Ashish Joshi named University of Memphis’ School of Public Health dean

University of Memphis announced Wednesday that Ashish Joshi will begin Aug. 1 as the new dean of the School of Public Health

Joshi, 46, hails from New York where he currently works as City University of New York’s Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy’s senior associate dean of Academic and Student Affairs and professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, a U of M news release said.

He succeeds James Gurney, who returned to faculty after about three years as dean. Currently, Marian Levy sits as interim dean.