Posted on January 10, 2001 at 8:03 a.m.
BIRMINGHAM, AL — Dr. Harold P. Jones, dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University, has been named dean of UAB’s School of Health Related Professions. UAB Interim Provost Arol Augsburger announced the appointment today. Jones will join UAB in April.
“Dr. Jones brings a tremendous breadth of experience as an administrator, instructor and researcher,” Augsburger said. “I am very pleased that we have been able to attract a person with such outstanding credentials.
“I want to thank Dr. William Bailey, professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine, for chairing this successful search, and all the members of the search committee for their efforts through this process.”
“We are most grateful, too, to Dr. C. Michael Brooks, who has served with distinction as interim dean this past year and will continue in that role until Dr. Jones arrives," Augsburger said.
Jones has served as dean at East Carolina since March 1992. He earned his bachelor of science in biology from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. He earned his doctorate in biochemistry from Duke University.
After spending a year at the University of Georgia as a research associate, Jones moved to the University of South Alabama’s department of biochemistry in 1979. He rose to the rank of professor and chairman of biomedical sciences in 1986, as well as associate dean and director of graduate studies for the College of Allied Health Professions.
In 1989 he spend a year as a visiting scientist and program director with the National Science Foundation in the Division of Instrumentation and Resources for Biological and Behavior Sciences. He then spent two years at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, serving as chief of the Science Policy and Analysis Branch of the Office of Policy and External Affairs.
The author of approximately 30 published manuscripts, Jones has been a special reviewer for numerous journals including the Journal of Rural Health, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Journal of Clinical Investigation, the Journal of Biological Chemistry and the American Journal of Physiology.
The School of Health Related Professions was established in 1969 to educate and train health professionals outside the traditional roles of physicians and nurses. In less than 30 years, the school has graduated more than 10,000 people with bachelor’s and master’s degrees or doctorates in 22 different programs. The programs are designed to educate professionals in the ancillary services required in today’s health care settings. Professionals are trained in clinical management, respiratory therapy, physical therapy, nutrition studies, health care facility management, nuclear medicine technology, health information management and more.