Peter Vanable was appointed associate provost for graduate studies and dean of the Graduate School on Jan. 6, 2017. He served as interim vice president of research from Jan. 1, 2016, to Aug. 31, 2017. Vanable is a professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences and an adjunct professor of medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Vanable served as chair of psychology for six years, an appointment that began in August 2009.
Vanable has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on topics related to HIV risk reduction, coping with chronic illness and substance abuse. He has been principal investigator or co-investigator on more than $8 million in research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including funding for Project iMPPACS, a four-city health promotion intervention for at-risk adolescents. Vanable is a regular reviewer for the NIH and is an associate editor at the journal AIDS and Behavior.
Vanable is the past recipient of an excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award (2013) and was elected to fellow status by the Society of Behavioral Medicine in 2012.
Vanable served on Syracuse University’s Institutional Review Board for seven years and was appointed to serve as chair in 2014. Vanable is a past member of Syracuse University’s Senate Budget Committee and serves on the Chancellor’s Steering Committee for oversight of the University’s Fast Forward Syracuse initiative, designed to improve operational efficiencies and leverage funds to enhance investment in high impact research. He can be reached at 315.443.2543 or pvanable@syr.edu.