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Faculty appointments and promotions: January and March

Newly recognized are in Public Health, Arts and Sciences, SAIS, Medicine, Nursing, and Engineering

The following appointments and promotions were approved by the university's board of trustees in January and March.

Bloomberg School of Public Health

Joanna Cohen has been appointed a professor in and chair of the Department of Health, Behavior and Society.

Shima Hamidi has been reappointed for a second three-year term as a Bloomberg Assistant Professor of American Health in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, effective through Jan. 1, 2027.

Shruti Mehta has been appointed the Charles Armstrong Professor and the Bloomberg Centennial Professor in the Department of Epidemiology.

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Elizabeth Cropper has been appointed professor emerita in the Department of History of Art.

Charles Firestone has been promoted to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.

James Loeffler has been appointed professor with tenure in the Department of History.

Aamir R. Mufti has been appointed professor with tenure and as the Ralph S. and Becky G. O'Connor Professor of English in the Department of English.

Matthew J. Wiswall has been appointed professor with tenure in the Department of Economics.

SAIS

Dipali Mukhopadhyay has been appointed associate professor with tenure.

School of Medicine

Melania M. Bembea has been promoted to the rank of professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine.

Vinay Chaudhry has been appointed professor emeritus of neurology.

Patrick Forde has been promoted to the rank of professor of oncology.

James Gammie has been appointed to the rank of professor of surgery, effective April 12, 2021.

Rita Kalyani has been promoted to the rank of professor of medicine.

Amir H. Kashani has been promoted to the rank of professor of ophthalmology.

Sapna Kudchadkar has been promoted to the rank of professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine.

Arik V. Marcell has been promoted to the rank of professor of pediatrics.

Andres Matoso has been promoted to the rank of professor of pathology.

Joseph F. McGuire has been appointed the inaugural recipient of the James C. Harris, M.D., Professorship in Developmental Neuropsychiatry and Neurosciences Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Paul Nestadt has been appointed the inaugural recipient of the James Wah Professorship in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Brigitte M. Ronnett has been appointed professor emerita of pathology.

Ami A. Shah has been promoted to the rank of professor of medicine.

Bruce Shapiro has been appointed professor emeritus of pediatrics.

Kellie Tamashiro has been promoted to the rank of professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.

Takashi Tsukamoto has been promoted to the rank of professor of neurology.

Linda J. Van Marter has been appointed to the rank of professor of pediatrics.

School of Nursing

Bonnielin Swenor has been promoted to the rank of full professor with tenure on the research/education track.

Whiting School of Engineering

Raman Arora has been promoted to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Computer Science.

Chen Li has been promoted to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Jamie B. Spangler has been promoted to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

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