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| Vol. 23, No. 6 |
| April 15, 2001 |
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UT-Houston Names Interim Executives By SHANNON RASP The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Drs. George M. Stancel and Gilbert A. Castro will take on executive-level responsibilities for research affairs and academic affairs, respectively, at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. On an interim basis, they will fill the positions left open by the sudden death of Dr. Thomas F. Burks II on March 2. "I am very confident that both Dr. Stancel and Dr. Castro will provide leadership in these new areas. Both bring experience, commitment and great ability to these positions," said UT-Houston President Dr. James T. Willerson. "Both are extremely capable administrators who have made and are making many valuable contributions to the university." Dr. Stancel earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the College of St. Thomas in 1966. He went on to receive a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Michigan State University and completed postdoctoral work in physiology at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He began his UT-Houston career as a professor of integrative biology and pharmacology at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. In 1999, he was appointed dean of The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston. "I hope to build upon the programs that Dr. Burks and his fine staff started, and to maintain and enhance, if possible, the focus on making certain that all of our programs benefit the work of the faculty and enhance learning by our students," said Dr. Stancel. Dr. Castro, assistant vice president for Education Access and Equity, said he would work closely with the staff in the Office of Research and Academic Affairs to maintain the momentum of existing projects and develop new academic initiatives. Student and faculty recruitment and diversity are among the programs Dr. Castro hopes to establish. "I'm looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead for the institution," said Dr. Castro, who also is associate dean for special projects and professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology at the Medical School. Dr. Castro earned his bachelor's degree in biology in 1961 at Lamar University. He received his master's in zoology at the University of Arkansas and a Ph.D. in microbiology at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He completed postdoctoral work in biochemistry and parasitology at the University of Massachusetts before joining the UT-Houston faculty in 1972.
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