Release date: 18-Apr-05

Emory University Names Claire Sterk Senior Vice Provost

Emory University's renowned public health researcher and educator Claire E. Sterk has been appointed senior vice provost for academic planning and faculty development for the university, effective June 1. Sterk, associate dean for research at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, currently is transitioning into her new post.

"Claire Sterk is a highly regarded scholar and researcher, superb administrator and superior university citizen.ÊI am absolutely delighted that she has agreed to join the provost office as the first senior vice provost for academic planning and faculty development. Her contributions to this campus have been tremendous, and I am confident that she will make even greater contributions in her new role," says Emory Provost Earl Lewis.

Sterk will oversee the development of academic/research programs in areas including faculty retention, recruitment and early retirement, and faculty and student initiatives. Sterk, the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education and chair of the department, also will continue her research on topics such as health disparities, HIV/AIDS, women's health, mental health and substance abuse, and community-based prevention interventions.

Known for her ethnographic skills and work in various areas of public and women's health, Sterk holds doctorate degrees in anthropology from the University of Utrecht and in sociology from Erasmus University, Rotterdam. She has written three books and more than 80 articles, and has given numerous presentations at professional meetings and academic institutions in the United States and abroad.

Sterk currently is a Rosalynn Carter Fellow in Public Policy and is the recipient of the Thomas F. Sellers Jr. Award in Public Health. She has served as president of the Emory University Senate as well as chair of Emory's Faculty Council and the Commission on Research at Emory.

Emory University is known for its demanding academics, outstanding undergraduate college of arts and sciences, highly ranked professional schools and state-of-the-art research facilities. For nearly two decades Emory has been named one of the country's top 25 national universities by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to its nine schools, the university encompasses The Carter Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Healthcare, the state's largest and most comprehensive health care system.

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