Stanley Terlecky, Ph.D., associate professor of Pharmacology and associate dean of Biomedical Graduate Programs for the Wayne State University School of Medicine, is leaving for a new position at Seton Hall University.
Dr. Terlecky has accepted the position of associate dean and chair of Biomedical Graduate Studies and Basic Science Medical Education for the new medical school under development at Seton Hall University. His last day with the WSU School of Medicine will be June 14.
"A member of our faculty since 1998, Dr. Terlecky has overseen a very strong graduate program since his appointment as associate dean in 2013, and is responsible for considerable contributions to the School of Medicine, particularly in the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences program," said Jack D. Sobel, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine. "We have indeed been fortunate to have in Dr. Terlecky a powerful advocate for graduate students in the biomedical sciences."
"It is a wonderful challenge to try to help build a new medical school," Dr. Terlecky said. "I have so enjoyed these 18 years at Wayne State. I hope that I have given back half of what I have received. It will be very difficult to leave all of the friends and colleagues I have made over the years."
The move will see Dr. Terlecky return to his East Coast roots. Originally from New York, he has family in the area and his two oldest children attend Drexel University in Philadelphia. His wife, Laura J. Terlecky, an executive secretary for the WSU Technology Committee in the Office of the Vice President for Research, will remain with WSU for another year while their two youngest children complete middle school and high school, respectively.
Dr. Terlecky has had a longstanding interest in graduate student training. He mentored several doctoral students in his own laboratory and served on the dissertation committees of many others. He assisted in the development of the school's M.D./Ph.D. program and was involved in a number of initiatives to increase graduate student recruitment.