Faculty appointments and promotions: December 2017

The following appointments and promotions were approved by the Executive Committee of the university's board of trustees at its December meeting.

Bloomberg School of Public Health

Janet T. Holbrook has been promoted to the rank of professor, with tenure, in the Department of Epidemiology, retroactive to July 1, 2016.

Thomas V. Inglesby has been appointed to the rank of professor, with tenure, in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, retroactive to Feb. 1, 2017.

Keshia M. Pollak has been promoted to the rank of professor, with tenure, in the Department of Health Policy and Management.

Ernst William Spannhake has been appointed professor emeritus in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering.

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Jacob Bernstein has been promoted to associate professor, with tenure, in the Department of Mathematics.

Christopher Cannon has been appointed professor, with tenure, in the Department of English and the Department of Classics, and named a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor.

Marian H. Feldman has been appointed the W.H. Collins Vickers Professor in Archaeology, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Ho-fung Hung has been promoted to professor, with tenure, and named the Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in the Department of Sociology.

Adria K. Lawrence has been appointed to the Aronson Distinguished Professorship, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2017.

Sarah E. Parkinson has been appointed Aronson Professor, retroactive to July 1, 2016.

Erin Kathleen Rowe has been promoted to associate professor, with tenure, in the Department of History.

Lester M. Salamon has been appointed professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science.

Daniel Schlozman has been appointed the Joseph and Bertha Bernstein Professor in the Department of Political Science.

Todd Shepard has been promoted to professor, with tenure, in the Department of History, and named to the Arthur Oncken Lovejoy Chair in History.

Robbie Shilliam has been appointed professor, with tenure, in the Department of Political Science, effective July 1, 2018.

Eric J. Sundquist has been appointed Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of the Humanities in the Department of English.

Steven M. Teles has been promoted to professor, with tenure, in the Department of Political Science, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

SAIS

Mary E. Sarotte has been appointed the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, with tenure, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

School of Medicine

Alan N. Baer has been promoted to professor of medicine.

James M. Berger has been appointed to the Michael and Ann Hankin and Partner of Brown Advisory Professorship in Scientific Innovation.

Ravit Boger has been promoted to professor of pediatrics.

Daniel C. Brennan has been appointed professor of medicine.

Alan R. Cohen has been appointed professor of neurosurgery, with a secondary appointment in Pediatrics, effective retroactive to May 23, 2016.

Martha B. Denckla has been appointed professor emerita in the Department of Neurology and at the Kennedy Krieger Institute.

Thomas W. Donner, an associate professor of medicine, has been appointed to the Jules Edlow, M.D., and Joan Edlow Endowed Professorship in Diabetes, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Richard A. E. Edden has been promoted to professor of radiology.

Laura Fayad has been promoted to professor of radiology.

Kristine Glunde has been promoted to professor of radiology and radiological science.

Neil A. Goldenberg has been promoted to professor of pediatrics, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Medicine.

David C. Gritz has been appointed as professor of ophthalmology, retroactive to Feb. 28, 2016.

Lisa Ishii has been promoted to professor of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery.

Michael A. Jacobs has been promoted to professor of radiology.

Sanjay K. Jain has been promoted to professor of pediatrics.

Jennifer S. Lawton has been appointed professor of surgery, retroactive to July 15, 2016.

Gerald S. Lazarus has been appointed professor emeritus in the Department of Dermatology, effective Feb. 1, 2018.

Se-Jin Lee has been appointed professor emeritus in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics.

Michael Lim has been promoted to professor of neurosurgery, with secondary appointments in the departments of Oncology and Radiation Oncology.

Leo Luznik has been promoted to professor of oncology.

David J. McConkey has been appointed professor of urology, effective retroactive to Sept. 1, 2016, and the first holder of the Erwin and Stephanie Greenberg Professorship of Urology.

Venu Raman has been promoted to professor of radiology and radiological science.

Shenandoah Robinson has been appointed professor of neurosurgery, with secondary appointments in the departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, retroactive to May 23, 2016.

Hiromi Sesaki has been promoted to professor of cell biology.

Eric C. Strain has been appointed the first holder of the George E. Bigelow, Ph.D., Endowed Professorship in Psychiatry, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Bruce J. Trock has been appointed to the Hinman Professorship at the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, retroactive to Feb. 1, 2017.

Elise M. Weerts has been promoted to professor of behavioral biology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Glenn J. R. Whitman has been promoted to professor of surgery.

Christopher L. Wolfgang has been appointed to the John L. Cameron, M.D., Professorship for Alimentary Tract Diseases.

Whiting School of Engineering

Noah J. Cowan has been promoted to professor, with tenure, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

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