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89 UAB faculty members received promotions, and 37 were awarded tenure.

Name Department Promotion and/or Tenure Award
College of Arts and Sciences
Loretta Cormier, Ph.D. Anthropology Promotion to Professor
Karolina Mukhtar, Ph.D. Biology Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
James Braziel, M.F.A. English Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Nichole Lariscy, Ph.D. English Promotion to Associate Professor
Serge Bokobza, Ph.D. Foreign Languages and Literature Promotion to Professor
Shelly McGrath, Ph.D. Justice Sciences Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Shannon Starr, Ph.D. Mathematics Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Brian Kittredge, DMA Music Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Walter Ward, Ph.D. History Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Paul Jung, Ph.D. Mathematics Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Carmeliza Navasca, Ph.D. Mathematics Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Won Cho, D.M.A. Music Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
S. Aaron Catledge, Ph.D. Physics Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Marlene Johnson, M.F.A. Theatre Promotion to Professor
Lee Shackleford, M.F.A. Theatre Promotion to Associate Professor
Collat School of Business
Christopher Edmonds, Ph.D. Accounting and Finance Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Paul Di Gangi, Ph.D. Management, Information Systems and Quantitative Methods Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Xuan Huang, Ph.D. Management, Information Systems and Quantitative Methods Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
School of Dentistry
Chin-Chuan Fu, D.D.S. Restorative Sciences Promotion to Associate Professor
Yung-Tsung Hsu, D.M.D., D.D.S. Restorative Sciences Promotion to Professor and Award of Tenure
School of Education
Grace Jepkemboi, Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction Promotion to Associate Professor  and Award of Tenure
Laura Forbes , Ph.D. Human Studies Promotion to Professor
Gary Peters, Ph.D. Human Studies Award of Tenure
School of Engineering
Ho-Wook Jun, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering Promotion to Professor
School of Health Professions
Kelley Swatzell, Dr.P.H. Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
M. Tino Unlap, Ph.D. Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences Promotion to Professor and Award of Tenure
Nataliya Ivankova, Ph.D. Health Services Administration Promotion to Professor
Midge Ray, Ph.D. Health Services Administration Promotion to Professor
School of Medicine
Ayesha Bryant, M.D. Anesthesiology Promotion to Associate Professor
James Hunter, M.D. Anesthesiology Promotion to Associate Professor
Matthew DeLaney, M.D. Emergency Medicine Promotion to Associate Professor
Charles Khoury, M.D. Emergency Medicine Promotion to Associate Professor
Sarah Nafziger, M.D. Emergency Medicine Promotion to Professor
Derek Robinett, M.D. Emergency Medicine Promotion to Associate Professor
Jarred Thomas, M.D. Emergency Medicine Promotion to Professor and Award of Tenure
Deepak Acharya, M.D. Cardiovascular Medicine Promotion to Associate Professor
Lufang Zhou, Ph.D. Cardiovascular Medicine Promotion to Associate Professor
Ashwani Singal, M.D. Gastroenterology & Hepatology Promotion to Associate Professor
Elizabeth Turnipseed, M.D. General Internal Medicine Promotion to Associate Professor
Rodney Tucker, M.D., MMM Geriatrics & Palliative Care Promotion to Professor
Caroline Harada, M.D. Gerontology Award of Tenure
Christina Ochsenbauer, Ph.D. Hematology & Oncology Promotion to Associate Professor
Martin Rodriguez, M.D. Infectious Diseases Promotion to Professor
Jianming Tang, Ph.D. Infectious Diseases Award of Tenure
Nicholas Van Wagoner, M.D. Infectious Diseases Promotion to Associate Professor
Gaurav Jain, M.D. Nephrology Promotion to Associate Professor
Stan Han, M.D., Ph.D. Neurology Promotion to Associate Professor
Frank Skidmore, M.D. Neurology Promotion to Associate Professor
Corinne Griguer, Ph.D. Neurosurgery Award of Tenure
Mark Harrigan, M.D. Neurosurgery Promotion to Professor
James Johnston, M.D. Neurosurgery Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Curtis Rozzelle, M.D. Neurosurgery Award of Tenure
Julie Covarrubias, Ed.D. Obstetrics and Gynecology Promotion to Professor
