Anupam Agarwal, M.D., interim dean of the Heersink School of Medicine, welcomed faculty members and their families to the Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception on Sept. 29. Leaders from the Heersink School of Medicine joined the faculty honorees and their families to celebrate their endowed chairs and professorships.
“This reception symbolizes a moment when inspiration is turned into action by individuals who are driving a better world,” said Agarwal. “In the same way that I am grateful to our donors, I am so proud of the faculty we are honoring today.”
Endowed chairs and professorships give donors the chance to link their names to an area of special interest within the university. Some choose to direct their gifts—to endow a chair or professorship in the academic discipline that inspired them, to create scholarships or fellowships for deserving students, or to support medical research of particular importance to them.
“Each of today’s honorees are contributing to life-changing medicine and research daily. They work tirelessly to offer advances in their fields as well as in prevention, care, therapeutics, and discovery,” said Agarwal.
Recipients were honored and donors who have created or contributed to the endowed chairs and professorships were recognized. Following the awards, the honored faculty members stayed for group pictures and enjoyed light refreshments with the other guests.
The faculty recognized for new endowed chairs and professorships include:
Orlando M. Gutierrez, M.D., M.M. Sc.
Marie S. Ingalls Endowed Chair in Nephrology Leadership
Anindya Dutta, MBBS, Ph.D.
Endowed Professorship in Genetics
Sunil Sudarshan, M.D.
Anderson Family Endowed Chair in Urology
Shu G. Chen, Ph.D
Ona M. Faye-Petersen Endowed Professorship in Pathology
Vu Q.C. Nguyen, M.D., MBA
Robert B. Kyle Professorship in Rehabilitation Medicine
Andrea Lynne Cherrington, M.D., Ph.D.
Triton Endowed Professorship in Health Equity Research
Timmy C. Lee, M.D.
David G. Warnock, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Academic Nephrology
Alan Thevenet N. Tita, M.D., Ph.D.
Mary Heersink Endowed Chair in Global Health
Nita A. Limdi, Pharm.D., Ph.D., MSPH, FAHA
Ray L. Watts, M.D., Heersink Endowed Chair in Neurology
Jeremy J. Day, Ph.D.
Michael Friedlander, Ph.D., Heersink Endowed Professorship
Han-Fei Ding, M.D., Ph.D.
Gene P. Siegal Endowed Professorship in Pathology
Elizabeth E. Brown, Ph.D., MPH
Endowed Professorship in Cancer Pathobiology
Michael J. Hanaway, M.D.
Martha Robinson Tankersley Endowed Professorship in Transplant Clinical Excellence
Amit Gaggar, M.D., Ph.D.
William C. Bailey, M.D., Endowed Chair in Pulmonary Disease
Luciano Costa, M.D., Ph.D.
The Mary and Bill Battle Endowed Professorship for Multiple Myeloma
Erwin G. Van Meir, Ph.D.
David Hart White Endowed Professorship for Brain Cancer Research
