University of Louisville (Ky.) School of Public Health and Information Sciences names associate dean of academic affairs, and other news

The University of Louisville (Ky.) School of Public Health and Information Sciences named Jack Barnette associate dean of academic affairs and professor of bioinformatics and biostatistics.

In his new role, Barnette will also help the department of biostatistics and bioinformatics develop the school of public health and information sciences' first online degree, a Web-based master of science in biostatistics. Barnette, who has been a professor and an administrator at several universities, most recently served as associate dean for academic and student affairs at the University of Colorado in Denver.

Michael Dal Bello, healthcare investment partner at Pritzker Group Private Capital, Chicago, has been named president of the Healthcare Private Equity Association, a trade group comprising more than 50 private equity firms representing 400 healthcare portfolio companies. Dal Bello, 42, will lead the organization's advocacy, research and communication efforts when he takes office in July. Before joining Pritzker Group, Dal Ballo was a managing director with New York-based Blackstone Group.

EMHS, a hospital system based in Brewer, Maine, named Dr. Robert Thompson senior VP and chief medical officer.

Thompson, 54, is now chief quality and medical officer at Asante Health System, based in Medford, Ore. He will replace Dr. Erik Steele, who last year was named CMO at Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health.

EMHS operates eight hospitals, including Mercy Health System in Portland, Maine, which EMHS acquired last October.

Data warehousing and healthcare analytics company Health Catalyst, Salt Lake City, has named Dr. Bryan Oshiro chief medical officer.

Board certified in OB-GYN, Oshiro brings 30 years of quality-improvement expertise to the role, including serving as clinical leader of the first quality-improvement initiative at Utah's Intermountain Healthcare. In his new position, he will aid in product development and help clients implement Health Catalyst's approach to quality and performance improvement.

Currently, Oshiro serves as associate professor at Loma Linda (Calif.) University School of Medicine. Though he will give up his clinical practice and directorship of the Perinatal Institute at the Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, Oshiro plans to continue his clinical research at the university.

Breast cancer organization Susan G. Komen has named Betty Wolf VP of development. Wolf, 60, has served for the past 10 years as VP of Eisenhower Medical Center's foundation in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Previously, she led fundraising and capital campaigns at the University of California at Los Angeles and St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif.

Since it was founded in 1982, Susan G. Komen has funded more than $800 million in research and provided $1.7 billion in funding tobreast cancer screening, education, treatment and psychosocial support programs worldwide.