COLLEGE WELCOMES NEW ASSOCIATE DEAN

Margaret (Maggie) Chorazy has been named associate dean for academic affairs in the University of Iowa College of Public Health. Her appointment began Nov. 1, 2020.

Chorazy is a clinical associate professor of epidemiology and serves as the director of undergraduate programs for the college. Her research interests include infectious disease epidemiology and scholarship of teaching and learning in public health education.

As associate dean for academic affairs, Chorazy is responsible for providing leadership and support in all areas related to student success. Her position will ensure implementation and sustained success of the college’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals across the various units and departments of the college. Chorazy will help lead the college in overall academic planning and assessment, accreditation, development and support, enrollment management, instructional and learning support, curriculum development, online learning, academic advising, and student support services. She succeeds Thomas Vaughn, who served as interim associate dean for academic affairs since 2018.

“Maggie brings an exceptionally strong skill set to this important leadership position,” notes Edith Parker, dean of the College of Public Health. “Under her guidance, our college has created an innovative undergraduate curriculum built on diverse experiential learning opportunities for students, engaged teaching, and an emphasis on postgraduate placement. Her expertise and commitment to evidence-based instruction and learning and student success will guide continued development of our academic programming.”

As founding director of the undergraduate public health programs, Chorazy was instrumental in the 2015 launch of the college’s first baccalaureate degrees. Since that time, the college’s undergraduate programs have experienced steady growth, with fall 2020 enrollment totaling 227 students in the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science tracks.

Chorazy was a 2015 recipient of the College of Public Health’s Faculty Teaching Award as well as the Epidemiology Student Association’s Outstanding Faculty Award in 2013. She received the College of Public Health Outstanding Alumni Award in 2018.

“I look forward to working with our students, staff, faculty, and alumni along with our campus and community partners to support student success across all of our academic programs,” says Chorazy. “I am also excited to partner with the college’s DEI Committee, all members of our college, and across the broader university community as we implement the college’s DEI Strategic Plan.”

Chorazy earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from Illinois Wesleyan University, a Master of Public Health in epidemiology of microbial diseases from Yale University, and a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Iowa. She is active in national public health organizations, including the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health and the American Public Health Association. She is also the college’s chapter president for the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health.