Karen Frank was named the Peter A. Nickerson, PhD, Professor and Endowed Chair of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo within the State University of New York System. Dr. Frank has been serving as chief of the department of laboratory medicine at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, where she conducts research on how ultra-processed foods impact biology. Earlier, she was an associate professor of pathology at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Frank earned her medical degree and Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a clinical pathology residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a fellowship in immunology at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Leandra Godoy, associate professor of pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been named the A. James & Alice B. Clark Distinguished Professor of Early Childhood Intervention and Advocacy at Children’s National Hospital. Dr Godoy is a clinical psychologist who specializes in early childhood mental health. She currently serves as co-director of the Early Childhood Behavioral Health Program, as well as the Community Mental Health Collaboration, Outreach, Research, and Equity team at Children’s National Hospital.
Dr. Godoy is a graduate of Tufts University in Massachusetts, where she majored in psychology with a minor in child development. After completing a pre-doctoral internship in child clinical psychology at Brown University, she earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts Boston and completed postdoctoral training at Children’s National Hospital.
Beth Johnson was named the James and Alvina Balog Faculty Fellow of Science at Pennsylvania State University. A Penn State faculty member since 2016, she currently serves as an associate teaching professor, director for academics for the bachelor of science/MBA program, and director of the integrative science major in the Eberly College of Science. Dr. Johnson’s new fellowship will support her work in preparing students for careers at the intersection of science and business. Before joining the Penn State faculty, she taught at Juniata College in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and a doctorate in entomology from Penn State.