UNT Health Science Center Announces Administration Appointments

    FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of
 North Texas Health Science Center http://hsc.unt.edu, Fort Worth's medical
 school and more, recently announced new appointments to its administrative
 staff.
 
     Thomas Yorio is now executive vice president of academic affairs and
 research. Yorio joined the Health Science Center in 1977. He received his
 doctorate in pharmacology from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a
 Bachelor of Science in biology and chemistry from Herbert H. Lehman
 College.
 
     Jamboor Vishwanatha has been appointed dean of the Graduate School of
 Biomedical Sciences. He started at the Health Science Center in 2004. He
 earned his doctorate in biology from the University of South Carolina, and
 both Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in genetics from the University
 of Agricultural Sciences in Bangalore, India.
 
     Randall Jones recently was named president and chief executive officer
 of UNT Health. Jones joined the Health Science Center in 2000.
 
     M. Christine Kalish has been named vice president and chief of staff.
 Kalish has been with the Health Science Center since 2004. She earned a
 Master of Business Administration degree from Texas Christian University's
 M.J. Neeley School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in health
 services administration from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
 Center at Dallas.
 
     Jean Tips has been promoted to vice president of the Department of
 Marketing and Communications. A graduate of the University of Kansas
 William Allen White School of Journalism with a Bachelor of Science, Tips
 joined the Health Science Center in 2005.
 
     Rand Horsman has been promoted to associate vice president of Human
 Resources. Horsman has been at the Health Science Center since 1987. He has
 a Bachelor of Business Arts degree from Texas A&I University and a Master
 of Liberal Arts degree from Texas Christian University.
 
     Sanjay Awasthi is the Health Science Center's new associate vice
 president of clinical research. He received his Medicinae Doctor (Doctor of
 Medicine) degree from the University of Texas Southwestern and a Bachelor
 of Arts in biochemistry from University of Texas at Austin. He comes to the
 Health Science Center from University of Texas at Arlington, where he
 taught general chemistry and enzymology.
 
     Michael Mueller, who started at the Health Science Center in 2006, has
 been promoted to assistant vice president of budgeting. He has a Bachelor
 of Business Administration degree in international business and economics
 from Sam Houston State University and is currently pursuing an Executive
 Master of Business Administration degree from Texas Christian University
 with an expected completion date of December 2008.
 
     Stephen Barrett has been named assistant vice president of facilities
 management. Barrett joined the Health Science Center staff in 1999. He
 received a Bachelor of Science in construction technology from Texas State
 University - San Marcos and is currently working on an Executive Master of
 Business Administration degree at Texas Christian University.
 
     Elwyn Grimes has been named chief of obstetrics and gynecology at John
 Peter Smith Hospital and a professor on the Health Science Center faculty.
 He has a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Jackson State
 University, and his Medicinae Doctor (Doctor of Medicine) degree is from
 Meharry Medical College.
 
     Laurel Slezak, C.P.A., who started with the University of North Texas
 System in 2005, is the new director of the Health Science Center's
 Department of Internal Audit. Slezak holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
 commerce and accounting from DePaul University and attended graduate school
 at Northern Illinois University. (Photos are available on request.)
 
     University of North Texas Health Science Center
     The University of North Texas Health Science Center is composed of the
 Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Graduate School of Biomedical
 Sciences, the School of Public Health, and the School of Health
 Professions. The center's Institutes for Discovery conduct leading-edge
 research on select health issues, including vision, aging, cancer, heart
 disease, physical medicine and public health. This year, the Texas College
 of Osteopathic Medicine was named a top 50 medical school in primary care
 by U.S. News and World Report for the sixth consecutive year. The
 institution contributes almost $500 million to Tarrant County and Texas
 economies annually. For more information, go to www.hsc.unt.edu.
 
 
 
 

SOURCE University of North Texas Health Science Center