2022-2023 UMMC Promotions and Tenure
Published on Monday, August 7, 2023
More than 80 current Medical Center faculty will begin the new academic year with a promotion in rank, newly granted tenure, or both. Faculty are listed alphabetically, by school, in rank order of professor with tenure, associate professor with tenure, professor, and associate professor.
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY | |||
Jennifer Bain Promotion to Professor of Periodontics and Preventive Science with Tenure |
Susana Salazar Marocho Promotion to Associate Professor of Biomedical Materials Science with Tenure |
John Henson Promotion to Professor of Integrated Patient Care |
Charles Tolbert Promotion to Professor of Integrated Patient Care |
Joann Travis Promotion to Professor of Integrated Patient Care |
Jason Vassar Promotion to Associate Professor of Orthodontics |
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Sherry Colson Promotion to Professor of Physical Therapy with Tenure |
Kimberly Willis Promotion to Professor of Physical Therapy with Tenure |
Elizabeth Franklin Promotion to Professor of Health Administration |
Ryan McGlawn Promotion to Professor of Physical Therapy |
Judy Gordy Promotion to Associate Professor of Health Sciences |
Shuying Lin Promotion to Associate Professor of Physical Therapy |
William Cody Pannell Promotion to Associate Professor of Physical Therapy |
Britney Reulet Promotion to Associate Professor of Health Sciences |
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | |||
Patrick Bergin Promotion to Professor |
April Carson Professor of Medicine with Tenure |
Yann Gibert Promotion to Professor |
Juebin Huang Promotion to Professor |
Jason Parham Professor of Medicine with Tenure |
Stanley Smith Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology with Tenure |
Sarah Sterling Promotion to Professor |
Kedra Wallace Promotion to Professor |
Denise Cornelius Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology with Tenure |
Bernadette Grayson Associate Professor of Neurology with Tenure |
Jonah Gunalda Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine with Tenure |
Albert Lin Promotion to Associate Professor of Ophthalmology with Tenure |
Paula Warrington Tate Promotion to Associate Professor of Neurology |
Frederick Asher Promotion to Professor of Medicine |
Kellan Ashley Promotion to Professor |
Shuntaye Batson Promotion to Professor |
Christopher Bean Promotion to Professor |
William Black Promotion to Professor |
Will Campbell Promotion to Professor |
Veronica Carullo Promotion to Professor |
Jennifer Cox Promotion to Professor |
Angelle Klar Promotion to Professor |
Lakshmi Kurnutala Promotion to Professor |
Christopher Lee Promotion to Professor |
Sarah Novotny Promotion to Professor |
Shannon Orr Promotion to Professor |
Aimee Parnell Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics |
Barbara Saunders Promotion to Professor |
Divya Shakti Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics |
Stephen Stray Promotion to Professor |
Sadeka Tamanna Promotion to Professor of Medicine |
Iftekhar Ullah Promotion to Professor of Medicine |
John Adams Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology |
Laura Arnold Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
Roya Attar Promotion to Associate Professor of Ophthalmology |
Jennifer Barr Promotion to Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery |
John Bates Promotion to Associate Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology |
Pradeep Bathina Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
Saurabh Bhardwaj Promotion to Associate Professor of Psychiatry |
Kimberly Bibb Promotion to Associate Professor of Family Medicine |
Hanna Broome Promotion to Associate Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology |
Beth Brownlee Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
Sarah Conerly-Sham Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
Dereck Davis Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
Sarah Faucette Promotion to Associate Professor of SOM-Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery |
Jessie Harvey Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
Gabriel Hernandez Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
Sally Huskinson Promotion to Associate Professor of Psychiatry |
Chinenye Iwuchukwu Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery |
Matt Maready Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
Praise Matemavi Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery |
Sheree Melton Promotion to Associate Professor of Family Medicine |
John Morellato Promotion to Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery |
Dennis Morgan Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine | Utsav Nandi Promotion to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine |
Onyekachukwu Osakwe Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
Ana Palei Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery |
Jessica Perkins Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
Sumana Ramarao Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
Audra Schaefer Promotion to Associate Professor of Advanced Biomedical Education |
Shashank Shekhar Promotion to Associate Professor of Neurology |
Luis Shimose Ciudad Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
Josh Speed Promotion to Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics |
Hamdi Sukkarieh Promotion to Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery |
Emily Tarver Promotion to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine |
Marc Walker Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery |
Trey Wofford Promotion to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine |
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SCHOOL OF NURSING | |||
Lei Zhang Professor of Nursing with Tenure |
Jill Clayton Promotion to Professor of Nursing |
Chelsea Andries Promotion to Associate Professor of Nursing |
Jennifer Harget Promotion to Associate Professor of Nursing |
Alaina Herrington Promotion to Associate Professor of Nursing |
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SCHOOL OF POPULATION HEALTH | |||
Jennifer Reneker Associate Professor of Population Health with Tenure |
Wondwosen Yimer Promotion to Associate Professor of Data Science with Tenure |
Paul Burns Promotion to Associate Professor of Population Health |
Seth Lirette Promotion to Associate Professor of Data Science |
Rajesh Talluri Promotion to Associate Professor of Data Science |
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ACADEMIC INFORMATION SERVICES (LIBRARY) | |||
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