New York, NY, February 8, 2021—Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, AAHIVS, FAAN, — Latino Commission’s Board member and a national leader in advancing adolescent sexual reproductive health policy, practice and science — has been named Dean of the Duke University School of Nursing and Vice Chancellor of Nursing Affairs, effective July 1, 2021. He will be the School’s first male and first Hispanic dean. He will also be Duke University’s highest-ranking Latinx officer.
“We are extremely proud of Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos for his new post at Duke University School of Nursing as well as all of his accomplishments at New York University (NYU), as a researcher, clinician and engaging innovative leader in public health, founder and director of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health at the NYU Silver School of Social Work. A leader in reducing health disparities among youth in Latino and other racial and ethnic communities”. –stated Guillermo Chacón, president of the Latino Commission on AIDS and founder of the Hispanic Health Network. “The Commission’s staff and board are thrilled on his naming”.