Pretlow Lester

Professor and Dean, College of Allied Health Sciences @Augusta University

Augusta, GA, US

Serves as dean and chief administrative officer of the College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS), Augusta University, the only state supported academic health center in Georgia. The CAHS is 51 years old this year and now is the home to 15 academic programs at the baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate levels. I am the leader of 89 faculty and 29 staff. I am in my 18th year at the university and the fifth dean of the CAHS. I served as the interim dean of the College from June 2017 to April 2018.

Old Dominion University and Eastern Virginia Medical School

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomedical Science with an emphasis in Clinical Biochemistry

University of Virginia

Bachelor of Arts - BA, Chemistry