Timothy Ford, Ph.D., has been named Shenandoah University’s first dean of the School of Health Professions. In this newly created position, Dr. Ford will oversee the divisions of athletic training, occupational therapy, physician assistant studies and physical therapy. He began his new position on July 1, 2014.
“It is with great pleasure we welcome Dr. Ford to Shenandoah University,” said Vice President for Academic Affairs Adrienne Bloss, Ph.D. “His extensive leadership experience and his commitment to interprofessional education and community partnerships made for a unanimous recommendation by the search committee. His appointment is very strongly supported by the campus community as well.
“I am thrilled and deeply honored to have been selected as dean of the School of Health Professions at Shenandoah University,” said Ford. “With the dramatic changes in our health care system, and the critical need to control the ever-rising cost of health care, this could not be a better time to work with these invaluable professions to help shape the next generation of providers.”
Ford comes to Shenandoah from the University of New England (UNE), where he has served as interim dean of the Westbrook College of Health Professions (WCHP), dean of graduate studies and public health, and vice president for research and dean of graduate studies. Ford held prior positions at Montana State University and at the Harvard School of Public Health.
— Emily Burner