A new leader

Thomas A. Pearson, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., senior associate dean for clinical research at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and director of the Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute, has been appointed executive vice president for research and education for UF Health. In his new position, Pearson will serve as a catalyst for optimizing approaches to research and education across the colleges, institutes and research centers of the UF Health Science Center, as well as serve as a spark for new ideas. “For most of my career, I have been fascinated by multidisciplinary research and education as the wellspring for scientific discovery and the creation of new types of leaders in health and science,” Pearson said. “I certainly considered it too great an opportunity to pass up.”