New Dean Named For UB School Of Health Related Professions

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Frank O. Brady, Ph.D., dean of the Division of Health Sciences at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine, has been named dean of the University of Buffalo School of Health Related Professions.

Brady will assume the position next month. He replaces Barry C. Eckert, Ph.D., who has been named UB associate provost for institutional educational collaboration.

"Frank Brady will bring us, as the newly appointed dean of the School of Health Related Professions, substantial academic and professional reputation, plus significant experience with the North Central Association as an accreditation examiner," said Provost David J. Triggle. Brady also has "extensive teaching, research and management strengths, and has been actively involved in programs that enhance management, administrative and community relations," Triggle added.

Brady, who also will hold the faculty position of professor of clinical laboratory sciences and nutrition, earned his doctorate in biochemistry from Duke University in 1969. He spent four years as a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University before joining the biochemistry faculty at the University of South Dakota. He was promoted to full professor in 1982 and was named dean of the health sciences division in 1992.

During his tenure, Brady was a visiting scientist at the MRC Toxicology Unit in Carshalton, Surry, England, and from July 1988 to December 1991, spent one-quarter of his professional time as a Kellogg National Leadership Fellow, sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. During his fellowship, he traveled throughout the U.S. and abroad, participating in activities in Antarctica, Venezuela, China and Canada.

He has held five research grants, including three from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the function of proteins that bind to heavy metals, and has published 49 papers and 35 abstracts in his research area. In addition, Brady has received more than $1.2 million in education grants from the Department of Health and Human Services to support training programs for nurse anesthetists and physician assistants.

His professional activities include serving as chair of the Great Plains Regional Research Committee of the American Heart Association and participating in several activities of the NIH's Biochemistry Study Section.

An avid swimmer, Brady is an NCAA-certified swimming referee and state director of South Dakota's College Swimming Officials Association.