Consultative Review Committee on the Reappointment of Denis F. Kinane as Dean of the School of Dental Medicine |
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April 7, 2015, Volume 61, No. 29 |
Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price have announced the formation of a Consultative Review Committee to advise them on the reappointment of Denis F. Kinane as Dean of Penn’s School of Dental Medicine. Dean Kinane’s initial term as Dean will end on June 30, 2016. University policy requires that a Consultative Review Committee be established to advise the President and the Provost whenever the reappointment of a Dean is contemplated. In addition, each member of the standing faculty of the Dean’s School is given the opportunity to give confidential advice and views directly to the President and the Provost.
The members of the Consultative Review Committee are:
Chair
Joan Hendricks, The Gilbert S. Kahn Dean (SVM)
Faculty
Sunday Akintoye, associate professor of oral medicine (SDM)
Markus Blatz, professor and chair, preventative & restorative sciences (SDM)
Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia, professor of biochemistry (SDM)
Julie Fairman, Nightingale Professor of Nursing and chair, biobehavioral health sciences (SON)
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, professor and chair, pathology (SDM)
Bekir Karabucak, associate professor and interim chair, endodontics (SDM)
M. Celeste Simon, scientific director, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute and professor of cell & developmental biology (PSOM)
Students
Mark Guevarra, D’16
Fadi Raffoul, D’15
Alumni Representative
William Cheung, D’81, GD’82
Staff to the Committee
Adam P. Michaels, deputy chief of staff, Office of the President
The Review Committee welcomes and encourages input from all members of the Penn community. Communications may be directed to any member of the Committee but are most conveniently forwarded to Adam Michaels (adampm@upenn.edu), who is supporting the review process. Comments should be submitted no later than April 30, 2015. |