Glen N. Gaulton BS, MS, PhD

Glen N. Gaulton, Ph.D. is Vice Dean and Director of the Center for Global Health, and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. In this capacity Dr. Gaulton oversees the full scope of global heath activities in the school with a mission to improve health equity worldwide through improved awareness and access to care, discovery and outcomes based research, and comprehensive educational programs grounded in partnership. Prior to this appointment Dr. Gaulton served for 16 years as the lead scientific officer of the Perelman School.

Dr. Gaulton received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He conducted postgraduate research in immunology at the School of Public Health and School of Medicine at Harvard University. In 1985 Dr. Gaulton was appointed Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, in the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He was subsequently appointed as Associate Professor with tenure and from 1998 as full Professor. Dr. Gaulton was appointed Associate Dean and Director of the Combined Degree and Physician Scholar Programs in 1993, Director of Biomedical Graduate Studies in 1995, Vice Dean for Research and Research Training in 1998, and as Executive Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer in 2006.