The search for a new vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has officially launched, and the search committee is holding two virtual listening sessions next week to discuss campus interests and priorities for the search.

The listening sessions:

• June 8, 9-10 a.m.: Zoom link; Meeting ID: 921 4271 5645; Passcode: 402699.
• June 10, noon to 1 p.m.: Zoom link; Meeting ID: 975 2737 2649; Passcode: 516095.

Members of the university community who cannot attend a session but would like to offer input to the committee may do so online. The survey site will remain open for comments and questions throughout the search; all information collected is confidential.

A search website is active now with information on the search process, committee, communications, and application and nomination procedures. Additional information will be posted on the site as it becomes available.

The search is seeking a successor to Michael E. Cain, who is stepping down as vice president and dean effective Aug. 31. He will assume a faculty position in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the Jacobs School.

The search committee, co-chaired by Timothy Murphy, SUNY Distinguished Professor and senior associate dean for clinical and translational research, and Nancy Nielsen, senior associate dean for health policy and clinical professor of medicine, will hold its initial meeting soon.