Three Women Promoted and Awarded Tenure at the Washington University School of Medicine

The Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has announced the promotion of three women from assistant professor to associate professor of general surgery. All three women were also granted tenure.

Aimee S. James has been on the medical school’s faculty since 2007. She previously taught at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Dr. James is a graduate of Goucher College in Maryland. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Houston and a master of public health degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.

Kimberly A. Kaphingst is a graduate of Wellesley College in Massachusetts, where she majored in biological chemistry. She holds a master’s degree from Harvard University and a second master’s degree and a doctorate in health and social behavior from the Harvard School of Public Health. Before joining the faculty at Washington University in 2009, Dr. Kaphingst conducted research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Siobhan Sutcliffe holds two master’s degree and a Ph.D.  in epidemiology/infectious disease from the School of Public Health of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Dr. Sutcliffe’s research focuses on prostate cancer as well as sexually transmitted diseases.