Dr. Georges M. Nemer is the Associate Dean Research at the College of Health and Life Sciences. He began his official role in January 2022 following the leave of the founding Dean, Dr. Edward Stuenkel. Professor Nemer has been leading the division of Genomics and Translational Biomedicine at the College since 2019.

Despite the COVID years, the success of the division was unprecedented in securing research funds, publishing high-impact factor journals, and graduating excellent students. Previously Dr. Nemer was the Director of Basic Science Affairs at the American University of Beirut where he mentored more than 40 graduate students, 20 postdocs in biochemistry and molecular genetics, and 16 classes of Med I students. 

He has published over 120 papers in areas related to Congenital Heart Diseases and other inherited rare genetic disorders (Google Scholar: 130+ pubs, Total Citations ~ 5000, h-index 32, i10-index 68; ResearchGate: RG Score 40 (publication reads ~50,000) and book chapters. He served on the Editorial board of Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine and is a member of the community of experts at the European Science Foundation, the European Society of Cardiology, and the American and European Societies of Human Genetics.