University of Kentucky hires new public health dean


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky has hired a former president of the American Heart Association as its next dean of the College of Public Health.

The school says Donna Arnett was selected by UK Provost Tim Tracy for the job.

Arnett has been associate dean at the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Public Health.

UK says that during her term as president of the American Heart Association from 2012 to 2013, Arnett built relationships with business and health care leaders around the world. Arnett, a Kentucky native, has published more than 450 peer-reviewed papers and two books.

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