ATHENS, Ga., July 2 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news release:

Laika Steiger has been named the senior associate dean for administration and operations in the University of Georgia's Victoria Kay Ivester School of Nursing.

Steiger brings more than two decades of leadership experience spanning academic health centers, healthcare systems and higher education. She joined UGA after serving as associate dean of clinical practice operations and executive director of the Emory Nursing Learning Center at Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Before Emory, Steiger led workforce development for a large integrated health system, overseeing education and professional development for approximately 20,000 empl...