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Jeffrey S. Flier, a 29-year veteran of Harvard and the chief academic officer of one of Harvard’s affiliated hospitals, will take over on Sept. 1 as the permanent dean of Harvard Medical School, University President Drew G. Faust announced Wednesday...
...appointment of Flier, an expert on obesity and diabetes at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, comes after a nine-month search to succeed Joseph B. Martin, who served as dean for a decade...
...interview Wednesday, Flier said that his top priority as dean is to continue to oversee the implementation of the Medical School’s new curriculum, which was drafted under Martin. Flier also said that he will make many decisions on the Allston expansion and the future of biological research, and that he would like to “accelerate the integration of fundamental science and social science” with medicine...
...Flier was a founding member of the Harvard University Science and Engineering Committee (HUSEC), a task force led by Provost Steven E. Hyman that is focused on improving University-wide science initiatives. Faust has already emphasized her desire to bring Harvard's 10 schools closer together through University-wide initiatives like the science planning led by HUSEC...
...Medical School faces tight federal research budgets, Flier will have to seek out new methods of funding for the school's projects. He said that part of his job as dean is to raise funds for both research and the expansion of financial aid to medical students, a priority Faust said she shared. Flier added that Harvard's efforts to award scholarships “appear to be insufficient...