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The University of Michigan announced<\/a> Thursday that Charles Holmes<\/a>, physician-scientist and U-M alum, has been recommended to serve as the next dean of the School of Public Health<\/a>. Holmes\u2019 five-year term will begin on July 1, pending approval from the University\u2019s Board of Regents<\/a> at its June 25 meeting. He will succeed interim dean Lynda Lisabeth<\/a>, an epidemiologist who has filled the position since last June.<\/p>\n Holmes is currently a professor at the Georgetown University School of Medicine<\/a> and director of Georgetown\u2019s Center for Innovation in Global Health<\/a>. Holmes previously served on the Biden-Harris Transition Agency Review Team<\/a> for International Development, and as an advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute<\/a>, expanding access<\/a> to tuberculosis and malaria treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n Provost Laurie McCauley, executive vice president for academic affairs, told the University Record Holmes brings experience across multiple sectors of public health.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cCharles Holmes returns to Michigan with a rare view of public health\u2019s full reach, from clinical care and research to national policy and global implementation,\u201d McCauley said. \u201cHe understands that public health efficacy is measured by the strength of the evidence and, crucially, by whether that evidence reaches people, shapes systems and improves lives.\u201d<\/p>\n