Lorie Harper, M.D. Obstetrics and Gynecology Promotion to Associate Professor
Charles Leath, M.D. Obstetrics and Gynecology Award of Tenure
John Woods, M.D. Obstetrics and Gynecology Promotion to Associate Professor
Dawn DeCarlo, O.D. Ophthalmology Promotion to Professor
Laura Dreer, Ph.D. Ophthalmology Award of Tenure
Yuhua Zhang, Ph.D. Ophthalmology Promotion to Associate Professor
Nancy Tofil, M.D. Pediatrics - Critical Care Promotion to Professor
Marjorie White, M.D. Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine Award of Tenure
Ambika Ashraf, M.D. Pediatrics - Endocrinology Promotion to Professor
David Askenazi, M.D., MPH Pediatrics - Nephrology Promotion to Professor
Tim Beukelman, M.D. Pediatrics - Rheumatology Award of Tenure
Joao de Andrade, M.D. Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care Promotion to Professor
Jessy Deshane, Ph.D. Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care Promotion to Associate Professor
Mark Dransfield, M.D. Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care Promotion to Professor
Amit Gaggar, M.D., Ph.D. Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care Promotion to Professor
John Lazenby, M.D. Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care Promotion to Associate Professor
Tracy Luckhardt, M.D. Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care Promotion to Associate Professor
Andrea Dickens, M.D. Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology Promotion to Associate Professor
Michael Dobelbower, M.D., Ph.D. Radiation Oncology Award of Tenure
Xingen Wu, Ph.D. Radiation Oncology Promotion to Associate Professor
Shih-Hsin Yang, M.D. Radiation Oncology Promotion to Professor
Asim Bag, M.D. Radiology Promotion to Associate Professor
Pradeep Bhambhvani, M.D. Radiology Award of Tenure
David Bolus, M.D. Radiology Promotion to Associate Professor
Georg Deutsch, Ph.D. Radiology Promotion to Professor
Joseph Sullivan, M.D. Radiology Award of Tenure
Jayleen Grams, M.D. Surgery - Gastrointestinal Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Melanie Morris, M.D. Surgery - Gastrointestinal Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Richard Stahl, M.D. Surgery - Gastrointestinal Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Jayme Locke, M.D. Surgery - Transplantation Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Patrick Bosarge, M.D. Surgery - Trauma Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Samuel Windham, M.D. Surgery - Trauma Promotion to Professor
Benjamin Pearce, M.D. Surgery - Vascular Promotion to Associate Professor
David Fahey, M.D., Ph.D. Huntsville Internal Medicine Promotion to Associate Professor
Jyoti Samant, M.D. Montgomery Internal Medicine Promotion to Associate Professor
School of Nursing
C. Ann Gakumo, Ph.D. Acute, Chronic, and Continuing Care Promotion to Associate Professor
Comfort Enah, Ph.D. Family, Community, and Health Systems Award of Tenure
Mirjam-Colette Kempf, Ph.D., MPH Family, Community, and Health Systems Promotion to Professor and Award of Tenure
Rebecca Miltner, Ph.D. Family, Community, and Health Systems Promotion to Associate Professor
Shannon Morrison, Ph.D. Family, Community, and Health Systems Promotion to Associate Professor
Sallie Shipman, Ed.D, MSN Family, Community, and Health Systems Promotion to Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
Dale Dickinson, Ph.D. Environmental Health Sciences Promotion to Associate Professor
Ilias Kavouras, Ph.D. Environmental Health Sciences Award of Tenure
Dorothy Pekmezi, Ph.D. Health Behavior Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Schools of Medicine and Dentistry - Joint Health Sciences
Qin Wang, Ph.D. Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology Promotion to Professor
Sandra Frazier, M.D. Medical Education Promotion to Professor
Majd Zayzafoon , M.D., Ph.D. Medical Education Promotion to Professor
Hubert Tse, Ph.D. Microbiology Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
Amy Weinmann, Ph.D. Microbiology Promotion to Professor
Walter Bell, M.D. Pathology Promotion to Professor
Shuko Harada, M.D. Pathology Promotion to Associate Professor
Lalita Shevde-Samant, Ph.D. Pathology Promotion to Professor
Shi Wei, M.D., Ph.D. Pathology Promotion to Professor
Thomas Winokur, M.D. Pathology Promotion to Professor

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