Dr. Robert G. Frank has a long history in administration, academic service and professional practice. A board certified clinical psychologist, Frank previously was a dean and professor of Clinical and Health Psychology for the College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville.Frank, who became dean at Florida in 1995, also directed the Florida Center for Medicaid and the Uninsured. Prior administrative and academic posts include service at the University of Missouri, Columbia, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the Missouri Department of Health.Frank holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of New Mexico. Professional memberships include the American Psychological Association, of which he has been a Fellow. In 2003, he also received a Distinguished Service Award from the association.He is widely published in the fields of rehabilitation and clinical psychology, and, along with other academic and service honors, Frank was selected to the Division I All-American Swimming Team in 1974. He is married with two children.