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.
William H. Gates Sr. Chair in Population and Reproductive Health
WILLIAM H. GATES SR was a founding partner at Preston Gates & Ellis, and served as president of both the Seattle/King County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association. He has been a member of the University of Washington's board of regents since 1997. In 1994 he became director…
The William G. Robertson Jr. Professorship in Population and Family Planning Sciences
WILLIAM G. ROBERTSON JR. (1913-2007) was a generous supporter of Hopkins dating back to 1951. He was a past president of Henry Adams Inc., a mechanical and electrical engineering firm that was involved in the design of many of the buildings on the East Baltimore campus. Mr. Robertson became particularly…
William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professorship in Health Policy
WILLIAM C. RICHARDSON, PhD, was president of The Johns Hopkins University and professor of health policy and management from 1990 until 1995, and is professor and president emeritus. After leaving Johns Hopkins, Dr. Richardson served as president of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for ten years. He is best known for his…
Sylvia and Harold Halpert Professorship in Mental Health
HAROLD P. HALPERT, DrPH ’66, MPH ’64 (1913-2007) came to Johns Hopkins as a graduate student from the National Institute of Mental Health, where he directed a research grants program to develop coordinated approaches to the treatment of the mentally ill. Dr. Halpert and his wife, SYLVIA HALPERT, were interested…
Robert Henry Levi and Ryda Hecht Levi Professorship in Bioethics and Public Policy
ROBERT H. LEVI, A&S ‘36 (1915-1995), trustee of both the university and hospital, was a leader in fundraising at Hopkins beginning in the 1970s. He was described by former Hopkins President Milton S. Eisenhower as "one of the wisest men I have ever met." RYDA H. LEVI was internationally known…
Leon S. Robertson Faculty Development Chair in Injury Prevention
LEON S. ROBERTSON is an internationally recognized authority on injury epidemiology and prevention. He has held positions at Harvard Medical School, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the University of Minnesota, and Yale University. As president of Nanlee Research, Dr. Robertson has been a consultant on injury control to industry,…
Jacob I and Irene B. Fabrikant Chair in Health, Risk and Society
JACOB I FABRIKANT was a pioneer in environmental radiology. Dr. Fabrikant's extensive research on radiation effects on cell kinetics led to his lifelong interest in low-level radiation effects in human populations. He was internationally known for using scientific evidence on radiation risks and health effects to protect the public's health.…
Helen Abbey and Margaret Merrell Professorship in Biostatistics Education
HELEN ABBEY, ScD ’51 (1915-2001), taught biostatistics to generations of public health scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health from 1952 until poor health obliged her to retire in 1999. In addition to teaching, she wrote scholarly articles on medical genetics and chronic diseases. In 1971, she…
GEORGE W. COMSTOCK, MD, DrPH ’56 (1915-2007), was one of the world’s premier epidemiologists, conducting seminal research on tuberculosis control and treatment and on cancer, heart disease, and lung disease. Dr. Comstock served as a captain in the U.S. Public Health Service for 21 years and taught at The Johns…
The George G. Graham Professorship of Infant and Child Nutrition
GEORGE G. GRAHAM, MD (1923-2007), was one of the giants of public health and a pioneer in the field of infant and childhood nutrition. A pediatrician by training, he was the first director of the Division of Human Nutrition (now called the Center for Human Nutrition) at the Johns Hopkins…
Fred and Juliet Soper Professorship in Health Policy and Management
FRED LOWE SOPER, DrPH ‘25, MPH ’23 (1893-1977), a world authority on yellow fever, was associated with the Rockefeller Foundation for 30 years, ending as the regional director for Africa and the Middle East. He also directed the bureau now known as the Pan American Health Organization and the World…
Frank Hurley and Catharine Dorrier Professorship and Chair in Biostatistics
FRANK L. HURLEY, PhD ’71 (1944-2015) , and his wife and colleague, CATHARINE (KIT) DORRIER, have dedicated their careers to bringing safe and effective health care products to people around the world. Dr. Hurley was chairman and chief scientific officer of RRD International, a health care product development company which…
