KENNETH I. SHINE, M.D.
Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
The University of Texas System
Kenneth I. Shine, M.D. joined
The University of Texas System as Executive Vice Chancellor for
Health Affairs Nov 24, 2003. In that capacity he is responsible
for the six UT System health components and their aggregate operating
budget of almost $5.3 billion.
Shine, former president of the
Institute of Medicine (IOM), was the founding director of the
RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security, where
he led the Center's efforts to make health a central component
of U.S. foreign policy and guide the Center's evolving research
agenda. Shine brings to this new role decades-long experience
working with international health experts on global issues such
as emerging infectious illnesses, bioethics, and access to care.
Under Shine's leadership, the
IOM played an important and visible role in addressing key issues
in medicine and healthcare. IOM reports on quality of care and
patient safety heightened national awareness of these issues.
IOM researchers led studies on nutrition, food safety, and child
development, and examined availability and side effects of vaccines.
Shine also focused attention on
meeting the health care needs of all Americans: he organized symposia
to underscore the importance of cultural sensitivity in health
care and supported programs to increase immunization rates, decrease
use of tobacco among adolescents, and improve care of the dying.
He emphasized communication of scientific findings and recommendations.
Under his guidance, IOM staff developed CDs, videotapes, guidelines
for community-based research, and publications for researchers
and practitioners, policymakers, and the public.
He is professor of Medicine Emeritus
at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of
Medicine. A cardiologist and physiologist, he received his M.D.
from Harvard Medical School in 1961. Before becoming president
of the IOM, he was dean and provost for Medical Sciences at UCLA.
Shine is chair of the Food and
Drug Administration's Scientific Advisory Committee, and he is
a member of the Sceintific Advisory Committee of the Department
of Homeland Security.
In addition, Shine is a member of
many honorary and academic societies, including Phi Beta Kappa and
Alpha Omega Alpha, Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
and American College of Physicians, and was elected to the Institute
of Medicine in 1988. He served as chairman of the Council of Deans
of the Association of American Medical Colleges from 1991-1992,
and was president of the American Heart Association from 1985-1986.
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