Please congratulate these faculty members on their appointments and promotions approved in March 2025.
Approved by school-specific APT committees, the Executive Committee, the Provost’s Office, and the President’s Office. Effective date for promotions: Sept. 1, 2025. * denotes pending tenure approval by the Board of Regents.
Professors
Sara Dann Grice, PhD
Promoted to Professor (Non-Tenure Track)
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
John Sealy School of Medicine
Elizabeth Vaughan, DO, MPH, RD
Promoted to Professor with Tenure
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine
John Sealy School of Medicine
Associate Professors
Elise Smith, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure*
Department of Bioethics and Health Humanities
School of Public and Population Health
Jun Yang, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor (Tenure Track)
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
John Sealy School of Medicine
Mohammed Zaidan, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor (Non-Tenure Track)
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
John Sealy School of Medicine