Andrew Bean, Ph.D., is an accomplished academic administrator, researcher, and educator with nearly three decades of exceptional experience within academic medicine. Andrew earned a doctoral degree in Pharmacology from Yale University and served postdoctoral fellowships at Stanford University, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and the Karolinska Institute. In supporting the recruitment of CEOs, provosts, deans, department chairs, and other senior academic medicine executives, Andrew strives to identify leaders whose unique skillsets and missions can drive growth and transformation at prominent medical/graduate schools and academic health systems. Most recently, Andrew was Vice Provost for Research at Rush University as well as Dean of the Rush University Graduate College in Chicago. As Vice Provost, Andrew was responsible for developing and executing a strategic plan for basic, translational, and clinical research to enable the research enterprise to reach aspirational goals. As Dean, he was responsible for developing administrative and leadership teams and implementing educational policies, faculty hiring/development/tenure and promotion, as well as strategic planning and partnership development that enabled the College to achieve academic, educational, and financial goals. Prior to those roles, Andrew was a professor and Associate Dean at the MD Anderson Cancer Center/University of Texas Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. In these roles, his laboratory performed neuroscience and cancer research, and he was responsible for graduate school admissions, student recruitment and retention, diversity, career development, faculty mentor training, and alumni engagement. Andrew has continued his research, scholarship, and teaching throughout his career. Distinctions 20+ years on NIH and International Grant Review Panels (n>50) University of Texas Regents Outstanding Teaching Award Rush University Endowed Presidential Professorship Board service (American Women in Science, Texas Medical Center Consulting Group Soc. for Neuroscience, Am. Soc. for Cell Biology, Am. Assn. for Cancer Research Education Ph.D., Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, CT B.A., Psychobiology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH Postdoctoral Fellowships: Stanford University, Karolinska Institute, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.