Professor Fernandez Lynch currently teaches as an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine and the Carey Law School. She is known for her work on clinical research ethics and regulation, access to investigational medicine, and FDA pharmaceutical policy.

The new deans are Carrie Hoverman Colla at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Caddie Putnam Rankin at Washington College in Maryland, Dawna Jones at Duke University in North Carolina, and Sarah Hartman at Tusculum University in Tennessee.

The National Association of College and University Business Officers is honoring Dawn Rhodes, chief business and finance officer and senior vice president at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

Jordana B. Cohen of the University of Pennsylvania and Daria V. Ilatovskaya of Augusta University have been honored by the American Journal of Hypertension for their outstanding research contributions in clinical science and basic science, respectively.

Katrina Spencer and Kerry Bierman are the new chief financial officers at Yale University and the University of California, Santa Barbara, respectively. Amy Bantle is chief marketing and communications officer at Washington University in Missouri.

According to new research from Pew Research Center, nearly three-quarters of all Americans are uncomfortable with transgender athletes competing on sports teams that do not match with their assigned sex at birth. Opinions on this topic vary significantly by political affiliation, with smaller variations emerging among gender, racial, and age groups.

Dr. Rhine comes to her new presidency with nearly four decades of leadership experience in higher education. Most recently, she was president and chief executive officer of Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona.

The Gatorade Sports Science Institute recently released the results of its inaugural study on women's hydration. According to their research, over four in ten women arrive at their workouts already dehydrated.

On August 10, Dr. Bloebaum became the chief academic officer at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She had been serving as dean of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State University in Ohio for the past eight years.

"Black women incur some of the highest student debt burdens while pursuing higher education, which, when combined with a lack of job opportunities, deepens existing economic inequities and exacerbates the racial wealth gap," the report authors write.

Each week, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.