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Dailey will direct Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute

By Eric Dahl
edahl@uga.edu

Harry Dailey, professor of microbiology and biochemistry and molecular biology, has been named by Provost Karen Holbrook

Harry Dailey

to direct the new Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute at UGA.
Dailey was head of the department of microbiology from 1986 to 1997 and leads the research team, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that discovered the gene defect that causes South African Variegate porphyria, a disease that affects an estimated 20,000 individuals. He is also a member of the structural genomics collaboration recently funded by NIH.
“I couldn’t be more delighted with our leadership in this growing area at UGA,” says Holbrook. “Dr. Dailey has been a natural leader among the faculty who provided the necessary creativity and hard work to get this institute in place.”
Dailey was a member of the executive planning committee of the biomedical initiative, which issued a report last fall recommending the creation of a research institute at UGA to coalesce its many resources, faculty scientists, and educational opportunities in medically related fields. The provost appointed him to formulate the proposal for the institute and guide it through the institutional approval process.
With more than 70 faculty advocates from multiple disciplines and support from every academic dean, the proposal was passed unanimously by University Council and was approved by the Regents of the University System of Georgia at their June meeting. The development of the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute contributed significantly to UGA’s successful effort to gain federal support for the new $40 million Paul D. Coverdell Center for the Biomedical and Health Sciences.

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