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Administration

Barbara Maxwell, P.T., D.P.T.’06, MSc, Cert THE is dean of the Arizona School of Health Sciences and associate professor of physical therapy and has been with the university since 2003. She holds a BSc (Hons) in physiotherapy from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, a master’s degree in research methodology from King’s College, London University in England, a certificate in teaching in higher education from Oxford Brookes University in England, and a doctor of physical therapy degree from ATSU. She also held a research fellowship at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England.

Dr. Maxwell served in leadership positions within the British National Health Service and in education. Prior to her move to the US she led the physiotherapy programs at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England. In 2009 and again in 2010, she was named as a Top Woman in Business in the category of colleges and universities by Arizona Woman Magazine.

David Wayne, Ph.D. is associate dean, assessment, faculty enhancement, and accreditation. He also works with the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health in the area of strategic planning. Dr. Wayne has a post-doctoral diploma in psychiatry with specialty in organizational studies, a Ph.D. in psychology with an organization development focus, and master degrees in sociology and counseling.

Dr. Wayne was associate clinical professor of psychiatry at McMaster University Medical School, and a course director at both York University and Arizona State University. He helped start and run the Family Practice Residency Program at John. C. Lincoln Health Network in Phoenix, one of only a handful of non-physicians leading a residency program in the U.S. Dr. Wayne is the author of three books and is a contributing author of the 2005 “The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation.”

Ken Pavlicek, Ph.D. is the assistant dean for academic technology and an assistant professor. He received a Ph.D. in botany from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, a master degree in biology from the University of New Mexico, and a bachelor of liberal arts degree from Bellarmine University. Dr. Pavlicek spent three years as a NASA post-doctoral research fellow at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Prior to coming to Arizona School of Health Sciences in 1995, Dr. Pavlicek worked for nearly a decade as an information technology specialist and educational consultant. Dr. Pavlicek previously served as chair of the medical informatics program.