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January 2026 Appointments & Promotions

Please congratulate these faculty members on their appointments and promotions approved in January 2026.

Approved by school-specific APT committees, the Provost’s Office, and the President’s Office.

* denotes pending tenure approval by the Board of Regents, to be effective 9/1/26.  

Professors

Carol Carman, PhD
Appointed to Professor with Tenure
Department of Graduate Studies, School of Nursing

Shannan Rossi, PhD, MBA, FASTMH
Promoted to Professor, Tenure-Track
Department of Pathology, John Sealy School of Medicine

Associate Professors

Jose Aguirre, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor of Clinical Practice (Non-Tenure Track)
Department of Internal Medicine, John Sealy School of Medicine

Erin Barnhart, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor of Clinical Practice (Non-Tenure Track)
Department of Pathology, John Sealy School of Medicine

Brooke Corning, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor of Clinical Practice (Non-Tenure Track)
Department of Internal Medicine, John Sealy School of Medicine

Yusif Hajiyev, MD, PhD, MBA
Promoted to Associate Professor of Clinical Practice (Non-Tenure Track)
Department of Otolaryngology, John Sealy School of Medicine

Ananth Kumar Kammala, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor with Award of Tenure*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, John Sealy School of Medicine

Claire Kirk, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor of Research (Non-Tenure Track)
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, John Sealy School of Medicine

Hua Liu, PhD
Award of Tenure* at the rank of Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John Sealy School of Medicine

Lauren Richardson, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor with Award of Tenure*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, John Sealy School of Medicine