Prof. Taraneh (Tara) Dean
Prof. Taraneh (Tara) Dean
Interim Co Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, LSBU Group / Provost
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Professional service:Executive
Professor Taraneh (Tara) Dean is a Professor of Health Sciences who is an internationally recognised authority in the epidemiology of allergic disorders. She joined LSBU in September 2021 as Provost, the University’s chief academic officer, upholding LSBU’s academic standards and mission. She has direct responsibility for LSBU’s academic units.
Before that, Tara was the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise (2016-2021) at the University of Brighton, where she was strategic lead for all research and enterprise activities. Her portfolio there expanded to include her role as institution lead on Galleries, Theatre and Museums, as well as being the executive lead for gender equality. She also oversaw the work of the University of Brighton’s Community University Partnership Programme.
She previously held a number of senior positions at the University of Portsmouth including Dean of Research and Dean of the Faculty of Science.
She is passionate about promoting gender equality in academia, and mentors a number of female academics at universities in the UK. She is one of 21 Advance HE’s UK Athena Swan Charter panel chairs. As a member of the Equality and Diversity Panel for the REF2021, Tara advises on the development of guidance and criteria to appropriately recognise equality and diversity considerations in REF submissions.
She continues to serve on key national bodies. She was appointed as the chair of the International Research Development Network for Universities UK in 2020 and she is currently a member of advisory board for UK Institute for Technical Skills and Strategy.
Originally from Iran, Tara came to the UK aged 16, as an international student to complete her education. She completed her first degree in Biological Chemistry at the University of Essex and obtained her PhD from Kings College in London in 1989.
She has published widely, remains research active and continues to deliver lectures and seminars at her previous institutions.