Pharmacy Faculty Earn Promotions

TTUHSC School of Pharmacy Faculty

Left to Right: Krystal Edwards, Krystal Haase, Nikita Mirajkar, Anna Karamyan and Luca Cucullo

At its March 2 meeting, the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents approved the promotion of four School of Pharmacy faculty members and the promotion and tenure of another.

The group includes Krystal Edwards, Pharm.D., and Krystal Haase, Pharm.D., from the Department of Pharmacy Practice; Nikita Mirajkar, Ph.D., from the Department of Biomedical Sciences; and Anna Karamyan, Ph.D., and Luca Cucullo, Ph.D., from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Edwards and Haase were promoted from associate professor to professor. Mirajkar and Karamyan were promoted from assistant professor to associate professor. All promotions take effect Sept. 1.

In addition, Cucullo was promoted from assistant professor to associate professor. He was also awarded tenure, effective March 2.

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