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Allan Cole serves as the Dean at the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, where he holds the Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health Social Policy and the Bert Kruger Smith Centennial Professorship. He leads the School's mission to address critical social issues and enhance human well-being through interdisciplinary research and collaboration. Dean Cole has created the Moritz Center for Societal Impact in 2023 to support effective community engagement and innovative scholarship. He is a nationally recognized authority on chronic illness, health humanities, and bereavement in relation to social work. An accomplished author and editor of 15 books, his recent publications include works focused on Parkinson’s disease. Cole actively contributes to academic literature in social work and psychology, serving on editorial boards for various journals. With over 20 years of experience in higher education leadership, he is dedicated to fostering supportive environments for students and colleagues in social work education and practice.
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