Lipscomb Health: Education, Research and Practice
Hello Lipscomb family and supporters!
Quincy Byrdsong, Vice Provost of Health Affairs |
As Lipscomb Health continues to Elevate the Profession, Enhance Partnerships and Empower People, I would like to make the following important announcement:
On Feb. 2, 2023, Lipscomb University announced the formation of the Lipscomb University Health Sciences Center (LUHSC). Elevating health sciences education to an academic center is a common model among the top universities in the nation. The strong health sciences foundation that has been built at Lipscomb for more than a century has prepared us for this next step. The establishment of the LUHSC allows for strategic growth in this important area and will serve as a hub that encompasses the delivery of education, research and practice.
With the establishment of the LUHSC comes a restructuring of our current academic organization and offerings. The center will include the College of Pharmacy and a newly formed College of Health Sciences. This reorganization of our existing programs allows for more focused programming and resources, with each college having its own dean, who will report to the provost.
The College of Pharmacy will continue to be led by Dean Tom Campbell. Programs offered through the College of Pharmacy will be the Doctorate of Pharmacy, Master of Science in Health Care Informatics, and the Master of Management in Health Care program. A Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences is actively under current development.
The College of Health Sciences will include the School of Nursing; School of Physician Assistant Studies; the Master of Science in Cardiovascular Perfusion program; the Department of Nutrition, which offers undergraduate degrees in dietetics and food systems management, and a Master of Science in Nutrition/Dietetic Internship; and Department of Kinesiology, which offers undergraduate degrees in exercise science, fitness and sport studies, health and physical education, and sport management along with a Master of Science in Exercise and Human Performance. A search for the dean of this newly formed college is underway.
I will continue in my role as vice provost for health affairs and working collaboratively with the two colleges to further health sciences education, research and practice. I will focus on growing Lipscomb’s biomedical research portfolio, creating a national model for interprofessional education and collaborative care, developing impactful partnerships with industry and work with the health care sector to provide practice site opportunities and workforce partnerships, and the growth and expansion of cross-disciplinary health sciences programs across Lipscomb’s academic enterprise. The center has officially launched and the academic reorganization will take place throughout the semester.
This is truly an exciting milestone for Lipscomb Health and I am excited about the many ways this new focus will benefit the future of health care in Nashville, the region, the nation and the world. I would like to personally thank President Candice McQueen and Provost Jennifer Shewmaker for their vision for Lipscomb Health and thanks to all of the Lipscomb Health administrators, faculty, staff and students for all that they have done to get us here, what they are doing now, and what they will do in the future. The best is truly yet to come!
As always, thank you for your support of Lipscomb Health!
Quincy Byrdsong, Ed.D., CIP, CCRP
Vice Provost of Health Affairs