The women who have been selected for endowed faculty appointments are Emily Patterson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Julie Jessop at Mississippi State University, and Lora Iannotti at Washington University in St. Louis.
Inci Yildirim and Deborah Lenschow were appointed to endowed professorships at Yale School of Medicine and the Washington University School of Medicine, respectively. Katerina Akassoglou was appointed to an endowed chair in a joint initiative between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
Dr. Chilton was a pioneer in the field of plant biotechnology. While on the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, she and a team of colleagues created the first genetically modified plants while studying how to remove harmful bacterium from the DNA of trees.
The women faculty appointed to new roles are Jennifer Cochran at Stanford University, Sekyung Jang at the University of Cincinnati, Rebecca Puhl at the University of Connecticut, Cristina Bodea at Michigan State University, Paula Lemons at the University of Georgia, Allison Rice at the University of Notre Dame, Betsy Sinclair at Washington University, and Angela Hosek at Ohio University.
The women who have been appointed to new academic leadership roles are Kyna Shelley, Michelle Gray, Christi Brookes, Shirley Clark, Ruth Varner, Janette Kim, Amy Eyler, Stephanie King, and Rima Nakkash.
The Pew Charitable Trusts recently announced that 21 researchers are joining the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. These early-career scientists will receive four years of funding to explore cutting-edge research uncovering insights into human health and disease. Seven of the new Pew Scholars are women.
In the School of Medicine, Celeste M. Karch is the inaugural Barbara Burton and Reuben M. Morriss III Professor and Janet S. Lee is the inaugural Selma and Herman Seldin Distinguished Professor of Medicine. In the College of Arts and Sciences, Yan Yu is the inaugural Art Krieg Professor.
The women taking on new administrative roles are Michelle McGown at South Georgia Technical College, Sonia Chawla at Wayne State University, Lindsay Stadler at Pomona College, Heather Pieper-Olson at St. Cloud State University, Melissa Rockwell-Hopkins at Washington University, and Christa Racine at Haverford College.
The women appointed to endowed positions are Andrea Lynn Smith at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, Rodica Pop-Busui at Oregon Health & Science University, and Anne M. Drewry at Washington University in Missouri.
The women who have been selected for endowed posts are Jennifer Klein at Columbia University in New York, Julie Holland Mortimer at Washington University in St. Louis, and Dina Deitsch at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
Throughout her career, Leeds has gained more than 25 years of experience as a professor and university administrator. Currently, she serves as dean of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
Dr. Heilman taught brand management, marketing, and consulting courses at the University of Virginia for more than two decades. In addition to her academic work, she served as the university's faculty athletics representative for several years.
