Claudia Lucchinetti

Claudia F. Lucchinetti, M.D., serves as dean of Dell Medical School and senior vice president for medical affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. In these roles, she oversees Dell Med’s work in education, research and clinical care, including operations at UT Health Austin, Dell Med’s clinical practice, and leads the University’s comprehensive health care strategy. She also holds the Frank and Charmaine Denius Distinguished Dean’s Chair in Medical Leadership. She is a Professor of Neurology.

Before coming to UT, Lucchinetti spent nearly three decades at Mayo Clinic. Her research focuses on pathogenic mechanisms of CNS demyelinating disorders. As Mayo Clinic’s Dean of Clinical Translational Science, she helped to establish the infrastructure to accelerate clinical adoption of digital health innovations. As chair of the Department of Neurology, she led Mayo Clinic’s Neurology Artificial Intelligence Program. She was also a member of the Mayo Clinic Board of Governors and Board of Trustees, where she served on the Digital Solutions committee providing oversight for Mayo Clinic’s digital solutions, technology infrastructure and information security strategies.