Faculty joining the School of Health sciences and School of Pharmacy to create programs from the ground up arrive at HPU from some of the most prestigious institutions and health care facilities in the country.

• Position: Extraordinary EDUCATION

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

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Ronald Ragan, R.Ph., Ph.D.

Dean of the Proposed School of Pharmacy

Ragan served as associate dean in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Kansas where he developed new programs for professional education and assessment. He has more than 25 years of experience as a community and hospital pharmacist and pharmacy educator and holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology. He is developing the planned School of Pharmacy at HPU which will be the only pharmacy program in the Piedmont Triad Region. It will be housed in a new facility with the latest learning technology.

SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES

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Daniel Erb, P.T., Ph.D.

Dean of the School of Health Sciences

Erb came to HPU from Duke University where he served as the director of graduate studies and associate professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Division in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, for 11 years. He assumed deanship of the School of Health Sciences at HPU in 2011 and has since led the vision to create doctor of physical therapy and master's of physician assistant studies programs that are innovative and cutting edge.

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Eric Hegedus, P.T., DPT, MHSC, OCS

Founding Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy

Hegedus has served as a writer for ESPNRise and has published dozens of peer-reviewed articles on orthopaedics and sports. He comes to HPU from Duke University and will oversee the proposed doctor of physical therapy program when it begins in 2017. In addition to forming the program, he is currently performing research in the new Human Biomechanics and Physiology Lab.

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Mark Teaford, Ph.D.

Professor of Anatomy

Teaford joins HPU as professor of anatomy after serving as course director for the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's anatomy program. Teaford has taught anatomy for more than 30 years and is a recipient of the Barry Wood Award for Outstanding Pre-Clinical Teaching and the Professor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is assisting in the development and creation of a cadaver/anatomy lab for the School of Health Sciences and is teaching undergraduate courses.

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Linda Sekhon, P.A., Ph.D.

Founding Chair of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies

Sekhon is laying the groundwork for curriculum in the new Department of Physician Assistant Studies. She has been a physician assistant educator since...