Dr. Jack Barnette, joins the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences as the new associate dean of academic affairs and professor of bioinformatics and biostatistics. “Jack will help us make revisions and develop new curricular plans,” said Dean Craig Blakely. “This may take on larger ramifications as the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health and our accrediting entity, Council on Education for Public Health, consider a revamp of Master of Public Health competencies.”