Cynthia Minkovitz Vice Provost for Faculty Development
As Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Cynthia will focus on supporting the professional growth and advancement of faculty and enhancing the faculty experience across career stages. Her efforts will include advancing faculty development and pipeline initiatives, improving faculty data and metrics, providing dual career support, overseeing signature programs such as the LAD Academy and The Academy, and working with Lainie to convene and support the vice deans for faculty. The William H. Gates, Sr. Professor and Chair of the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health (PFRH) at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, Cynthia is a widely recognized scholar whose work focuses on improving systems of care and preventive services for children and families through evidence-based practice and policy. As PFRH Chair since 2017—a position she will continue to hold—she has prioritized faculty recruitment, mentorship, and professional development, advanced interdisciplinary collaboration, and cultivated an academic culture that supports faculty innovation and long-term institutional vitality. y here…