Meredith Hay

Meredith Hay is an American academic and biomedical researcher. She currently serves as Special Advisor to the Chairman of The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR). ABOR has launched a very ambitious and forward thinking Enterprise Initiative to, first, develop a performance funding model for the Arizona system and, second, identify new approaches to university budget and finance. Dr. Hay works directly with the Board Chair and the leadership of the three universities to develop and implement this initiative.  This effort will reshape the way higher education is delivered in Arizona, and has the potential to be a model for public universities across the country.

From 2008 to 2011 Dr. Hay was Executive Vice President and Provost at the University of Arizona (UA). Dr. Hay was the UA's chief operating officer with responsibilities for the entire university budget including the Arizona Health Sciences Center. She had oversight of all academic, research and outreach programs with responsibility of ensuring excellence and coordination in all areas.

In July of 2008, through faculty-lead initiatives, Provost Hay’s office initiated a process to reorganize the University of Arizona in a way that would strategically reposition programs, faculty and students to continue to be nationally and internationally competitive and to meet the challenges of the future. To enable the University to move expeditiously to take advantage of new opportunities and maximize its efficiency in a highly dynamic environment, the University embarked on a major restructuring initiative called The University of Arizona Transformation Plan. This reorganization worked to retain, but also improve, access and quality, to reduce administrative costs, and to decrease institutional barriers hampering collaborative work among the faculty.

The outcome of Transformation Plan generated not only tens of millions in real cost savings via reorganizations but did so while UA realized record growth in research funding and resulted in the establishment of exciting, new interdisciplinary partnerships and programs.

From 2005 to 2008, Dr. hay served as the Vice President for Research at the Unversity of Iowa. At the University of Iowa, Dr. Hay provided the central leadership for all of the university's research, scholarly, and creative programs, including the academic medical center. Dr. Hay served as an enthusiastic and vocal spokesperson for the university, working closely with state and federal government leaders, private sector representatives, and local community groups to broaden both private and public support for the university.  She led a significant reorganization of the university's economic development efforts, with a focus on improving public access to the University, enhancing the University's technology licensing and commercialization activities, and creating better opportunities for new University-initiated small business start-ups.

Dr. Hay, a Texas native, earned her B.A. in psychology from the University of Colorado, Denver, and her M.S. in neurobiology from the University Texas at San Antonio, and her Ph.D. in cardiovascular pharmacology from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio. She trained as a postdoctoral fellow in the Cardiovascular Center at the University of Iowa College of Medicine and at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1996, she was a faculty member in the Department of Physiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio.She was named Executive Vice President and Provost at the University of Arizona in February 2008.

Academic Career

Dr. Hay, a tenured professor of physiology at the UA College of Medicine, is a leading expert in gender physiology and the differences in males and females in neurocontrol of the cardiovascular system.

Dr. Hay is a native of Houston, Texas. She earned her B.A. in psychology from the University of Colorado Denver, and her M.S. in neurobiology from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and her Ph.D. in cardiovascular pharmacology from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Prior to joining the University of Arizona, Dr. Hay was at The University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.

External links

• University of Arizona Press Release - Iowa Vice President Chosen as Next UA Provost
• Hay tapped to serve as Special Adivor to the Arizona Board of Regents Chair for Strategic Initiatives
• UA stands up National Center for Civil Discourse
• Provost Hay speaks about leading UA in Difficult Climate

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