Noren becomes WSU's 10th president
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| President Jay Noren is sworn into office by Judge Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. |
Jay Noren, M.D., became the university's 10th president in August, succeeding Irvin D. Reid, who stepped down after a decade at the helm of Wayne State.
Before coming to Wayne State, Noren held numerous leadership positions in higher education: he was the first dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center; executive vice president and provost at the University of Nebraska; vice chancellor for health sciences, acting dean for allied health and associate vice chancellor at the University of Wisconsin; chancellor of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; and president of the Health Science Center and vice chancellor for health affairs at the Texas A&M University System.
"I think the Presidency of Wayne State University is one of, if not the most, outstanding leadership opportunities today in higher education," Noren said. "This point in history for Wayne State poses unprecedented opportunities to confront immense challenges that have far-reaching impact not only regionally on Detroit and Michigan, but also nationally. Wayne State's challenges are, more than ever before, the nation's challenges in higher education, economic development, and societal stability, today and for the foreseeable future. I am proud and excited to be a part of this great university."
Noren's research and teaching have focused on health services research, health policy and health politics, health services leadership and management, health workforce, the role and operation of academic health centers, Native American health care and executive education. He developed and directed the Wisconsin Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation and was an originator and director of the University of Wisconsin graduate program in Administrative Medicine.
Noren received two bachelors' degrees from the University of Minnesota, a medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School and a master's degree in public health from Harvard University.