Vice Provost for Research

Ken Blank

Dr. Ken Blank was appointed Vice Provost for Research at Northeastern University in 2009. Prior to this appointment he was Vice Provost for Research at Drexel University from 2006 to 2008, Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research at Drexel University from 1998 to 2006 and as Associate Dean for Research at Allegheny University of the Health Sciences (now Drexel University College of Medicine) from 1994 to 1998.

Dr. Blank received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from New York University, University College of Arts and Sciences in 1970 and his Ph.D. in Genetics from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University in 1977. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania College of Medicine, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at this same institution in 1981. In 1986, Dr. Blank moved to Temple University College of Medicine as an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. In 1990, he became Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Hahnemann University College of Medicine. While at Hahnemann University he became the Founding Director of the Experimental Pathology Graduate Program.