by I’m happy to announce the appointment of Dr. Christine Hughes as Dean of the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, efficient July 1, 2023, and Dr. Vikas Mehrotra as Dean of the Alberta College of Enterprise, efficient April 11, 2023.
Dr. Christine Hughes
Dr. Hughes is a professor of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences. A educated chief and practiced administrator, Dr. Hughes has served the school as Interim Dean since 2021. She has additionally held quite a few different management roles within the college together with vice-dean, assistant dean of PharmD curriculum improvement, affiliate dean of undergraduate packages, and chair of the pharmacy observe division.
As a researcher, Dr. Hughes focuses on the remedy and prevention of HIV and different sexually-transmitted and blood-borne infections, in addition to the function of neighborhood pharmacists in sexual well being, together with screening, remedy and the administration of vaccines. Her medical experience and management was acknowledged with the MJ Huston Pharmacist of Distinction and the Canadian Pharmacists Affiliation Affected person Care Achievement in Specialty Apply. She is the recipient of a number of educating awards, together with the College of Alberta’s Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Instructing, the Bristol Myers Squibb, Excellence in Instructing Award, and the school’s Instructing Excellence Award.
Dr. Hughes’ imaginative and prescient for the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences continues to prioritize the development of fairness, variety and inclusivity, Indigenous initiatives, and a collegial work setting. She is invested in advancing interdisciplinary analysis and educating; selling collegiality with educational colleagues, college students, alumni, donors {and professional} organizations; and persevering with to cleared the path in advancing pharmacy observe in Alberta and throughout Canada.
Dr. Vikas Mehrotra
Dr. Mehrotra is a professor of finance on the Alberta College of Enterprise, and a longtime member of the College of Alberta neighborhood. Since becoming a member of the U of A in 1992 he has served in quite a few management roles, together with affiliate dean of MBA packages (2002-2005) the place he stewarded the launch of the Masters in Monetary Administration in Shenzhen, China, in addition to diploma choices in Fort McMurray. He additionally served as a chair of the division of finance from 2007-2017, throughout which period he helped discovered the Alberta Finance Institute with the aim to foster monetary training and analysis that contributes to the financial improvement of the province.
Dr. Mehrotra’s analysis focuses on local weather threat, household enterprise, company restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, worldwide monetary markets, and environmental, social and governance evaluation. His analysis in local weather threat info disclosure seeks to know the incentives corporations face in voluntarily disclosing local weather threat info to their buyers, and establish the supply of positive aspects from reductions of their carbon emissions.
Dr. Mehrotra’s management priorities embrace participatory decision-making, with an emphasis on fairness, variety and inclusion, Indigenization, and lively listening. His imaginative and prescient for the Alberta College of Enterprise retains in thoughts the challenges and alternatives confronted by the bigger society we stay in. He sees positioning the Alberta College of Enterprise to coach generations of leaders working with the worldwide economic system, addressing these alternatives, and tackling these challenges as the college’s final aim and mission—a mission the college pursues in shut partnership with the enterprise neighborhood.
Thanks to Dr. Kyle Murray for his service as Performing Dean since 2021. Dr. Murray has offered sturdy and secure management for the Alberta College of Enterprise by way of the extreme challenges of the final two years, together with the continued impacts of the pandemic, funds cuts and institutional restructuring. I’ve been grateful for his considerate recommendation and engagement, and need him effectively into the longer term.
I need to thank the members of each Dean Choice Committees for his or her dedication and onerous work all through the choice processes.
Please be a part of me in congratulating Deans Hughes and Mehrotra and welcoming them to their new management function on the U of A.
Verna Yiu
Interim Provost and Vice-president (Tutorial)
