Pritchard Appoints Knoll as Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs

Leadership Post to Oversee Ph.D. Degree Programs in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics, and Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy

UH College of Pharmacy Dean F. Lamar Pritchard, Ph.D., R.Ph., has announced the appointment of Brian J. Knoll, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology, as Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs. In his new role beginning June 1, Knoll will provide administrative oversight for the college's doctoral programs in Pharmacology & Pharmaceutics and in Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes & Policy. 

A UHCOP faculty member with a joint appointment in the UH College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics since 2000, Knoll has served as director of Graduate Education in the Department of Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences since 2006. Knoll has served on a variety of university and college committees and advisory councils, including as a member and chair/vice-chair of the UH Graduate and Professional Studies Council and chair of the UHCOP Faculty Advisory Council.

He received a bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Knoll has authored or contributed to more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and received nearly $4 million in research support, including more than $2 million as principal investigator on National Institutes of Health-funded projects, during his academic and research career.

"Dr. Knoll brings a great deal of knowledge and leadership skills to this important position for our College," Pritchard said of Knoll's appointment to the leadership post.