Dr. Athanasios Zavras Email & Phone Number

Developing forward-looking strategy and leading transformations in higher education. Delivering the highest-level of innovation to improve the human condition. Enjoying mentoring the next generation of students.High-Impact Results:@ Tufts⇒ One of only five endowed tenured professors⇒ Chairing the Department of Public Health & Community Service with oversight of GPR, AEGD training programs, Tufts Dental Facilities (a network of seven clinics throughout Massachusetts for persons with disabilities), foreign and local externships for predoctoral students, school based programs and geriatric programs. ⇒ Principal Investigator of a Carequest Foundation grant to design and implement an integrated family-centered system of care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities⇒ Principal Investigator of the PRIDE grant funded by the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health to increase access to dental care via tele-dentistry and mobile clinics⇒ Have oversight of faculty promotions as Assistant Dean for Faculty Advancement (2021-24)@ Boston University⇒ Designed & opened new pediatric facility in Boston, with 5,000% increase in clinical revenues in first three years. ⇒ Established team-based inter-disciplinary pediatric clinic for under-served Boston youth, funded by HRSA.⇒ Developed educational innovation lab that introduced haptic simulation to BUGSDM. ⇒ Obtained multi-million $ funding for & launched specialty training programs for minority dentists. ⇒ Chief of Dental Service. Franciscan Children's Hospital (2018-21)@ Columbia University⇒ Established new postgraduate training program in Dental Public Health. ⇒ Conducted high impact research that led to a patented molecular diagnostic for osteonecrosis of the jaw@ Harvard University ⇒ Established and maintained one of the very first funded research programs on molecular cancer epidemiology and personalized dental medicine that resulted in a patented diagnostic for head and neck cancer.⇒ Published research results in highest impact scientific journals. Cited over 3,500 times.@ Ingenix, UnitedHealthCare⇒ Established Pharmacogenetics business unit. Leveraged national insurance data to research genetic markers of serious adverse effects. Core Competencies:Team Building Stakeholder Engagement PartnershipsChange Management Fund Raising Operational Improvement Program and Budget ManagementQuantitative AnalysisCurriculum Design

Listed skills include Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Clinical Research, and 2 others.