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Karen Houseknecht, PhD Appointed Associate Provost for Research and Scholarship
Karen Houseknecht, PhD assumed her new position as Associate Provost for Research and Scholarship (APRS) on June 1, 2018. She served as Interim Dean of the College of Pharmacy since June 2017. In addition to her leadership role within UNE COM, she will remain a professor of pharmacology in the College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Houseknecht replaced Dora Mills, MD who had been serving as Interim Vice President for two years.
Dr. Houseknecht has extensive experience in research both in the academic and corporate realm. She is a leader in and out of the laboratory, heading research teams, securing research funding, and sharing her expertise with numerous publications. In addition to her work at the University, Dr. Houseknecht is in collaborations with Maine Medical Center Research Institute and is involved in their Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Center as faculty mentor, collaborator, and advisory board member.
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