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College of Arts and Sciences

Name

Department

Promotion and/or Tenure Award

Melissa Harris, Ph.D.

Biology

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, Ph.D.

Biology

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Karolina Mukhtar, Ph.D.

Biology

promotion to professor

Jacqueline Nikles, Ph.D.

Chemistry

promotion to professor

Natalie Todak, Ph.D.

Criminal Justice

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Shelly Cato, M.F.A.

English

promotion to assistant professor

Jill Clements, Ph.D.

English

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Adam Vines, M.F.A. 

English

promotion to professor

Michele Forman, M.A.

History

promotion to assistant professor

Nikita Selinger, Ph.D.

Mathematics

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Cheng-Chien Chen, Ph.D.

Physics

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Peter Jones, Ph.D.

Political Science and Public Administration

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Burel Goodin, Psy.D.

Psychology

promotion to professor

Olivio Clay, Ph.D.

Psychology

promotion to professor

Despina Stavrinos, Ph.D.

Psychology

promotion to professor

Roy Lightner, M.F.A.

Theatre

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Collat School of Business

Name

Department

Promotion and/or Tenure Award

Ryan Davis, Ph.D.

Accounting and Finance

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Christopher Edmonds, Ph.D.

Accounting and Finance

promotion to professor

Mark Edmonds, Ph.D.

Accounting and Finance

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Paul Di Gangi, Ph.D.

Management, Information Systems and Quantitative Methods

promotion to professor

Samuel Thompson, Ph.D.

Management, Information Systems and Quantitative Methods

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

School of Dentistry

Name

Department

Promotion and/or Tenure Award

Yedeh Ying, D.M.D, M.D.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Kathlyn K. Powell, D.M.D., M.D.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Micheal T. Kase, D.M.D.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Anthony B. Morlandt, D.D.S., M.D.  

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

promotion to professor

Stephen Mitchell, D.M.D., MS

Pediatric Dentistry

promotion to professor

Ping Zhang, DDS

Pediatric Dentistry

award of tenure

Maninder Kaur, B.D.S., MPH, MS

Periodontology

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

John R. Winters, D.M.D.

Restorative Sciences

assistant professor

School of Education

Name

Department

Promotion and/or Tenure Award

Amy Dagley, Ph.D.

Human Studies

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Cody Morris, Ph.D.

Human Studies

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Sandra Sims, Ph.D.

Human Studies

promotion to professor

School of Engineering

Name

Department

Promotion and/or Tenure Award

Yuhua Song, Ph.D.

Biomedical Engineering

promotion to professor

Manoj Mahapatra, Ph.D.

Materials Science and Engineering

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Haibin Ning, Ph.D.

Materials Science and Engineering

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Donald Burke, Ph.D. 

Mechanical Engineering

promotion to associate professor

School of Health Professions

Name

Department

Promotion and/or Tenure Award

Muhammad Maqbool, Ph.D.

Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences

promotion to professor

Sue Feldman, Ph.D.   

Health Services Administration

award of tenure

Larry Hearld, Ph.D.

Health Services Administration

promotion to professor

Amy Landry, Ph.D.

Health Services Administration

promotion to professor

Mohan Thirumalai, Ph.D.

Health Services Administration

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Daniel Smith, Ph.D.

Nutrition Sciences

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Gavin Jenkins, Ph.D.

Occupational Therapy

promotion to professor

Christopher Hurt, Ph.D.

Physical Therapy

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Name

Department

Promotion and/or Tenure Award

Saurabh Aggarwal, M.D., Ph.D.

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

promotion to associate professor

Jennifer DeBerry, Ph.D.

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

promotion to associate professor

Jeffrey Dobyns, D.O., M.S.H.A.

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

promotion to professor

Prentiss Lawson, M.D.

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

promotion to associate professor

Vinodkumar Singh, M.D.

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

promotion to professor

Michelle Tubinis, M.D.

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

promotion to associate professor

Inga Kadisha, Ph.D.

Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology

promotion to associate professor

Anna Thalacker-Mercer, Ph.D.

Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology

promotion to associate professor

Conway Huang, M.D.

Dermatology

promotion to professor

Tiffany Mayo, M.D.

Dermatology

promotion to professor and award of tenure

Nabiha Yusuf, Ph.D.

Dermatology

promotion to professor

Erin DeLaney, M.D.

Family and Community Medicine

promotion to associate professor

Lizhong Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

Genetics

promotion to professor

David Bramm, M.D.

Huntsville Medical Programs

promotion to associate professor

Parekha Yedla, M.D. 

Huntsville Medical Programs

promotion to professor

Christina Grabowski, Ph.D.

Medical Education

promotion to associate professor

Pankaj Arora, M.D.

Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease

award of tenure

Todd Brown, M.D.

Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease

promotion to associate professor

Riem Hawi, M.D.

Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease

promotion to associate professor

Glenn Rowe, Ph.D.

Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease

promotion to associate professor

Monica Agarwal, M.D.

Medicine - Endocrinology

promotion to professor

Carlos Arguello, M.D.

Medicine - Endocrinology

promotion to professor

Chad Burski, M.D.

Medicine - Gastroenterology

award of tenure

Mohamed Shoreibah, M.D.

Medicine - Gastroenterology

promotion to associate professor

Starr Steinhilber, M.D.

Medicine - General Internal Medicine

promotion to associate professor

John Kappes, Ph.D.

Medicine - Hematology and Oncology

promotion to professor

Kelly Kenzik, M.D.

Medicine - Hematology and Oncology

promotion to associate professor

Gabrielle Rocque, M.D.

Medicine - Hematology and Oncology

award of tenure

Robert Welner, M.D.

Medicine - Hematology and Oncology

promotion to associate professor

Maria Danila, M.D.

Medicine – Immunology and Rheumatology

promotion to professor and award of tenure

Angelo Gaffo, M.D.

Medicine – Immunology and Rheumatology

promotion to professor

Greer Burkholder, M.D.

Medicine - Infectious Diseases

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Nathaniel Erdmann, M.D.

Medicine - Infectious Diseases

promotion to associate professor

James Kobie, Ph.D.

Medicine - Infectious Diseases

award of tenure

Todd McCarty, M.D. 

Medicine - Infectious Diseases

promotion to associate professor

Michael Vinikoor, Ph.D.

Medicine - Infectious Diseases

award of tenure

Amanda Willig, Ph.D.

Medicine - Infectious Diseases

award of tenure

Kelly Hyndman, Ph.D.

Medicine - Nephrology

promotion to professor and award of tenure

Gaurav Jain, M.D.

Medicine - Nephrology

promotion to professor

Song Ong, M.D.

Medicine - Nephrology

award of tenure

Dana Rizk, M.D.

Medicine - Nephrology

award of tenure

Eric Wallace, M.D.

Medicine - Nephrology

promotion to professor

Gaurav Agarwal, M.D.

Medicine - Nephrology

award of tenure

Alian Al-Balas, M.D.

Medicine - Nephrology

promotion to associate professor

Lisa Curtis, Ph.D.

Medicine - Nephrology

award of tenure

Jarrod Barnes, Ph.D.  

Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care

promotion to associate professor

Susan Birket, Ph.D.

Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care

promotion to associate professor

Merry-Lynn Donnelly, Ph.D.

Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care

promotion to associate professor

Sheetal Gandotra, M.D.

Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care

promotion to associate professor

Stefanie Krick, M.D., Ph.D.

Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care

promotion to associate professor

Tejaswini Kulkarni, M.D.

Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care

promotion to associate professor

James Wells, M.D.

Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care

award of tenure

Xin Xu, M.D., Ph.D.  

Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care

promotion to associate professor

Yong Zhou, M.D.

Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care

promotion to professor

Heather Bruns, Ph.D.

Microbiology

promotion to professor and award of tenure

Joel Glasgow, Ph.D.

Microbiology

promotion to associate professor

Michael Gray, Ph.D.  

Microbiology

promotion to associate professor

Alexander Rosenberg, Ph.D. 

Microbiology

promotion to professor

Farah Lubin, Ph.D.

Neurobiology

promotion to professor

Jane Allendorfer, Ph.D.

Neurology

promotion to associate professor

Ashley Harms, Ph.D.

Neurology

promotion to professor and award of tenure

Angela Hays Shapshak, M.D.

Neurology

award of tenure

James Houston, M.D.

Neurology

promotion to associate professor

Nan Jiang, M.D., Ph.D.

Neurology

promotion to associate professor

Chen Lin, M.D.

Neurology

promotion to associate professor

Michael Lyerly, M.D.

Neurology

award of tenure

Andrew Pickering, Ph.D.

Neurology

promotion to associate professor

Victor Sung, M.D.

Neurology

promotion to professor

Brannon Vines, M.D.

Neurology

promotion to associate professor

Rebecca Arend, M.D.

Obstetrics and Gynecology

award of tenure

Margaret Boozer, M.D.

Obstetrics and Gynecology

promotion to professor

Akila Subramaniam, M.D.

Obstetrics and Gynecology

award of tenure

Rafael Grytz, Ph.D.

Ophthalmology

award of tenure

Ashish Shah, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery

promotion to professor

Clay Spitler, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery

award of tenure

Sixto Leal, M.D., Ph.D.

Pathology

promotion to associate professor

Goo Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Pathology

promotion to associate professor

Craig Maynard, Ph.D.

