Please congratulate these faculty members on their appointments and promotions approved in June 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
Martina Gallagher, PhD, MS, PMHNP-BC, RN
Appointed to Professor (Non-Tenure Track)
Department of Undergraduate Studies
School of Nursing
Lynn Hughes, PhD, PT, OCS, MTC
Promoted to Professor with Tenure
Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences
School of Health Professions
Brent Parker, PhD
Appointed to Professor with Tenure
Department of Radiation Oncology
John Sealy School of Medicine
Fredericus van Kuijk, MD, PhD
Appointed to Professor (Non-Tenure Track Clinical)
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
John Sealy School of Medicine
Maurice Willis, MD
Appointed to Professor (Non-Tenure Track Clinical)
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncolology
John Sealy School of Medicine
Borris Zelle, MD
Appointed to Professor with Award of Tenure*
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
John Sealy School of Medicine
Associate Professors
Denny Fe Agana, PhD, MPH, CPH
Promoted to Associate Professor (Non-Tenure Track Research)
Department of Epidemiology
School of Public & Population Health
John Allen, PhD
Award of Tenure*
Award of Tenure*
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
John Sealy School of Medicine
Namita Bhardwaj, MD, MS, MPH
Movement to Tenure Track
Department of Family Medicine
John Sealy School of Medicine
Brian Downer, PhD
Award of Tenure*
Department of Population Health & Health Disparities
School of Public & Population Health
Shinu Joy, DNP, MSN, RN
Promoted to Associate Professor (Non-Tenure Track)
Department of Undergraduate Studies
School of Nursing