Leigh Griffiths, Ph.D. (CV ’16), is dean, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Leigh Griffiths, Ph.D. (CV ’16), is dean of Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Dr. Griffiths will set and direct the graduate school’s education mission including developing the workforce of the future by recruiting and matriculating exceptional Ph.D. and M.D.–Ph.D. students.

Dr. Griffiths is a veterinary cardiologist, cardiovascular surgeon and research scientist on the Rochester campus. Dr. Griffiths, a professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, succeeds Bruce Horazdovsky, Ph.D. (BMB ’02), who served as interim dean.