Cleveland State hires heart researcher as dean of health and science college

Cleveland State University has hired a former Cleveland Clinic and University of Maryland cardiovascular researcher as the new dean of its College of Sciences and Health Professions.

Meredith Bond, who most recently chaired the department of physiology at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine, is scheduled to begin her tenure at CSU on July 18, according to a statement from the university.

In her new role, Bond’s charge is to increase the amount of research funding CSU takes in and to develop a new urban primary care medical program that CSU is launching with Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED).

Bond spent 16 years as a heart researcher at Cleveland Clinic where her work focused on “the molecular basis of the regulation of contractility in the heart,” according to the statement.

At the University of Maryland, Bond is credited with boosting the department of physiology’s grant funding, something CSU leaders hope she can replicate in her new job.

Bond’s new salary will be $235,000, Crain’s Cleveland Business reported.

The CSU-NEOMED urban primary care medical education initiative is scheduled to begin this fall.