Pictured: Those attending a lunch honoring the newly promoted faculty.
Contributed by: Lori Emery, Faculty & Professional Development Program Manager
Please join us in congratulating 15 faculty members who received tenure and/or promotion this year. We are very proud of this major accomplishment in their academic career and we value each of their special contributions that help make the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawaiʻi such a special place to learn and work!
ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Stephanie Nishimura, PhD
Promotion to Associate Specialist
CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Olivier Le Saux, PhD
Promotion to Professor
COMPLEMENTARY & INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE
Youping Deng, PhD
Tenure (at Professor rank)
FAMILY MEDICINE & COMMUNITY HEALTH
Chien-Wen Tseng, MD
Promotion to Professor
MEDICINE
Dennis Bolger, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Reid Ikeda, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH
Alika Maunakea, PhD
Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY & WOMEN’S HEALTH
Mary Tschann, PhD
Promotion to Assistant Researcher
Reni Soon, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Ann Chang, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Bliss Kaneshiro, MD
Promotion to Professor
PSYCHIATRY
Daniel Alicata, MD
Promotion to Professor
Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda, DrPH
Promotion to Associate Professor
TROPICAL MEDICINE, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY
Kalpana Tata, PhD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Lishomwa Ndhlovu, MD, PhD
Promotion to Professor
For more information about the promotion and tenure process, go to http://jabsom.hawaii.edu/faculty/facdev/appt-promo-tenure/ or contact Lori Emery . JABSOM promotion and tenure workshops are held in spring and summer. UH workshops are held in summer and fall.
For the complete 2018 UH Manoa promotion and tenure list, go to:
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2018/06/13/uh-2018-tenure-and-promotion-list/