Seven awarded endowed professorships

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The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees appointed David B. Allison, Ph.D., to the Quetelet Endowed Professorship in Public Health during its Sept. 13 meeting. Four were named inaugural holders of newly created professorships: Dean G. Assimos, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Urology, Anton J. Bueschen, M.D., Endowed Chair in Urologic Surgery and Research; Christos C. Vlachos, D.M.D., UAB Orthodontic Alumni Endowed Professorship in the Department of Orthodontics in the School of Dentistry;  Eddy S. Yang, M.D., Ph.D., ROAR Southeast Cancer Foundation Endowed Professorship in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Harry P. Erba, M.D., Ph.D., Albert F. LoBuglio Endowed Chair for Translational Cancer Research in the Department of Medicine.

Charles Seth Landefeld, M.D., was appointed to the Spencer Chair in Medical Science Leadership. Lisa Laycock Willett, M.D., was appointed to the Dr. Tinsley R. Harrison Endowed Chair in Medical Resident Education in the Department of Medicine.
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