Hee-Young Park, PhD, Appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Hee-YoCOM-hee-young parkung Park, PhD, has been appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, effective March 1.

Park currently serves as Chair of Medical Sciences and Education (MedSci & Edu) and will retain that responsibility, but will give up her current responsibilities as Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS).

In this inaugural role, Park will organize and supervise the new Office of Faculty Affairs, whose mission is to support the recruitment, retention and academic advancement and career satisfaction of our diverse faculty by:

  •  facilitating timely faculty appointments and promotions,
  • organizing department faculty development,
  • maintaining faculty websites, and
  • identifying appropriate faculty for internal and external recognition of scholarly achievement.

Park received both her BS and PhD from MIT and joined the BUSM Department of Dermatology faculty in 1990. She was the PI of an active federally funded biomedical research laboratory that earned national and international recognition in cutaneous biology. She trained and mentored numerous graduate and medical students, residents, fellows and junior faculty.

She became an Assistant Dean for GMS in 2010 and Chair of the Department of Medical Sciences and Education in 2014. She has worked with faculty across schools and colleges at BU by serving as a member of the University Council, Faculty Council, and Executive Committee. Collaborating with clinicians and basic science educators, Park implemented a Master of Science in Health Sciences Education. In addition, she has served in a variety of roles at BUSM, including as a member of the Committee on Faculty Affairs, chairing the McCahan Education Day and leading the Boston Area Health Education Center partnership, an initiative to engage and expand the diversity and outreach efforts.

Through these administrative responsibilities, Park has developed a deep commitment and attained a wide range of experiences to support the recruitment, retention and academic advancement, and career satisfaction of our diverse faculty.