STONY BROOK, NY., July 19, 2006—Craig Lehmann, Ph.D., has been named Interim Executive Dean of Health Sciences at Stony Brook University effective immediately, President Shirley Strum Kenny announced today. Lehmann will be responsible for the administration of the Schools of Nursing, Dental Medicine, Social Welfare, and Health Technology and Management and coordinate their integrated efforts with Stony Brook University Medical Center. The schools have a combined enrollment of 2,500.
Lehmann is Dean of the School of Health Technology and Management, a position he will continue to hold, where he heads some of the HSC’s fastest-growing academic programs. A Health Sciences major, in part conceived by Lehmann, has become the University’s third most popular major. As a faculty member in the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, he established an international reputation for his contributions in lipid research, clinical laboratory integration, diagnostic technology, clinical laboratory economics, and telemedicine.
“Craig Lehmann is an outstanding educator and innovator,” Kenny said. “His work in creating new academic programs in the health sciences fields has benefited thousands of students.”
The mission of the Health Sciences is to educate the men and women who will comprise the health care community of tomorrow and contribute to the knowledge base of the health sciences. Researchers in the four schools identify and solve critical questions of human health. Investigators pursue clinical research, new diagnostic methods, and patient therapies, as well as the application of new technologies in patient care.
Much of Lehmann’s research has been focused in the area of telemedicine, addressing the global needs for effective means of health care delivery. He is currently working on proposal to develop a telehealth infrastructure to provide healthcare monitoring in remote and other locations in the Dominican Republic.
In July, 2003, Lehmann chaired a group of researchers who met with chief Presidential Science Advisor John Marburger, Director of Office of Science and Technology Policy, to explore issues related medical technology and home health care. He has served as a United States Delegate for the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences at three World Congresses in Holland, Sweden, and Australia. He serves on the editorial board of Strategies for the American Association of Clinical Chemistry, and the Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
“Stony Brook’s Health Sciences Center plays a critical role in providing education and training for the next generation of healthcare professionals,” Lehmann said. “I look forward to developing new programs and creating new opportunities for additional research that will benefit the people of Long Island, the region, the state, and the nation.”
