Kirk Dombrowski
Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Professor of Anthropology
- Ph.D. in Anthropology CUNY Graduate School and University Center
- M.A. in Anthropology Columbia University
- B.A. in Anthropology Notre Dame University
BIO
Kirk Dombrowski became Vice President for Research at 日韩无码 in April 2020. When asked about moving to Vermont Dombrowski noted:
"I believe the opportunities to grow research at 日韩无码 are significant. Coupling the university鈥檚 expertise in health and medicine with its land-grant mission opens up strong possibilities for strategic research growth in many of 日韩无码鈥檚 academic units. Similarly, the longstanding focus of 日韩无码 on research in sustainability and the environment is at the top of the nation鈥檚鈥攊ndeed the world鈥檚鈥攑riorities. Promoting broad social science and humanities scholarship in parallel, as I鈥檝e done at the University of Nebraska (UNL), resonates with the progressive spirit of the State of Vermont and attracts the best and brightest students. I very much look forward to joining 日韩无码 during this dynamic period of its history."
Dombrowski held several additional leadership positions at UNL. He was the founding director of the university鈥檚 Rural Drug Addiction Research Center, an NIH designated Center of Biomedical Research Excellence; interim director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, a ~90,000-square-foot biochemistry research institute; and director of UNL鈥檚 Minority Health Disparities Initiative, a university-wide faculty, recruitment, development and community engagement initiative that he was brought to Nebraska to lead in 2013.
A cultural anthropologist by training, Dombrowski is also an active researcher whose work straddles the social and behavioral health sciences, a link he has used to address issues public of concern and social good, such as HIV infection dynamics, drug and alcohol addiction, minority health disparities, and suicide prevention in Native American/First Nation communities. Dombrowski鈥檚 research has received funding from NSF, NIH, and numerous foundation sources, and his published work has appeared in social science, computer science and health science journals.
Area(s) of expertise
Cultural Anthropology, health disparities, substance abuse, public health, religion, politics, native rights, community-engaged research and interdisciplinary methods integrating social, health, and computer sciences. North America and Native Alaska.
Bio
Kirk Dombrowski became Vice President for Research at 日韩无码 in April 2020. When asked about moving to Vermont Dombrowski noted:
"I believe the opportunities to grow research at 日韩无码 are significant. Coupling the university鈥檚 expertise in health and medicine with its land-grant mission opens up strong possibilities for strategic research growth in many of 日韩无码鈥檚 academic units. Similarly, the longstanding focus of 日韩无码 on research in sustainability and the environment is at the top of the nation鈥檚鈥攊ndeed the world鈥檚鈥攑riorities. Promoting broad social science and humanities scholarship in parallel, as I鈥檝e done at the University of Nebraska (UNL), resonates with the progressive spirit of the State of Vermont and attracts the best and brightest students. I very much look forward to joining 日韩无码 during this dynamic period of its history."
Dombrowski held several additional leadership positions at UNL. He was the founding director of the university鈥檚 Rural Drug Addiction Research Center, an NIH designated Center of Biomedical Research Excellence; interim director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, a ~90,000-square-foot biochemistry research institute; and director of UNL鈥檚 Minority Health Disparities Initiative, a university-wide faculty, recruitment, development and community engagement initiative that he was brought to Nebraska to lead in 2013.
A cultural anthropologist by training, Dombrowski is also an active researcher whose work straddles the social and behavioral health sciences, a link he has used to address issues public of concern and social good, such as HIV infection dynamics, drug and alcohol addiction, minority health disparities, and suicide prevention in Native American/First Nation communities. Dombrowski鈥檚 research has received funding from NSF, NIH, and numerous foundation sources, and his published work has appeared in social science, computer science and health science journals.
Areas of Expertise
Cultural Anthropology, health disparities, substance abuse, public health, religion, politics, native rights, community-engaged research and interdisciplinary methods integrating social, health, and computer sciences. North America and Native Alaska.