Delaware Women in Business Forum with Dr. Kathy Matt
Join the DSCC and Dr. Matt for some networking and breakfast!
What: Women in Business Forum with Dr. Kathy Matt
Where: 1201 N. Orange Street, First Floor, Board Room, Wilmington, DE 19801
When: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 from 9:00 AM TO 10:00 AM
Cost: $10 for members and future members.
Dr. Kathleen S. Matt serves as dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware. In addition, Dr. Matt is the executive director of the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA) and co-director of UD’s health education partnership with Thomas Jefferson University (TJU). In these capacities she facilitates a broad range of collaborative activities including joint educational programs and faculty appointments, research and educational pilot grant programs, and regional conferences focused on healthcare research, education and delivery.
In addition to her service on professional and academic committees and societies, Dr. Matt has done extensive community service, including work for health-related organizations serving women, children, and seniors. She currently serves on the Delaware Health Care Commission, the Governor’s Council on Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and the Delaware Commission for Women.
Dr. Matt earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology from the University of Delaware and received her PhD in endocrine physiology from the University of Washington, Seattle.
Prior to coming to UD, Dr. Matt served as the Associate Vice President for Clinical Partnerships and Research Infrastructure at Arizona State University, where she served as a liaison between ASU and various community partners in facilitating clinical collaboration and innovation. While in Arizona, Dr. Matt was also the Franca G. Oreffice Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology at ASU and also a professor in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, in partnership with ASU.
From 1998-99, Dr. Matt served as an Endocrine Society Health Policy Fellow for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, in the office of the committee chair, Senator James Jeffords (1998-1999). In that position she was instrumental in writing and introducing the Medicare Wellness Act and the Patch Act, a home health bill.
Her research, which focuses on the effects of stress, diet, aging, and exercise on the neuroendocrine system, has been funded by the Department of Defense, NSF, NIH, the National Arthritis Foundation, NASA, and the Arizona Center for Disease Control. She has over 50 publications and has lectured extensively on topics of health and aging, stress and aging and interdisciplinary research.
- Nominate the NCCCC Delaware 2012 Entrepreunerial Woman of the Year
- The Delaware Business Weekly Round Up – August 17, 2012