Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Names Dr. Michelle Kalis Acting Provost, VP for Academic Affairs
Charles F. Monahan Jr., President of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, announced this week that Michelle M. Kalis, PhD, has been named acting provost and vice president of Academic Affairs. Dr. Kalis most recently served as Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Associate Provost for Health Sciences Education, and on July 1 was promoted to the faculty rank of Professor. A national search to permanently fill the position will begin in August.
“We are very fortunate to have Dr. Kalis direct our new initiatives as the academic year begins,” Monahan said. “I have worked with Michelle for seven years, and I know that the entire College community has the utmost confidence in her leadership.”
Dr. Kalis received her B.S. degree in pharmacy in 1986 from the University of Georgia and went on to earn a Ph.D. degree in pharmacology from Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) in 1990. After completing her Ph.D. she was a postdoctoral fellow at Ciba-Geigy Corporation in the Cardiovascular Division. Following a year as a senior scientist at American Cyanamid, Dr. Kalis joined the Division of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Medicinal Chemistry at the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences of Long Island University in 1993. In 1998 she received tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor.
In 2000, she accepted a position as Associate Dean and Associate Professor for the School of Pharmacy — Boston of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. While at MCPHS, Dr. Kalis has chaired college-wide committees including the NEASC Steering Committee and the Institutional Effectiveness Committee.
Dr. Kalis has served nationally on committees for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the Education Division of the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. She has served as a site visitor for the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. She serves as a peer reviewer for several journals. Her research interests include cardiovascular pharmacology and pharmacy education. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, book/book chapters in scientific and/or educational journals.
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Founded in 1823, The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, with campuses in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts and Manchester, New Hampshire, is home to the largest pharmacy program in the United States. Today, in addition to its traditional programs in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, the college offers a growing list of health-related degree programs including nursing, physician assistant studies, radiologic sciences, health psychology, pre-medical and health studies, and dental hygiene.