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.
MANDEEP S. SINGH, M.D., Ph.D., holds the Andreas C. Dracopoulos Professorship in Ophthalmology. He is associate professor of ophthalmology and genetic medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and the founding co-director of the Johns Hopkins Genetic Eye Diseases (GEDi) Center at the Wilmer Eye Institute. As a retinal…
CHARLIE LOWENSTEIN, M.D., assumed his role as the chief of the Johns Hopkins Division of Cardiology on January 6, 2020. Dr. Lowenstein obtained his M.D. at the Harvard Medical School. He completed his medical residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital and his cardiology fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School…
CONSUELO AMAT, Ph.D., is the SNF Agora Institute Assistant Professor of Political Science. She is also a senior research scholar at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Previously, Amat was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS). She is interested in the study…
YANXUN XU is an associate professor of applied mathematics and statistics at the Whiting School of Engineering and an adjunct associate professor in the Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is known for developing Bayesian statistical theory…
FADIL SANTOSA, Ph.D., earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1976, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign in 1977 and 1980, respectively. After two years as postdoctoral research fellow in the Department…
LAUREN GARDNER, Ph.D., is the Alton and Sandra Cleveland Professor in the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering and holds a joint appointment in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the creator of the interactive web-based dashboard being used by public…
ADAM S. LEVIN, M.D. joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2014 and is an associate professor in orthopaedic surgery and an associate professor of oncology. Dr. Levin is the vice chair for clinical operations for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, after previously serving as vice chair for faculty development.…
JUN LUO, Ph.D., is the inaugural recipient of the Alan W. Partin, M.D., Ph.D. Professorship in Urology. Dr. Luo is a professor of urology and oncology at the Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute. He also serves as the assistant director of research for the department. Dr. Luo has served on…
COLLEEN CHRISTMAS, M.D., is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and in the Division of General Internal Medicine. She received her M.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and went from there to the Medical College of Virginia for residency training…
RICHARD L. SKOLASKY, Jr., Sc.D. joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2004. He is an accomplished, well-regarded, doctoral-trained health services researcher and an integral member of the leadership within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He serves as a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Vice Chair…
JOSHUA HORWITZ, JD, is the inaugural Dana Feitler Professor of the Practice in Gun Violence Prevention and Advocacy in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He also serves as co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. Horwitz…
ADAM RODGERS grew up in Maryland, earned a B.A. at Duke University and an M.F.A. at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, won a student Emmy Award, moved to Los Angeles, and broke into the movie business in 2001 with the sale of his comedy spec script Moving…
