General Information
Graduate Education Senior Leadership
(as of June 2026)
Sarah C. Mangelsdorf, PhD
President and G. Robert Witmer, Jr. University Professor
Nicole S. Sampson, PhD
Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Melissa Sturge-Apple, PhD
Dean, Warner School of Education and Human Development and Professor of Psychology
Matthew Ardizonne, DMA
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Marie Rolf Dean of Graduate Studies, Eastman School of Music
Cynthia Callard, EdD
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor (Clinical), Warner School of Education and Human Development
Eli Eliav, DMD, PhD, MBA
Director and Professor, Eastman Institute for Oral Health; Vice Dean for Oral Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry; Vice President for Oral Health, University of Rochester Medical Center
Wendi B. Heinzelman, PhD
John and Barbara Bruning Dean of the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Computer Science
Lisa Kitko, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Dean of the School of Nursing, Professor of Nursing and Geriatric Medicine, and Vice President of the University of Rochester Medical Center
Narayana Kocherlakota, PhD
Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Research and Professor of Finance and Louise and henry Epstein Professor of Business Administration, Simon Business School
David R. Lambert, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Medical School Education and Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry
Richard Libby, PhD
Vice Provost and University Dean of Graduate Vice Provost and University Dean for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs , Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs, and Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine & Dentistry
David Linehan, MD
Dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry and CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center
Christian Opp, PhD, MBA
Faculty Director of the PhD Program and Associate Professor of Finance, Simon Business School
Kate Sheeran, MM
Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the Eastman School of Music
Sally Norton, PhD, RN, FNAP, FPCN, FAAN
Senior Associate Dean for Research; Independence Foundation Chair in Nursing and Palliative Care; Professor, School of Nursing
Samuel William Thomas III, PhD
Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences and Professor of Chemistry
Mitch Lovett, PhD
Interim Dean of Simon Business School
Nick Vamivakas, PhD
Dean of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs, Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences and Marie C. Wilson and Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Optical Physics and Professor of Optics and Professor of Physics