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November 2024 Appointments & Promotions

Please congratulate these faculty members on their appointments and promotions approved in November 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

  • Marcos Vidal Melo, MD, PhD – Appointed to Professor with Tenure* in the Department of Anesthesiology, John Sealy School of Medicine

Associate Professors

  • Amanda Persons, PhD – Appointed to Associate Professor with Tenure* in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, John Sealy School of Medicine

Emeritus Awards

  • Roger Throndson, DDS – Awarded Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Surgery, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, John Sealy School of Medicine

UT BOR Tenure Awards

  • Antonio Bianco, MD, PhD - Professor with Tenure, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, John Sealy School of Medicine
  • Nausheen Jamal, MD - Professor with Tenure, Department of Otolaryngology, John Sealy School of Medicine
  • Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH - Professor with Tenure, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, John Sealy School of Medicine