Office of the Provost

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to share updates on personnel in the Provost’s Office. I am pleased to announce that two of our most accomplished faculty leaders will join the Provost’s Office team in temporary roles designed to support me.

Amy Gorin will serve as Interim Vice Provost for Health Sciences. Dr. Gorin is a professor in Psychological Sciences and director of the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP). In this role, she will help facilitate interdisciplinary connections and alignment among the schools and colleges at Storrs and the regionals with the Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine at UConn Health. Dr. Gorin has a deep background in partnerships in health sciences, through her leadership of InCHIP, as well as in her own research career. Her research addresses the complex issue of weight management, and she designs and evaluates interventions to address social and behavioral factors underpinning weight, often using technology-based approaches. She has been continuously funded by NIH in this area since 2001, including a new five-year R01 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and has over 100 peer-reviewed publications. She has supported several interdisciplinary initiatives through InCHIP to tackle “wicked” health problems, such as how to reduce opioid-related deaths in Connecticut. In her research, she has partnered frequently with UConn Health researchers, including the Obesity Research Interest Group she started in 2008 that stands at more than 150 members. In 2021, she received the Connecticut Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Science of Psychology

Sally Reis will serve on a part-time basis as Special Advisor to the Interim Provost. Dr. Reis holds the Letitia Neag Chair in Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education. She was previously named a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, and a Teaching Fellow. She formerly served as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs where she worked to enhance undergraduate programs, career development, and excellence in teaching. She also served as the Department Head of the Educational Psychology Department. She has authored and co-authored more than 270 articles, books, book chapters, monographs and technical reports, and worked in a research team that has generated over $60 million in grants during the last 20 years. Her scholarship on academically talented students and strength-based pedagogy is diverse and broad, as summarized by her numerous articles, books, book chapters, monographs, and technical reports. She is currently working on a grant, with colleagues from Educational Psychology, on academically talented high school students with autism. She has won multiple awards, including being named a fellow of The American Psychological Association, as well as awards for distinguished scholarship.

Both appointments are effective immediately. They join an exceptional Provost’s Office team that will be a critical resource and support to me in this new role.

Sincerely,
Anne

Anne D’Alleva
Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs