Advisory Board Member Profile
Paul Lyons
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California University of Science and Medicine
President 
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Paul Lyons is a physician, educator and author currently serving as President of California University of Science and Medicine, a new health sciences university and medical school with a mission to enhance educational and economic opportunity, expand the healthcare workforce and improve the health and wellness of Inland Southern California and beyond. Previously he served as Senior Associate Dean foe Education and founding chair of Family Medicine at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, the first new medical school in California in almost five decades. During 13 years at Temple University he worked collaboratively with multiple educators exploring the intersection of literature and medicine.
His interest in the wide range of issues involved in health and wellness led to collaborative educational offerings in medical ethics, nutrition, Public Health, Emergency Preparedness/Disaster Response and green space development. His work in education and medical education has been recognized regionally and nationally by the American Association of Medical Colleges’ Humanism in Medicine Award, American Medical Student Association’s National Golden Apple for Teaching Excellence Award, a Lindback Foundation Award, Temple University’s Great Teacher Award and University of California, Riverside’s Distinguished Teaching Award. He has served as a media medical expert for a wide variety of news organizations including Vogue, Cosmopolitan, CNN, NBC’s Today Show, Prevention magazine, USA Today and local television, newspaper and radio outlets. Currently, he is constructing a unique core curriculum for the developing UCR School of Medicine that will reflect emerging needs of future physicians facing a healthcare system that is rapidly evolving in new and unusual ways. |
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