Dr. Richard V. Homan was appointed dean and senior vice president for health affairs for the Drexel University College of Medicine. The announcement was made by President Papadakis. Homan, who was appointed after a national search, will join Drexel on September 1 from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas, where he has been the dean of the School of Medicine since 2001 and vice president for clinical affairs since 2003. At Drexel, Homan will report directly to President Papadakis. Homan joined the Texas Tech faculty in 1989 as assistant professor in the department of family and community medicine. He was named associate professor with tenure in 1993 and professor with tenure in 2001. He also held the positions of Paul and Eva Braddock Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine for the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center’s Lubbock, El Paso, Amarillo and Odessa academic campuses (1994-2001); associate dean for clinical affairs and finance (2001); and dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (2001-03). Homan oversaw comprehensive management of all activities of the Texas Tech School of Medicine across the Lubbock, El Paso, Amarillo and Odessa campuses. He served as chief executive officer of the $250 million operating budget of the School of Medicine and Faculty Practice Plan; chief academic officer of the School of Medicine; board member of the University Medical Center; and board chairman of the 501 3C corporation Texas Tech Physician Associates. Homan received a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science from Brown University in 1978 and his medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1982. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University from 1982-85 and served as chief resident of Hershey’s Department of Family and Community Medicine from 1984-85.