Wendy Likes, Ph.D.

Dean of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing

University of Tennessee

Dr. Likes is Dean of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing where she leads academic programs, advances nursing research, and is an internationally recognized expert in the prevention, recognition, and treatment of HPV-related cancers. Dr. Likes joined the faculty of the College of Nursing in 2005 and has served as Dean and the Ruth Neil Murry Endowed Chair in Nursing since 2015. 

In 2024, she was named Executive Director and Special Advisor for Rural Health for UT Health Science Center. 

Dr. Likes is the principal investigator of a $12 million grant from the Tennessee Department of Health to establish the Tennessee Rural Health Care Center of Excellence at UT Health Science Center.