Named Deanships, Directorships, and Professorships
Endowed professorships have a personal and lasting impact.
G. Sayeed Choudury
Mr. Choudhury, who holds the Hodson Directorship in Digital Research, was appointed associate director of the Sheridan Libraries digital programs in 2003.
Dr. Trayanova’s research centers around understanding the normal and pathological electrophysiological and electromechanical behavior of the heart. She is the Murray B. Sachs Professor.
Arturo Casadevall, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Casadevall’s groundbreaking work on infectious diseases is widely known. He has received several of the highest honors in medicine and health, and holds the Alfred and Jill Sommer Professorship and Chairmanship.
Dr. Chung, the inaugural Charles D. Miller Professor, joined the Hopkins faculty in the Department of Political Science in 2004, where she teaches courses in comparative politics and East Asian politics.
Professor Wang, the R. Clayton Emory Chair in Real Estate and Infrastructure, joined the Carey Business School in 2014 and leads the Edward St. John Real Estate Program.
Ashani T. Weeraratna, Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine
Ashani T. Weeraratna, Ph.D., is the E.V. McCollum Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, and co-leader of the Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Program at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
CHRISTOPHER JACKSON, M.D., earned his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he also completed his neurosurgical residency. In 2020, Dr. Jackson joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Jackson specializes in brain tumors and cerebrovascular disorders, including vestibular schwannomas, gliomas,…
SAM BESSEN is the Eleanor & Lester Levy Family Curator of Sheet Music & Popular Culture at Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries. As the inaugural curator, Bessen has spearheaded the preservation, research, teaching, and growth of collections totaling over 50,000 American popular songs. With a background in music performance, Sam completed…
LORI BETH FINKELSTEIN is the Philip Franklin Wagley Director & Curator of John Hopkins University’s Evergreen Museum & Library and Director of Homewood Museum. Together, these museums interpret 100 years of Baltimore history and house permanent collections consisting of more than 12,000 works of fine and decorative art. Prior to…
ELISABETH M. LONG is Sheridan Dean of University Libraries, Archives, and Museums at Johns Hopkins University. She oversees library services in the six Sheridan Libraries and coordinates library services provided by all schools of the university through the University Library Directors Council, which she chairs. She also oversees the university’s…
BILL BRANAN, the Hodson Director of the Digital Research & Curation Center at the Sheridan Libraries, oversees the software and systems engineering teams in the Digital Research & Curation Center and the operations of the Johns Hopkins University Open Source Programs Office. Following a degree in Computer Science from Georgia…
JOHN ENG, M.D., the inaugural recipient of the Bronwyn Jones, M.D. Professorship in Radiology, is a professor in the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, where he also serves as Vice Chair for Faculty Academic Development. Dr. Eng earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University…
DAVID B. YADEN, PhD, is assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine working in the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He is also a research associate of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford.…
JOSEPH J. GALLO, MD, MPH, is the Sylvia And Harold Halpert Professor In Mental Health in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Gallo works on risk factors and epidemiology of depression in late life, primary care and mental health, and the…
TAMARA LOTAN, M.D., is a Professor of Pathology, Urology, and Oncology and Deputy Director for Research in the Department of Pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. She completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard University (Applied Mathematics), followed by medical school and Anatomic Pathology Residency at…
SHRUTI MEHTA, PhD, MPH, is a Professor and the Deputy Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She received a Master’s in Public Health (1997) and a PhD (2002) in Epidemiology also from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her…
ELIZABETH STUART, PhD, is chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Trained as a statistician, her primary research interests are in the development and use of methodology to better design and analyze the causal effects of public health and educational interventions. In…
Dr. JUDD L. WALSON is the Chair of the Department of International Health and a Professor of International Health and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Walson has extensive experience conducting research to define approaches to improve childhood survival, growth and development. In addition, he has experience with public health…
