News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 2, 2015
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TTUHSC President Announces Recipients of Distinguished Faculty Awards
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) President Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., acknowledged the efforts of 24 faculty members, naming them the 2015 TTUHSC Distinguished Professors. The faculty members will be recognized at the annual TTUHSC President’s Faculty Convocation and Awards Ceremony from 3 to 4 p.m. November 5 in the Academic Classroom Building Room 100 in Lubbock.
The faculty members were nominated by other TTUHSC faculty and selected for outstanding contributions to the research and educational efforts at TTUHSC, by a committee composed of representatives from each TTUHSC school. Faculty from all TTUHSC campuses and schools were selected, and Mitchell explained these key faculty members have had provided significant contribution to TTUHSC as whole, regardless which school or campus they work within.
“Faculty like those acknowledged demonstrate the vision for education at TTUHSC,” Mitchell said. “Through taking initiatives in interprofessionalism, community service or advancing TTUHSC in other ways, these faculty members have set themselves apart. These educators are critically important to the success of the entire university.”
The selected professors are:
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Susan Bergeson, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology and neuroscience
- Ahsan Fakhrul, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences
- Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy, Ph.D., associate professor and director of Center of Excellence in Cancer Research
- Jon Weidanz, Ph.D., MPH, professor of immunotherapeutics
School of Health Professions
- Jean-Michel Brismee, Sc.D., professor of rehabilitation sciences
- Rajinder K. Koul, Ph.D., professor of speech, language and hearing sciences
- Sherry Sancibrian, M.S., professor of speech, language and hearing sciences
- Phillip S. Sizer Jr., Ph.D., professor of rehabilitation sciences
- Lori Rice-Spearman, Ph.D., professor of laboratory sciences and primary care
School of Medicine
- Shailesh Jain, M.D., MPH, ABDA, associate professor and regional chair of psychiatry
- Betsy Goebel Jones, Ed.D., professor and chair of medical education
- Min Kang, Pharm.D., associate professor of cell biology and biochemistry
- Richard Lampe, M.D., professor and chair of pediatrics
- Robert S. Urban, M.D., FACP, professor and vice chair of internal medicine
- Simon Williams, Ph.D., professor and associate dean of academic affairs
School of Nursing
- Patricia Allen, Ed.D., R.N., ANEF, professor and director of master of science in nursing (MSN) nursing education track
- Alyce Ashcraft, Ph.D., R.N., ANEF, professor and associate dean for research
- Sharon B. Cannon, Ed.D., R.N., ANEF, professor and regional dean for Permian Basin
- Barbara Cherry, DNSc, R.N., NEA-BC, professor, department chair and associate dean for leadership studies
- Emily Merrill, Ph.D., APRN, FNP, professor associate dean and department chair for advanced practice registered nurse programs
School of Pharmacy
- Thomas Abbruscato, Ph.D., professor and department chair of pharmaceutical sciences
- Roland Patry, Dr.PH, professor and regional dean of Dallas campus
- Sanjay Srivastava, Ph.D., professor and associate dean for sciences
- Thomas Thekkumkara, Ph.D., professor and department chair of biomedical sciences and Amarillo campus regional dean
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