Mary Croughan

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Mary Croughan
Alma mater University of California, Davis (BS)
Johns Hopkins University (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields Public health
Institutions University of California, San Francisco
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of California, Davis
Thesis Morbidity among breech infants according to method of delivery  (1987)
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Mary Croughan [1] is an American epidemiologist, currently serving as provost and executive vice chancellor of the University of California, Davis since July 2020.

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Education

Croughan received a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in community health from the University of California, Davis in 1982 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University in 1987. [2] Her doctoral dissertation was titled Morbidity among breech infants according to method of delivery (1987). [3]

Career

Croughan's field of research was on reproductive and perinatal epidemiology. [4]

Croughan was a faculty member at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco from 1987 to 2017. She served as vice chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UCSF from 1998 to 2004. [5] [6] [4] From 2010 to 2017, she served as the executive director of the Research Grants Program Office under the Office of the President of the University of California. [4]

From 2017 to 2020, Croughan served as vice president for research and economic development at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. [4] [7] In July 2020, Croughan was appointed provost and executive vice chancellor of the University of California, Davis, succeeding Ralph J. Hexter. [8]

Croughan is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [2]

References

  1. "Morbidity among breech infants according to method of delivery - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. ProQuest   303603065 . Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  2. 1 2 Peery, Tristan (2023-02-09). "Mary Croughan | UC Davis Leadership". leadership.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  3. Croughan, Mary (1987). Morbidity Among Breech Infants According to Method of Delivery (Ph.D. thesis). Johns Hopkins University. OCLC   26408011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Mary Croughan Is the New Provost at the University of California, Davis". Women In Academia Report. 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  5. "Biography for Mary Croughan, Ph.D." UC Davis. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  6. News and Media Relations (2020-06-16). "UC Davis Chancellor Gary May Selects Mary Croughan as Next Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor". UC Davis . Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  7. "UNLV Names Mary S. Croughan Vice President for Research and Economic Development". University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  8. "Alumna Mary Croughan Selected as Next Provost". UC Davis Magazine. 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2023-11-19.