Peter Nickerson will serve a five-year term as dean of health sciences and medicine at the University of Manitoba, effective Sept. 1. Dr. Nickerson is a professor of internal medicine and immunology and has served since 2015 as vice-dean, research at U of Manitoba’s faculty of health sciences. He is also a clinical nephrologist and a medical consultant at the transplant immunology laboratory at Shared Health, a provincial health organization in Manitoba. Dr. Nickerson has received numerous awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Society of Transplantation.