Assistant Vice President for Student Health and Wellbeing Cornell University | Ithaca, New York We are pleased to announce that Dr. Julie Edwards has been named Cornell University’s Assistant Vice President for Student Health and Wellbeing, beginning July 1, 2024.Edwards joined the Skorton Center at Cornell University in 2022 and led the restructuring and expansion of its team. Edwards also spearheaded Cornell’s adoption of the Okanagan Charter – a formal pledge to use a systems-level approach to promote health and well-being across the University – as part of its initiative to become a Health Promoting Campus. In spring 2023, Edwards launched a student well-being survey to provide baseline data to track the progress of new initiatives.Edwards has more than 25 years of experience providing strategic, operational, and organizational leadership in academic and community health settings. Prior to Cornell, she served as the director of health promotion at the University of Chicago.Edwards serves on several national committees and boards, including the American College Health Association, where she worked on task forces focused on COVID and on developing guidelines to inform comprehensive college health programs. She also co-chaired the planning committee for the NASPA Strategies Conference, contributing to broader health promotion initiatives, and serves as secretary for the U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Network.Read the full announcement here.Natalie Leonhard led this search with Tiffany Weber and Kendra Moleé.