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September 2024 Appointments & Promotions

Please congratulate these faculty members on their appointments and promotions approved in September 2024.

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

  • Laurie Anne Ferguson, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-C – Appointed to Professor with Tenure* in the School of Nursing Department of Graduate Studies
  • Monique Ferguson, PhD - Promoted to Professor (non-tenure track research), Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease
  • Muhammed Mujtaba, MD - Promoted to Professor (non-tenure track clinical) in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology
  • Kristina Ramirez, MPH, RRT, RRT-ACCS, FCCP - Appointed to Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Respiratory Care, School of Health Professions
  • Sanjeev Tuli, MD, MEd, FAAP - Appointed to Professor with Tenure* in the Department of Pediatrics

Associate Professors

  • Syed Hussain, MD - Promoted to Associate Professor (non-tenure track clinical), Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology