Northwestern University Presents at BioNetwork East, Apr-04-2013 09:00 AM. Venue: Eden Roc Renaissance Resort & Spa, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, United States. Speakers: David Tiemeier, Sr. Director, Innovation & New Ventures Office.

Northwestern University announced that it has appointed Jannifer Crittendon as director of equal opportunity and access. As a member of the Office of Human Resources leadership team, Crittendon and her staff will work with leaders and individual contributors throughout the University to establish policies and practices for equal opportunity, improve diversity and access, and build a community free of discrimination and harassment. Crittendon joins Northwestern from the University of Notre Dame where she served most recently as director of the Office of Institutional Equity and, previously, director of student welfare and development.

John Alexander has been named executive director of the Northwestern University Health Service. Alexander has served as medical director since 2006. He joined Northwestern in 2002 as a staff physician. In 2010, he assumed the additional role of interim executive director of NUHS. Alexander will provide both administrative and clinical supervision for 13 physicians, one nurse practitioner and three administrative staff members. He will oversee managers and staff of eight separate departments within NUHS. These departments include health information management services, health promotion and wellness, insurance, laboratory, outpatient services, patient accounts, pharmacy and radiology.