June 3, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Suzanne Ernst (702) 889-8426

Board Selects Larson as Assistant Chancellor

ELKO, Nev. – The Board of Regents today approved the appointment of Dr. Trudy Larson as assistant chancellor to Interim Chancellor Jim Rogers.

Dr. Larson will receive a salary of $165,000 a year, and she will begin her one-year appointment June 14. She has been a member of the department of pediatrics at the University of Nevada School of Medicine since 1984.

“Dr. Larson’s academic background, coupled with her familiarity with Nevada higher education, made her an excellent choice for this position and an excellent complement to the talents of Interim Chancellor Rogers,” said Board Chair Stavros S. Anthony.

Most recently, Dr. Larson served as professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine. Previously she served as chair of the Department of Pediatrics from 1995 – 1999 and as associate dean for outreach from 1999 – 2002 at the School of Medicine. Dr. Larson also has served on numerous committees, including the Institutional Review Board for Biomedical Research and the faculty senate, where she served as chair from 2003 – 2004.

Dr. Larson attended the University of California, Irvine and University of California, Davis and completed her pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her major field of interest is HIV/AIDS and she has been active in the caring for HIV patients at the HOPES clinic in Reno, in training health professionals about HIV throughout the state and nationally, and in conducting funded research in HIV/AIDS.

In addition to her clinical and teaching experience, Dr. Larson has been active in the community. She serves as a consultant to the Washoe County District Health Department for communicable diseases, child health and bioterrorism, and chairs two state advisory committees on immunizations and Medicaid. She was inducted into the Nevada Women’s Fund Hall of Fame in 1996 and received the Distinguished Physician award from the Nevada State Medical Association in 1999.

The Nevada Board of Regents is the elected, 13-member governing body for the University and Community College System of Nevada. Comprising two doctoral granting universities, a state college, four comprehensive community colleges and one environmental research institute, the UCCSN serves the educational and job training needs of the nation's fastest growing state. As Nevada's only system of higher education, the UCCSN provides educational opportunities to nearly 98,000 students.

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