New Dean of College of Health and Human Services
By Beth Potier, Media Relations
July 25, 2007
Barbara Arrington, senior associate dean and professor of health management
and policy in the School of Public Health at Saint Louis University,
has been selected as dean of the College of Health and Human Services
(CHHS), UNH Provost Bruce Mallory announced. Arrington will begin as
dean in mid-September, and like other UNH deans, will serve a five-year,
renewable appointment.
“Dr. Arrington’s extensive experience in academic leadership
and program development, and her scholarship in the fields of health
policy, strategic management, and health care quality will enable her
to move the college forward as it pursues its educational, research,
and public engagement goals,” said Mallory. “She is committed
to collaborating closely with faculty, alumni, and the State of New Hampshire
to achieve these goals.”
Mallory also thanked members of the search committee for recruiting
such an outstanding pool of candidates, and expressed appreciation to
Neil Vroman, associate dean of CHHS and associate professor of kinesiology,
for his service as interim dean.
At Saint Louis University, where she has been since 1979, Arrington
holds a joint appointment to the departments of health management and
policy and community health with a secondary appointment in public policy.
Her recent projects and publications relate to research translation and
dissemination and to the development of professional competencies for
graduate education; her earlier research considered mechanisms for continuously
improving governance of healthcare organizations as well as the economic
and community benefit performance of not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals
and health systems. Arrington teaches or has taught in the areas of strategic
management, leadership development, continuous improvement and health
policy.
“As a lifelong teacher and consultant in strategic management,
joining the college at this point in its strategic development is an
incredibly exciting opportunity for me. The college’s committed
and competent faculty and staff, exceptionally strong academic programs
and substantive community involvements position it well for continually
more significant impact in New Hampshire and nationally over the next
several years,” said Arrington. “I hope to expand the college’s
external relationships and contributions and to enhance its already positive
position by further developing excellent learning, scholarly and working
environments for our students, staff and faculty,” she added.
Arrington is actively involved in community service and consultation
and is a frequent site visitor for the Council on Education for Public
Health, the accrediting body for schools of public health. Included in
her community service activities are over fifteen years of governance
experience in health care organizations, eleven of those in hospital
and health system governance. She also consults in the areas of organizational
strategy and leadership development.
Her clients have included the public health institutes of Florida and
Missouri, the Missouri Foundation for Health, the Institute for Healthcare
Improvement, the National Association of Community Health Centers, consulting
firms, Catholic health care systems, state and local health departments,
academic medical centers, health maintenance organizations, professional
associations, religious congregations, and nurse executives.
Arrington's undergraduate degree in nursing is from Columbia University,
her master's degree in public health (health administration) is from
the University of Missouri-Columbia, and her doctorate in health services
research is from Saint Louis University (1985). She is a fellow of the
American College of Healthcare Executives.
The College of Health and Human Services (formerly the School of Health
and Human Services) comprises the departments of communication sciences
and disorders, family studies, health management and policy, kinesiology,
occupational therapy, recreation management and policy, and social work.
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