Tag: University of Alabama at Birmingham

The appointments are Tamara Josserand at North Carolina A&T State University, Willa Smith at Stony Brook University, Anette Saxe at the University of Nevada-Reno, Linda Chavers at Holyoke Community College, Beth Dowling at Dartmouth College, Kristine Brown at Bucknell University, Janet Hadar at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Paula Murphy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

Briana De Miranda was promoted to associate professor and awarded tenure. Michelle Gray and Angela Hays Shapshak were promoted to full professor.

Liyun Cao, Diana Morlote, and Nirupama Singh have all been granted tenure and promoted to associate professors of pathology in the Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr. Shelby taught communication at the University of Alabama and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She also frequently traveled internationally to lecture at business schools in England, Finland, Germany, and China.

The American Psychological Association has recently recognized Karlene Ball for her career-long research contributions. Over the past 45 years, she has worked to develop interventions for improving cognitive function in older adults.

Dr. Christine Curcio and Dr. Cynthia Owsley, longtime colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, have spent decades studying age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of central vision loss.

A faculty member for nearly three decades, Dr. Beason-Amayr currently serves as chair of Rice University's biosciences department, where she works to advance undergraduate education and research opportunities.

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 [email protected].

Currently serving as chair of the department of opthlamology and visual sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dr. Grant uses stem cell research to understand and address a wide range of retinal diseases.

Dr. Elewski, chair of the department of dermatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is an international leader in fungal and psoriasis research and dermatological clinical trials.

Dr. Moody was the first woman president of Lincoln Memorial University and what is now Tusculum University. Prior to her presidencies, she served as a professor of nursing at several Tennessee-based universities.