Tiffany Radcliff appointed School of Public Health executive associate dean for research and innovation

Tiffany Radcliff, PhD, has been appointed the inaugural executive associate dean for research and innovation at the Texas University A&M School of Public Health, effective Sept. 1, 2025.

This new leadership role reflects the tremendous growth and evolving needs of the school, which is now the largest and highest-ranked School of Public Health in Texas. The school enrolls more than 3,000 students as majors and minors and employs 225 full-time staff and faculty. In her new role, Radcliff will advance new strategic initiatives for the school, represent the dean and school to Texas A&M University administration in multiple capacities, and continue serving as the school’s executive leader for research.

Radcliff was first appointed as the school’s associate dean for research in 2018 and then named senior associate dean in 2023. In this capacity, she oversaw the Office of Research, guided new strategic research initiatives, and represented the school on the Texas A&M University Research Council (URC). The new role builds on these areas to include advancing school-level strategic priorities in research, development, practice and administration. She is past chair of the URC and has served on the URC’s executive committee since 2020.

Radcliff recently (2025) completed an alumnae travel fellowship for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Academic Leadership Development Program (ALDP) and was named a Texas A&M University System Chancellor’s “EDGES” Fellow in 2021. She served as the interim director for the USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness in 2023. As associate dean, Radcliff has also expanded support for the school’s research centers, implemented new programs and staffing to elevate faculty and student research success, and increased new annual research awards from under $10 million in 2020 to over $40 million in 2025.

Radcliff, also a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, received a PhD in health services research, policy and administration from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Science in economics from Texas A&M. Prior to joining Texas A&M, she held faculty positions at the University of Florida and University of Colorado and was associate director of a health services research program housed within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Her research expertise is in health economics and health services research, including analysis of secondary (administrative) data and use of novel methodology to improve measurement of care processes, access to care, and health care outcomes for vulnerable populations such as older adults, veterans and rural residents.

Radcliff currently holds titles as an affiliated investigator for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and senior fellow with the USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness. She remains an active mentor to early career faculty and graduate students. She teaches health economics courses for the school’s professional degree programs and serves on national committees, boards and advisory groups, including the Scientific Merit Review Board (SMRB) for the VA’s Health Services Research & Development Service.

“Dr. Radcliff has done a phenomenal job in elevating research within the School of Public Health and Texas A&M University and has guided research incentive programs that have moved the school to record new research awards. This represents an evolution of her role and the SPH,”  School of Public Health Dean Shawn Gibbs said. “In addition to being a great researcher and administrator, Dr. Radcliff is a wonderful colleague and mentor of faculty, students and staff.