Named Deanships, Directorships, and Professorships
Endowed positions have a personal and lasting impact.
Natalia Trayanova, Biomedical Engineering
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.
FRED SANDERSON was an economist with the Department of State for 28 years, served on two presidential commissions, and was a recipient of the Rockefeller Public Service Award. He was a Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy and the Brookings Institution. He…
Phoebe R. Berman Professorship in Bioethics and Public Health
PHOEBE RHEA BERMAN believed there was no better place than Johns Hopkins to address the ethical dilemmas raised by advances in medical discovery. “With all the complexities of modern life — new discoveries in science, changes in medicine and medical care — medical professionals and policy makers are faced with…
The chair is made possible by a generous gift from the estate of RICHARD W. and ELIZABETH CASE. Mr. Case served for many years as a trustee both of the Johns Hopkins University and the Peabody Institute, and was a leading attorney at his firm, Smith, Somerville and Case. Through…
The Saul and Doris Farber Professorship in Clinical Care and Investigation in Pediatric Oncology
JOSHUA FARBER, MD, and his wife NANCY HARDY, MD, along with their friends and family, established the Saul and Doris Farber Professorship to honor the legacy of Josh’s parents, Saul and Doris, and to recognize the efforts of the faculty who worked to help their son Daniel win his battle…
The Knights Templar Eye Foundation Professorship in Ophthalmology
Founded in 1956, the KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION (KTEF) has as its mission “to improve vision through research, education and supporting access to care.” The relationship between the Knights Templar Eye Foundation and the Wilmer Eye Institute dates to 1985, the year in which Alfred Edward Maumenee Jr., MD, established…
Helen Larson and Charles Glenn Grover Professorship in Ophthalmology
HELEN LARSON and CHARLES GLENN GROVER were bound not only by their great love and affection for each other, but also by their endless curiosity about the world. After meeting in Utah, they headed east and settled in the Washington, D.C., area. Equally interested in both the arts and sciences,…
JEFFREY H. ARONSON is co-founder and managing principal of Centerbridge Partners, L.P., a private investment firm based in New York City with approximately $25 billion of capital under management. The firm is focused on private equity, distressed securities and credit investing. Mr. Aronson has been an active investor in distressed securities…
CHARLES I. CLARVIT is CEO of CCFO Investments and an angel investor and board member of start-up Brand Yourself. Prior to CCFO Investments, Mr. Clarvit was chief executive officer of Vinci Partners-US, an asset and wealth management firm headquartered in Brazil. He is a former managing director and co-head of…
CHARLES I. CLARVIT is CEO of CCFO Investments and an angel investor and board member of start-up Brand Yourself. Prior to CCFO Investments, Mr. Clarvit was chief executive officer of Vinci Partners-US, an asset and wealth management firm headquartered in Brazil. He is a former managing director and co-head of…
JEFFREY H. ARONSON is co-founder and managing principal of Centerbridge Partners, L.P., a private investment firm based in New York City with approximately $25 billion of capital under management. The firm is focused on private equity, distressed securities and credit investing. Mr. Aronson has been an active investor in distressed securities…
DAVID H. BERNSTEIN was the chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, past chairman of the Board of Directors (1986 – 1993), and was director and co-founder of Duty Free International, Inc. since its formation in 1983. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Bernstein began his association with…
