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KU Medical Center, KUSM-W announce promotion, tenure

The School of Medicine and the School of Medicine-Wichita have announced faculty promotions and awards of tenure. They are listed below.

TENURE TRACK

To professor (previously tenured)
Lyle Baade, Wichita, psychiatry; Richard Dubinsky, Kansas City, neurology; Mark Fisher, Kansas City, biochemistry; Michael Fox, Kansas City, health policy and management; Leslie Heckert, Kansas City, molecular and integrative physiology; Daniel Swagerty Jr., Kansas City, family medicine; Joseph Tash, Kansas City, molecular and integrative physiology.

To associate professor with tenure
Jeffrey Burns, Kansas City, neurology; Alexey Lodkhin, Kansas City, biochemistry; Byron Gajewski, Kansas City, hearing and speech.

Tenure only (at current rank of associate professor)
Wanda Bonnel, Kansas City, nursing

Hired with immediate tenure
Russell Swerdlow, Kansas City, neurology

NON-TENURE TRACK

To professor, clinical scholar track
Gary Gronseth, Kansas City, neurology; Belinda Vail, Kansas City, family medicine

To associate professor, clinical scholar track
Siddhartha Ganguly, Kansas City, internal medicine; Lisa Gilmer, Kansas City, pediatrics; Stephen Lauer, Kansas City, pediatrics; Thomas Schulz, Wichita, internal medicine.

To clinical professor, clinical track, full time
Jeanne Drisko, Kansas City, obstetrics and gynecology; Katherine Melborn, Wichita, pediatrics.

To clinical professor, clinical track, volunteer
Paul Harrison, Wichita, surgery; John Smith, Wichita, surgery; James Vacek, Kansas City, internal medicine

To clinical associate professor, clinical track, full time
Larry Ridings, Kansas City, neurology

To clinical associate professor, clinical track, part time
Sallie Page-Goertz, Kansas City, pediatrics

To clinical associate professor, clinical track, volunteer
Tomas Kluzak, Wichita, pathology; Alan Moskowitz, Wichita, surgery

To research associate professor, research track, full time
Irena Sarosiek, Kansas City, internal medicine

To research associate professor, research track, part time
Snighdha Banerjee, Kansas City, internal medicine

To professor, affiliate track, Stowers Institute, volunteer
Olivier Pourquie, Kansas City, anatomy and cell biology

To professor, VA affiliate, part time
Peter VanVeldhuizen, Kansas City internal medicine

To associate professor, VA affiliate, part time
Joaquina Baranda, Kansas City, internal medicine

To associate professor, VA affiliate, volunteer
Suman Kambhampati, Kansas City, internal medicine; Sharad Mathur, Kansas City, pathology and laboratory medicine.

RESEARCH MATTERS:

Recent graduate Erik Nelson, a cognitive psychology major, conducted research into why people engage in dangerous, behavior such as talking on a cell phone or sending text messages while driving. Every respondent in Nelson's survey admitted to driving while talking on a cell phone, and 72 percent admitted to sending text messages while driving. "Many people understand that talking while driving is a risky behavior. However, they still do it," Nelson said. "People tend to believe that their conversations are a little more important than they are." For more, or to listen to the original broadcast, visit www.researchmatters.ku.edu.