Messages from the Executive Vice President

June 2, 2010

Search Committee for Chair of Department of Immunology

I am pleased to announce the launch of a national search for the next chair of the Department of Immunology. Dr. Paul Dworkin will chair this effort. The members of the committee are listed below and they will be called together in the next few weeks to begin their work. I have asked them to work diligently to identify a diverse group of candidates and I ask your assistance in this regard. Please contact Dr. Dworkin if you know of persons we might invite to submit their names for consideration.

The members of the Immunology Chair Search Committee are:

Chair: Paul Dworkin, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics

Adam Adler, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Immunology

Blanka Rogina, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology

Robert Bona, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine

Robert Clark, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Immunology

Ann Cowan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular, Microbial & Structural Biology

Kevin Dieckhaus, M.D., Associate Professor, Medicine

Bruce Mayer, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology

Roger Thrall, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Immunology

Francisco Sylvester, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Anthony Vella, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Immunology

Thank you.

Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice President for Health Affairs
Dean, School of Medicine