PVM Faculty Promotions Approved by Purdue University Board of Trustees

promoted faculty portraits

A total of ten Purdue Veterinary Medicine faculty members are receiving promotions this year. The promotions were approved by the Purdue University Board of Trustees on April 14. They are among a total of 180 faculty promotions approved by the trustees across the West Lafayette, Northwest, and Fort Wayne campuses and the Purdue schools at IUPUI.

The promotions are effective with the 2023-24 academic year. The exact dates are noted below.  Congratulations to the following PVM faculty members:

To Associate Professor 

Dr. Sarah Malek, associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences (July 1, 2023)

Dr. Andrea Santos, associate professor of comparative pathobiology (July 1, 2023)

To Clinical Associate Professor 

Dr. Caroline Fulkerson, clinical associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences (July 1, 2023)

Dr. Deepti Pillai, clinical associate professor of comparative pathobiology (July 1, 2023)

To Research Associate Professor

Dr. Uma Aryal, research associate professor of comparative pathobiology (July 1, 2023)

Dr. Nadia Lanman, research associate professor of comparative pathobiology (July 1, 2023)

To Clinical Professor

Dr. Christina Wilson-Frank, clinical professor of comparative pathobiology (July 1, 2023)

To Full Professor 

Dr. Michael Childress, professor of veterinary clinical sciences (July 1, 2023)

Dr. Susan Mendrysa, professor of basic medical sciences (August 14, 2023)

Dr. Darryl Ragland, professor of veterinary clinical sciences (July 1, 2023)

The promoted PVM faculty members will be honored at a college reception Friday, May 12 at 3:30 p.m. in Lynn 1136. 

Writer(s): Kevin Doerr | pvmnews@purdue.edu

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