Robert L. Reddick, M.D., has been named interim dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
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Robert L. Reddick, M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Pathology and holder of the Frank M. Townsend, M.D., Professorship in Pathology, assumed duties as interim dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Aug. 31 upon the retirement of Dean Merle S. Olson, Ph.D.

Dr. Reddick joined the Health Science Center in 1996 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he held a distinguished professorship and previously earned his degrees. His 12 years as chairman of a Graduate School department in San Antonio made him a logical choice to serve as interim dean.

“Dr. Reddick has an excellent perspective on the important mission and administrative structure of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences,” Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., president, said in a university announcement. “I am grateful for Dr. Reddick’s willingness to take on this important interim role. He will have the full support of the Health Science Center administration.”

A search committee is interviewing potential candidates for the school’s next permanent dean. Brian Herman, Ph.D., vice president for research and professor of cellular and structural biology, is the search committee chair.

Dr. Reddick earned his B.A. in chemistry at Chapel Hill in 1969 and his M.S. in experimental pathology in 1971. He followed these with his Doctor of Medicine degree, conferred at Chapel Hill in 1973.

He stayed in Chapel Hill for his internship, residency and postdoctoral fellowship in pathology before moving to Bethesda, Md., to become a resident and then senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute.

Dr. Reddick is a member of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, the American Society of Investigative Pathology and the Texas Society of Pathologists.

His research interests include studies of mouse models of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, and studies of the genetic basis of aging.