Laura A. Siminoff to step down as dean after eight years of service
Laura A. Siminoff, PhD, whose broader vision of public health transformed the college into an interdisciplinary home for health and social services, will step down as dean of the College of Public Health on July 31. She has served in this role since 2014.
When she arrived at the university, public health was a Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)-accredited program within the former College of Health Professions and Social Work. Her transformative vision was to elevate public health as the broad umbrella under which many health and social service disciplines would thri...