Patrick Vivier, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean of the College of Health Sciences
University of Rhode Island
uri.edu/chs
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URI — ranked the No. 1 public university in New England — is pleased to recognize three nationally respected leaders in education and health care — Kerry LaPlante, dean of the College of Pharmacy; Patrick Vivier, dean of the College of Health Sciences; and Danny Willis, dean of the College of Nursing.
URI faculty, clinicians, and researchers engage in interdisciplinary work to educate thoughtful, skilled health professionals who understand the multifaceted aspects of caring for communities and keeping them healthy.
Noted health education leader, scholar, and pediatrician Patrick Vivier is the dean of the URI College of Health Sciences. Prior to URI, he directed the public health program at Tufts University, and he served on the faculty at Brown University for more than 25 years and was a pediatrician at Rhode Island’s Hasbro Children’s Hospital. At Brown, Vivier was the founding director of the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute. He helped establish an interdisciplinary team of faculty and staff spanning the Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, and Women and Infants Hospital that engaged in interdisciplinary research.
Patrick Vivier, M.D., Ph.D.
patrick.vivier@uri.edu
EDUCATION
Doctor of Medicine, Brown University; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University; Bachelor’s degree, Brown University
