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David J. Dausey, Ph.D., Ed.D., is the executive vice president and provost of Duquesne
University. Provost Dausey is responsible for the university鈥檚 academic operations,
including over 200 degree and certificate programs across Duquesne鈥檚 10 schools. He also oversees research and innovation, enrollment management, online learning,
student success, educational and classroom technology, university libraries, academic
centers and institutes, and international programs, including Duquesne鈥檚 campuses
in Rome and Dublin.
Since becoming Duquesne鈥檚 Provost, Dausey has helped steer the university through a period of transformative change. He has founded and advanced new schools, departments, institutes and programs. Notably, he played a pivotal role in creating 麻豆直播鈥檚 College of Osteopathic Medicine, the institution鈥檚 boldest initiative to date, and was instrumental in fundraising for new facilities and programs across the university. He also oversaw the development of a new university curriculum, the Bridges Common Learning Experience, with full faculty participation and support.
Provost Dausey was recognized by City and State magazine as a 鈥渢railblazer in higher
education,鈥 by the Pittsburgh Business Times as one of 鈥20 people to know in higher
education,鈥 and by Technical.ly as one of the top influential leaders in Pittsburgh
Tech.
Provost Dausey is a tenured professor with faculty appointments at Duquesne鈥檚 John
G. Rangos Sr. School of Health Sciences and College of Osteopathic Medicine. He holds
an honorary faculty appointment as a Distinguished Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon
University, where he formerly served as a faculty member and the senior director of
health programs and initiatives. Provost Dausey has earned several awards for his
teaching and mentoring efforts, including the Martcia Wade Teaching Award, the Alpha
Theta Mentorship Award and the Panhellenic Interfraternity Council Role Model Award.
An internationally recognized epidemiologist, Provost Dausey is an elected fellow
of the American College of Epidemiology. He has worked closely with senior health
officials in over twenty countries and experts from international organizations and
foundations such as the World Health Organization, the United Nations, the Global
Health and Security Initiative and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has led health projects
worldwide and directed millions of dollars in extramural research funding. His extensive
academic contributions include numerous books, research articles and reports, many
of which have gained national media attention.
As a national advocate for education, healthcare and public health, Provost Dausey
has conducted hundreds of media interviews and written commentaries for various news
outlets. He has also served on the board of directors of numerous community organizations
focused on philanthropy, academia, healthcare, economic development, and arts and
culture.
Before Duquesne, Provost Dausey served as the executive vice president and provost
of Mercyhurst University. He also worked as a full-time researcher with the RAND Corporation
and as an analyst at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
A Pittsburgh native, Provost Dausey grew up in Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania. He earned
a bachelor鈥檚 degree in psychology from Mercyhurst University. He earned master鈥檚 and
doctoral degrees in epidemiology from Yale University. He earned a second doctoral
degree in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed
post-graduate training in higher education leadership and management at Harvard University.