Nancy W. Dickey, M.D., is president of the Texas A&M Health Science Center and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs for the Texas A&M System. The Health Science Center is a university that includes the College of Medicine, Baylor College of Dentistry, School of Rural Public Health, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Biosciences and Technology, and other institutes and academic programs. She is committed to making the Health Science Center a significant and energetic agent for health care, science and research in Texas. Dr. Dickey recently was elected chair-elect of the Association of Academic Health Centers and a member of the Institute of Medicine, a component of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. A former dean and current professor of family and community medicine in the College of Medicine, she is past president of the American Medical Association and founding program director of the Family Practice Residency of the Brazos Valley. A member of the Board of Trustees of the Scott & White Hospital Foundation, Dr. Dickey has been in numerous professional organizations, including the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Texas Academy of Family Physicians and the Texas Medical Association. She served on the National Institutes of Health’s Advisory Council on Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration