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Caetano To Serve as Dual Dean in Dallas
Raul Caetano, M.D., Ph.D.
Raul Caetano, M.D., Ph.D., will begin a new, dual role Aug. 7, both as regional dean of the Dallas regional campus of the UT School of Public Health and as dean of the UT Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School. Both schools are housed in the same building at the UT Southwestern Medical Center.
“I have great confidence in Dr. Caetano’s leadership for both schools and view this as an opportunity to develop stronger partnerships between public health, allied health and medicine,” said Guy S. Parcel, Ph.D., dean of the UT School of Public Health, which has its main campus in Houston.
The Dallas regional campus of the UT School of Public Health has 90 students seeking master of public health degrees.The UT Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School has more than 300 students seeking bachelor’s and master’s degrees in various health professions, from physical therapy to physician assistant to clinical dietetics.
At the allied health school, Caetano succeeds Gordon Green, M.D., who is stepping down to take another position within the school after serving as dean since 1991.
Caetano said he believes his new double- deanship can help ensure the quality and future growth of both UT Southwestern and the UT School of Public Health. “I have one foot in each institution, so I am going to be trying to establish a bridge,” he said.
Alfred Gilman, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice president for academic affairs, provost and dean of UT Southwestern Medical School, also expressed support for the dual role. “Dr. Caetano’s leadership will bring both schools closer together and spur collaboration between students and faculty,” he said. Caetano joined the UT School of Public Health in 1998 in Houston, where he is a professor of epidemiology. He also is an adjunct professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern.
He is principal investigator for a five-year study funded by a $4.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine differences in rates of alcohol-related problems across four Hispanic national groups in four major urban areas of the U.S.