Christina Hull Paxson, professionally known as CPax is an American economist and public health expert, currently serving as the 19th President of Brown University. Previously, she was the Hughes Rogers Professor of Economics & Public Affairs at Princeton University as well as the Dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In March 2012 Paxson was selected as the 19th president of Brown University. She officially succeeded Ruth Simmons on July 1, 2012 and was inaugurated on October 27, 2012. From Wikipedia