Suha Saleh is an assistant dean for academic affairs and student success at the University of Central Florida. Saleh obtained her undergraduate degree in medical technology (currently known as clinical laboratory science) and her Ph.D. in physiology from Kansas State University. She completed postdoctoral training at the Neuroscience Department at Georgetown University Medical Center. Saleh also completed several academic leadership trainings, including programs at Harvard University and UCF. Her research focuses on college student success, health education and eye disorders and diabetes.

Saleh has held several academic positions, including the director of the health sciences undergraduate program at UCF, a position that she has held from 2010-2020. In 2017-2018, she served on the UCF taskforce that proposed the founding structures for UCF’s Academic Health Sciences Center and the College of Health Professions and Sciences. Within these new structures, Saleh led the creation and served as interim chair of the newly formed Department of Health Sciences. In her current role, her leadership portfolio encompasses all aspects of academic affairs and student success. Reporting units and areas of responsibility include:

• Undergraduate Program Affairs
• Graduate Program Affairs
• Student Affairs and Academic Success
• Programmatic Accreditation
• Academic Program Review
• Faculty Teaching Qualifications
• Program Institutional Effectiveness (IE) Assessment
• Internships and Clinical Education
• Academic Operation: Policies and Procedures
• Space Administration and Facilities Management
• Study Abroad and International Engagement
• Student Scholarships and Awards
• College-Wide Experiential Learning Programs:
  • Clinical Shadowing Abroad Program
  • Community Health Ambassadors Program