M. Roy Wilson
| M. Roy Wilson | |
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| President of Wayne State University | |
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Assumed office August 1, 2013 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | November 28, 1953 |
| Alma mater |
Allegheny College University of California Harvard Medical School |
| Website | President M. Roy Wilson |
M. Roy Wilson (born November 28, 1953 in Yokohama, Japan) is the President of the Wayne State University.
M. Roy Wilson completed his undergraduate degree at Allegheny College in Meadville, Penn. in 1976. Soon after he was accepted to Harvard Medical School, where he received his M.D. in 1980. It was there he trained as an ophthalmologist and researcher. M. Roy Wilson is an accomplished researcher, focused on glaucoma and blindness in West Africa, the Caribbean and urban communities in the United States. Wilson has had a great appreciation for cultural diversity and multiculturalism, which has led him into the field of international ophthalmology; most of his scientific and service contributions have been in developing countries. In 1985, M. Roy Wilson attended the University of California, Los Angeles to complete his master's degree in epidemiology (1990).
M. Roy Wilson was unanimously elected President of Wayne State University by the Board of Governors on June 5, 2013. He assumed the presidency on August 1, 2013.
Prior to joining Wayne State, President Wilson served as deputy director for strategic scientific planning and program coordination at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of National Institutes of Health.
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