<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/2026/june/06-01-desport-interim-dean.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>President's Office</categories><pubDate>06/01/2026 04:14:47 PM</pubDate><title>Appointment of Dr. Brigitte C. Desport As Interim Dean, School of Health Professions; Retirement of Dean Allen N. Lewis, Jr.</title><sub-title/><description>Effective today, June 1, 2026, Brigitte C. Desport, D.P.S., OTR/L, BCP, ATP, will serve as Interim Dean of the School of Health Professions.</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/2026/03-03/_images/desport.png" alt="Allen N. Lewis, Jr., PhD, CRC"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/2026/june/06-01-desport-interim-dean.xml</loc><tags><tag>School of Health Professions</tag></tags><categories><category>President's Office</category></categories></item>