DENVER (Oct 16, 2006) – Ralph J. Altiere, PhD, has been selected as dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, effective Dec.16.
Altiere has been at the School of Pharmacy for 19 years. Currently, he is a professor of pharmacology, associate dean for academic affairs and interim chair of the department of clinical pharmacy. He is also a member of the school’s executive committee and executive council, and has served as acting dean.
M. Roy Wilson, MD, MS, chancellor of UCDHSC, said: “Dr. Altiere has a tremendous breadth of knowledge and experience in education, research and academic administration. I am confident that the School of Pharmacy will attain even greater prominence under his leadership.”
Altiere also is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, where he has served on numerous committees and in various leadership positions, the Advisory Board for the campus Center for Bioethics and Humanities, and has served as director for the Center of Excellence Diversity Program.
“I am particularly excited to assume this role as the School of Pharmacy makes its transition to the Fitzsimons campus,” Altiere said. “This is a period of great change, and with that, great opportunity.”
The transition from the Ninth Avenue campus to the Fitzsimons campus will take place over the coming years and is expected to be finalized in 2008.
Altiere received his bachelor of science degree from Manhattan College, a master’s of science from New York University, and a master’s and doctorate in pharmacology from New York Medical College. Prior to his arrival at the UCDHSC in 1987, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University and assistant professor at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy.
Altiere replaces Louis Diamond, PhD, who resigned in January after serving as dean of the School of Pharmacy for 20 years.
The University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center is one of three universities in the University of Colorado system. Located in Denver and Aurora, Colo., the center includes schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and dentistry, a graduate school and a teaching hospital. For more information, visit the Web site at www.uchsc.edu or the UCDHSC Newsroom at http://www.uchsc.edu/news.