Pathology

promotion to associate professor

Brandi McClesky, M.D.

Pathology

promotion to associate professor

Mark Baker, M.D.

Pediatrics

promotion to professor

Krisztina Harsanyi-Jilling, M.D.

Pediatrics

promotion to associate professor

Rachel Kassel, M.D.

Pediatrics

promotion to associate professor

Michele Kong, M.D.

Pediatrics

award of tenure

Morissa Ladinsky Cohen, M.D.

Pediatrics

promotion to professor

Mark Law, M.D.

Pediatrics

promotion to professor

Jaime McKinney, M.D.

Pediatrics

promotion to professor

Ismail Mohamed, M.D.

Pediatrics

promotion to professor

Gabriela Oates, Ph.D.

Pediatrics

promotion to associate professor

Purnima Singh, Ph.D.

Pediatrics

promotion to associate professor

Erin Swanson-Kimani, M.D.

Pediatrics

promotion to associate professor

Stephenie Wallace, M.D.

Pediatrics

promotion to professor

Shaida Andrabi, Ph.D.

Pharmacology and Toxicology

promotion to professor

John Parant, Ph.D.

Pharmacology and Toxicology

promotion to professor

Casey Azuero, Ph.D.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

promotion to associate professor

Megan Hays, Ph.D.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

promotion to associate professor

James Cullinan, M.D.

Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology

promotion to professor

John Dantzler, Ph.D.  

Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology

promotion to professor

Aaron Fobian, Ph.D.

Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology

award of tenure

Debra McQuade, Ph.D. M.D.

Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology

promotion to associate professor

Madison Redwine, M.D.

Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology

promotion to professor

Constantine Burgan, M.D.

Radiology

promotion to associate professor

Samuel Galgano, M.D.

Radiology

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Harrison Kim, Ph.D., M.B.A.

Radiology

promotion to professor

Benjamin Larimer, Ph.D.

Radiology

promotion to associate professor

Matthew Larrison, M.D.

Radiology

promotion to professor

Anna Sorace, Ph.D.

Radiology

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Houman Sotoudeh, M.D.

Radiology

promotion to associate professor

Nina Terry, M.D., J.D.

Radiology

promotion to professor

Rakesh Varma, M.D., MBBS

Radiology

promotion to associate professor

Stefanie Woodard, D.O.

Radiology

promotion to associate professor

Shannon Carroll, M.D.

Surgery

promotion to associate professor

Jayleen Grams, M.D.

Surgery

promotion to professor

Kimberly Hendershot, M.D.

Surgery

promotion to professor and award of tenure

Parker Hu, M.D.

Surgery

promotion to associate professor

Renata Jaskula-Sztul, Ph.D.

Surgery

promotion to associate professor

Vincent Mortellaro, M.D.

Surgery

promotion to associate professor

Abhisek Parmar, M.D.

Surgery

promotion to professor

Mark Patterson, M.D.

Surgery

promotion to associate professor

Virgina Pierce, M.D.

Surgery

promotion to associate professor

Jillian Richter, Ph.D. 

Surgery

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Richard Stahl, M.D.   

Surgery

promotion to professor

Soroush Rais-Bahrami, M.D., M.B.A.

Urology

promotion to professor and award of tenure

Kyle Wood, M.D.

Urology

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

School of Nursing

Name

Department

Promotion and/or Tenure Award

Jennie Alspach, DNP

Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care

promotion to assistant professor

Sabria Baker, DNP

Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care

promotion to assistant professor

James Dionne-Odom, Ph.D.

Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Karen Heaton, FNP-BC

Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care

promotion to professor

Peng Li, Ph.D.

Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Rebecca Suttle, DNP

Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care

promotion to assistant professor

Deborah Bowers, DNP

Family, Community and Health Systems

promotion to assistant professor

Melanie Hallman, DNP

Family, Community and Health Systems

promotion to assistant professor

School of Optometry

Name

Department

Promotion and/or Tenure Award

Terri Call, O.D.

Optometry and Vision Sciences

promotion to associate professor

Katherine Clore, O.D.

Optometry and Vision Sciences

promotion to professor

Gerald Simon, O.D.

Optometry and Vision Sciences

promotion to professor

Lei Liu, Ph.D.

Optometry and Vision Sciences

promotion to professor

Tamara Oechslin, O.D.

Optometry and Vision Sciences

promotion to associate professor

School of Public Health

Name

Department

Promotion and/or Tenure Award

Stacey Cofield, Ph.D.

Biostatistics

promotion to professor

AKM Fazlur Rahman, Ph.D. 

Biostatistics

promotion to associate professor and award of tenure

Russell Griffin, Ph.D., MPH

Epidemiology

award of tenure