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May 17, 2005
NORFOLK—Gerald J. Pepe, Ph.D., a nationally recognized researcher and 27-year veteran of the faculty at Eastern Virginia Medical School, has been appointed Dean and Provost of Eastern Virginia Medical School. He follows Evan R. Farmer, M.D., who left EVMS June 30, 2004, after three years as Dean and Provost. A member of the EVMS faculty since 1978, Pepe is Chairman of the Department of Physiological Sciences at EVMS. He was appointed Interim Dean and Provost in July 2004. “Dr. Pepe has also done a tremendous job as Interim Dean and Provost,” EVMS Rector and Acting President Harry T. Lester said in an email to the faculty, students, and staff. “His leadership has been vital to the success of many key initiatives this year, including the LCME site visit last fall and the launch of our new strategic initiative with Navigant Consulting. As a long-time member of the faculty and department chairman, Dr. Pepe has a strong commitment to EVMS, and his enthusiasm for this school is infectious. He has a deep appreciation of EVMS' great accomplishments during its first three decades, and a clear vision of the opportunities and potential ahead. He has my full support, and as well as the unanimous support of the Board of Visitors, the department chairs, and the leadership of the Faculty Senate.” Within hours of the announcement of Pepe's appointment, Pepe is a reproductive physiologist who is internationally recognized for his research in the role estrogen plays in pregnancy and fetal development, including estrogen's impact on fetal ovarian development and potential impact on fertility in adulthood. Working with a colleague at the University of Maryland, Pepe has earned continuous support for his research from the National Institutes of Health. The NIH is considered the gold standard for support of biomedical research. Before he joined the EVMS faculty in 1978, Pepe served as senior staff fellow at the National Institutes of Health. He left the NIH in 1978 to come to EVMS, at the time a small, relatively new medical school. Pepe said he was attracted to EVMS by the school's novel scientific study of reproduction. He has chaired the physiology department since 1985. Pepe frequently serves on study sections at the National Institutes of Health and referees several professional journals, including Endocrinology. A native of Rhode Island, Pepe earned his undergraduate degree from Providence College and a master's degree from Northeastern University. He earned his Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Kansas and completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in reproductive physiology at Case Western Reserve.
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