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Feb. 14, 2001

GLENN DAVIS NEW DEAN OF MSU COLLEGE OF HUMAN MEDICINE

Contact: University Relations (517) 355-2281, or hodack@msu.edu

2/14/2001

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Glenn C. Davis will be the new dean of the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

The appointment of Davis, who is currently corporate vice president for academic affairs at Detroit's Henry Ford Health System, was approved by the MSU Board of Trustees at its Feb. 14 meeting.

The appointment, which includes a professorship in the Department of Psychiatry, is effective May 15.

Davis has been corporate vice president at Henry Ford since 1999. Prior to that he held the title of vice president for academic affairs, a post he was appointed to in 1992.

Davis also is a professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University and has served as associate dean for Henry Ford Health System Affairs.

Other positions Davis has held include the Kathleen and Earl Ward Chair in Psychiatry at Henry Ford Hospital (1990-96); vice president and medical director, behavioral sciences, Henry Ford Health system (1991-94); chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Henry Ford Hospital (1987-92); and chief of staff, Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center (1984-87).

Davis is a nationally recognized expert in the treatment of depression and manic-depressive disorder. He also has expertise in post trauma stress disorder (PTSD) and has worked with firefighters and police officers in the Detroit area who have experienced PTSD.

Davis earned his medical degree from Duke University in 1972. He did his residency training in psychiatry at the Duke University Medical Center. He also has a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Reed College of Oregon.

Davis succeeds William Abbett, who was dean from 1990 to 2000. Christopher C. Colenda has been acting dean since April.

The MSU College of Human Medicine is a national leader in the education of primary care physicians. Third- and fourth-year students' clinical education is conducted at several community campuses, located in Flint, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Saginaw and the Upper Peninsula. This concept, known as "university-based, community-integrated" medical education, was pioneered by the college and has been emulated by other medical colleges across the nation.