
To express interest, email Deborah Hodson and David Bellshaw at 3932@imsearch.com.
Application review begins mid-January.
