Randy Wykoff, MD, MPH & TM

Dean, College of Public Health
East Tennessee State University

Randy Wykoff, MD, MPH & TM is the founding Dean, College of Public Health at East Tennessee State University.  Dr. Wykoff is board certified in both Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine with additional training and certification in Tropical Medicine.  Prior to coming to ETSU, Dr. Wykoff was the Senior Vice President for International Operations at Project HOPE, responsible for over-seeing all  health education  and humanitarian programs in over in 30 countries. Before joining Project HOPE, Dr. Wykoff was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) in the US Department of Health and Human Services. In this capacity he oversaw the completion and national implementation of Healthy People 2010 and worked on a variety of initiatives including the "Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity." He also served for one year as the Acting Executive Director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Dr. Wykoff has also held the positions of Associate Commissioner for Operations and Associate Commissioner for AIDS and Special Health issues during eleven years at the Food and Drug Administration. During this time, he also led the Science Team for FDA's Tobacco Working Group and served as the Executive Director of the National Task Force on AIDS Drug Development. He also served a six month detail with the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee. Prior to joining the FDA, Dr. Wykoff was the District Medical Director for the six-county Upper Savannah Health District for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, responsible for overseeing all public health programming in a rural six county area. Dr. Wykoff and his wife Janine live in Johnson City with four of their five children.