{"id":4043,"date":"2026-05-14T08:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/?p=4043"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:02:06","slug":"brock-christensen-phd-will-join-geisels-office-of-faculty-affairs-ofa-as-interim-dean-of-faculty-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/2026\/05\/14\/brock-christensen-phd-will-join-geisels-office-of-faculty-affairs-ofa-as-interim-dean-of-faculty-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Christensen, PhD will join Geisel\u2019s Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) as Interim Dean of Faculty Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">We are pleased to announce that Brock Christensen, PhD will join Geisel\u2019s Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) as Interim Dean of Faculty Affairs, and will begin onboarding into the role on June 1, 2026.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Brock Christensen, PhD is a professor in the Departments of Epidemiology, Molecular &amp; Systems Biology, and Community &amp; Family Medicine. His research focuses on DNA-based cell typing and epigenetics in cancer development and treatment response, and he currently serves as Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives at Dartmouth Cancer Center. Brock brings a strong record of faculty governance to this role, having served seven years on the Geisel Faculty Council, including three years as Chair where he has contributed to Appointments, Promotions, Titles (APT) policy development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4044\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-20-at-7.58.20-AM-237x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-20-at-7.58.20-AM-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-20-at-7.58.20-AM-43x55.png 43w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-20-at-7.58.20-AM.png 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce that Brock Christensen, PhD will join Geisel\u2019s Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) as Interim Dean of Faculty Affairs, and will begin onboarding into the role on June 1, 2026.\u00a0\u00a0 Brock Christensen, PhD is a professor in the Departments of Epidemiology, Molecular &amp; Systems Biology, and [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/2026\/05\/14\/brock-christensen-phd-will-join-geisels-office-of-faculty-affairs-ofa-as-interim-dean-of-faculty-affairs\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":369,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","author-369"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paQAoO-13d","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4043"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4046,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4043\/revisions\/4046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}