Three Women Selected for Endowed Professorships

Andrea Lynn Smith, professor of anthropology and sociology at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, has been named the Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Professor of Anthropology and Sociology. Professor Smith joined the college’s faculty in 1999. She is the author of Memory Wars: Settlers and Natives Remember Washington’s Sullivan Expedition of 1779 (University of Nebraska Press, 2023).

Dr. Smith is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where she majored in Earth science. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Arizona.

Rodica Pop-Busui was named the Jordan Schnitzer Endowed Chair in Diabetes at Oregon Health & Science University, where she is a professor and chief of endocrinology, diabetes, and clinical nutrition. Dr. Pop-Busui, a professor emerita at the University of Michigan, also directs OHSU’s Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center. Her research focuses on the chronic complications of diabetes, including neuropathy, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease, as well as integrating novel technologies to improve management.

Dr. Pop-Busui earned both her medical degree and Ph.D. from the University of Timisoara School of Medicine in Romania.

Anne M. Drewry is the inaugural Llorin-Roa Professor of Anesthesiology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Drewry, a faculty member at the university since 2011, serves as vice chair of the department of anesthesiology and director of the division of critical care medicine. As a scholar, she focuses her work on the interplay between body temperature, immune response, and outcomes in sepsis.

Dr. Drewry earned her bachelor’s degree in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology from Yale University and her medical degree from Washington University. After receiving residency training in anesthesiology and critical care at Massachusetts General Hospital, she returned to Washington University to complete a fellowship in critical care medicine, followed by a master’s degree in clinical investigation.

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