The search process has started for the next dean of the School of Nursing.

Dean Patricia Hurn’s term concludes in July 2026, and Provost Laurie McCauley has announced the appointment of the U-M advisory committee that will assist in the search. The committee met June 23 to receive its official charge.

Assisting the committee is executive search firm Isaacson, Miller. Representing the firm are Partners Amy Segal and Stephanie Fidel, and Senior Associate Erin Schwass. The team has extensive expertise and a successful history of managing nursing-related searches.

The search advisory committee includes representatives from faculty, staff and students of the school and other members of the university community:

• Gina Dahlem, co-chair, associate dean for professional practice and clinical associate professor of nursing, School of Nursing
• Jody Lori, co-chair, Sara H. & Robert B. Rothschild Endowed Professor in Global Nursing Department of Health Behavior and Clinical Sciences, School of Nursing
• Hassan Abbas, alumnus, School of Nursing, staff nurse anesthetist
• Charlotte Ahr, Ph.D. student, pre-candidate, School of Nursing
• Jade Burns, assistant professor of nursing, School of Nursing, and assistant professor of health behavior and health equity, School of Public Health
• Matthew Davis, associate professor of nursing, School of Nursing, and associate professor of learning health sciences, Medical School
• Vicki Ellingrod, John Gideon Searle Professor, dean and professor of pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, and professor of psychiatry, Medical School
• Amanda Greca, undergraduate student, School of Nursing
• Lenette M. Jones, Nancy S. and Michael B. McLelland Professor of Nursing and associate professor of nursing, School of Nursing
• Barb Medvec, clinical associate professor, Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership, School of Nursing
• Shahzad Mian, Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, F. Bruce Fralick Professor of Ophthalmology, and professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, Medical School
• Rushika Patel, assistant dean for strategic education, School of Nursing
• Dana Tschannen, Beatric J. Kalisch Collegiate Professor of Nursing, associate dean for undergraduate studies and clinical professor of nursing, School of Nursing