<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/06-02/05-school-of-health-professions-leadership-transition.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>School of Health Professions</categories><pubDate>06/02/2026 05:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>Leadership Transition in the School of Health Professions</title><sub-title/><description>Downstate has announced the appointment of Brigitte C. Desport, D.P.S., OTR/L, BCP, ATP, as Interim Dean of the School of Health Professions (SoHP), effective June 1, 2026.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.downstate.edu/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/06-02/_images/desport-lewis.jpg" alt="Dr. Despor &amp; Lewis"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/06-02/05-school-of-health-professions-leadership-transition.xml</loc><tags><tag>School of Health Professions</tag></tags><categories><category>School of Health Professions</category></categories></item>