Posted 10/21/2006

Pate named associate VP for health sciences

Dr. Russ Pate, Arnold School professor of exercise science, has been named associate vice president for health sciences by Dr. Harris Pastides, USC vice president for research and health sciences.

In another appointment in the USC Office of Research, Pastides said
Dr. D. Rosemarie Booze will become associate vice president for research.

Both appointments are effective Nov. 1.

Pate will coordinate the Division of Research and Health Sciences' interactions with USC's Biomedical Research Initiative Steering Committee, the Health Sciences South Carolina collaborative, the S.C. Cancer Center, the Institute for Families in Society, the Institute for Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities and the newly formed health sciences initiative and health sciences methodology unit, which will be directed by professor of epidemiology Robert McKeown

Booze's responsibilities will include coordinating the Centenary Plan, Centers of Economic Excellence, the NanoCenter and the Office of Undergraduate Research. She also will also serve as the office liaison with the university's NanoCenter and Research Center for Fuel Cells.