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.
[caption id="attachment_538" align="alignleft" width="250"] [/caption] DAVID M. LEVINE, SPH 1969, 1972 (ScD), the former Samsung Professor of Medicine, is director of the Office of Postdoctoral Programs in the Department of Medicine and past director of the Division of Internal Medicine. The physician/scientist's research focuses on causes and treatment of heart…
George LeBoff Professorship for Research in Digestive Diseases
GEORGE LeBOFF, a highly respected senior official with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, was frequently assigned the more difficult audits of prominent national corporations. A career IRS employee, Mr. LeBoff was involved in training new agents and, by the time of his retirement, he had risen to the rank of…
John Eager Howard Chair in Endocrinology and Metabolism
JOHN EAGER HOWARD, Med 1928, was a major figure in the development of the field of endocrinology and metabolism. Among his contributions were the discovery of the association between unilateral renal artery disease and high blood pressure, the development of the Ellsworth-Howard test to determine responsiveness to parathyroid hormone and…
Elizabeth Treide and A. McGehee Harvey Chair in the History of Medicine
A. McGEHEE "MAC" HARVEY, Med 1934, was physician-in-chief of the hospital and served as mentor to generations of medical students during his more than 40-year professional association with Hopkins. Dr. Harvey, who died in 1998, is credited with bringing the scientific approach in clinical medicine to its full fruition, through…
SARAH and JAMES, Med 1964, FRIES met as undergraduate classmates at Stanford University and took their honeymoon driving East from Malibu to Baltimore where Jim entered medical school in 1960; he continued as house officer in medicine and fellow in rheumatology at Hopkins, and Sarah worked with handicapped children on…
Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson Professorship in Medicine
FRANK L. COULSON JR, who died in 2011, attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the Moore School of Engineering. Following his time at Penn, Frank served in the United States Navy as a naval ship navigator from 1968 until his discharge…
FREDERICK L. BRANCATI, SPH 1992, who died in 2013, was the Samsung Professor of Medicine, Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, director of the Division of General Internal Medicine, and a member of the active staff of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Brancati also held joint appointments in the Department of…
STANHOPE BAYNE-JONES, Med 1914, and his wife, NANNIE S. BAYNE-JONES, were longtime supporters of the medical school. They met when Dr. Bayne-Jones was associate professor of bacteriology at Hopkins and she, a Baltimore native, was an X-ray technician at the hospital. After teaching at Hopkins for nine years, Dr. Bayne-Jones…
Physician HENRY WILLIS BAXLEY created the first named professorship at the School of Medicine and the second named professorship in the university. The income from this endowment, invested by Hopkins over the past century, continues to provide support to the Department of Pathology. A Baltimore native, Dr. Baxley helped found…
J. Donald Woodruff Chair in Gynecology and Obstetrics
J. DONALD WOODRUFF, MD, was a world-renowned surgeon and professor of gynecologic pathology and gynecology/obstetrics. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1933 from Dickinson College, where he was a member of Phi Betta Kappa, his medical degree from Johns Hopkins in 1937 and completed his residency in gynecology at Johns Hopkins…
Henry N. Wagner Jr., M.D., Professorship in Nuclear Medicine
HENRY N. WAGNER JR., A&S 1948, Med 1952, who died in 2012, was an international authority on nuclear medicine. His pioneering work in imaging brain neuroreceptors paved the way for groundbreaking research in addiction and drug design, and increased understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of the brain. During his…
Richard W. TeLinde Distinguished Professorship in Gynecological Pathology
RICHARD W. TELINDE, MD, the third Professor of Gynecology at Johns Hopkins, was born in 1894 in Waupun, Wisconsin. He attended Hope College and the University of Wisconsin, receiving his AB from the latter in 1917. He started medical school at the University of Wisconsin and transferred to the Johns…
