Vicki Rosen, PhD, Serves as Interim Dean of Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Vicki Rosen, Professor and Chair of the Department of Developmental Biology, was named Interim Dean of Harvard School of Dental Medicine in January 2020. Dr. Rosen’s career at HSDM began in 2001. She is a leading faculty member in the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and co-leader of the HSDM PhD Program in Biological Sciences in Dental Medicine. Prior to Harvard, Dr. Rosen was a scientist at Genetics Institute, a biotechnology company where she worked on a research team to identify bone morphogenetic protein genes in 1988.  Dr. Rosen co-chaired the search committee for a new dean of HSDM and will end her service as acting dean on August 31, 2020. William Giannobile, DDS, MS, DMSc takes the helm on September 1, 2020.