David I. Irby, Ph.D. Vice Dean for Education As vice dean for education and professor of medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine, Dr. Irby directs the undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education programs of the School of Medicine and heads the Office of Medical Education. Over the past three decades, Dr. Irby has conducted research on clinical teaching in medicine and for this research was awarded the Distinguished Scholar Award by the American Educational Research Association. Dr. Irby is also noted for his work in faculty development in medicine. He has written numerous articles on faculty development and has conducted workshops locally, nationally, and internationally. At UCSF, he directs the Faculty Development and Teaching Scholars Programs. He earned a doctorate in education from the University of Washington, a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary, and a postdoctoral fellowship in academic administration from Harvard Medical School.