Appointments
Tim Huang, Ph.D., was named interim director of the UT Health Cancer Center, formerly referred to as the Cancer Therapy & Research Center. He has served as deputy director of the center and as chair and professor of molecular medicine. He holds the Alice P. McDermott Distinguished University Chair.
M. Danet Lapiz-Bluhm, Ph.D., RN, associate professor in the School of Nursing, has been named a collaborative academic research member of the Veterans’ Action League. The multistate project will empower veterans to have an active voice in how veteran health care is delivered in the future.
Randal Otto, M.D., was appointed director for clinical affairs and physician-in-chief of the UT Health Cancer Center. He has served as associate dean of special programs in the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, and holds the Thomas Walthall Folbre, M.D., Endowed Chair in Otolaryngology.
Ronald Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., was appointed as interim dean of the Long School of Medicine. He joined UT Health San Antonio in 2013 as the Henry B. and Edna Smith Dielmann Memorial Professor of Urologic Science, and has served as the chairman of the Department of Urology.
