Taylor named interim assistant dean

Robin Michaels, associate professor of cell and developmental biology, is stepping down after 19 years at the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado Denver. Michaels serves as assistant dean for essentials core curriculum, director of the State Anatomical Board, and co-director of the Digestive, Endocrine and Metabolic Systems Block.

Michaels has accepted a position as associate dean of student affairs and admissions at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and will focus on student success and well-being.

Matt Taylor, associate professor of cardiology and director of adult clinical genetics, has accepted the position of interim assistant dean for the essentials core curriculum.