Recognizing Recently Promoted Faculty

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(October 28, 2025) — Congratulations to our full-time faculty at the School of Health, Berkley School of Nursing and School of Medicine who were recently promoted to the rank of assistant professor, associate professor and professor. All were recognized at the Oct. 28 Georgetown’s Fall Faculty Convocation.

Professors

  • Jennifer Bouey promoted to Professor in Global Health, School of Health
  • John Casey promoted to Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
  • Anca Dragomir promoted to Professor in the Departments of Oncology and Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics, School of Medicine
  • Yvonne Hernandez promoted to Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, School of Medicine 
  • Caleb McKinney promoted to Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine 
  • Pamela Saunders promoted to Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, School of Medicine 
  • Myriam Vuckovic promoted to Professor in Global Health, School of Health
  • Hong Kun Wang promoted to Professor in the Departments of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, & Biomathematics and Oncology, School of Medicine 
  • Lewis Watson promoted to Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, School of Medicine 

Associate Professors

  • Caitlin Coker promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, School of Medicine 
  • Matthew Kavanagh promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in Global Health, School of Health
  • Junfeng Ma promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology, School of Medicine 
  • Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine 
  • Purushottam Tiwari promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology, School of Medicine 
  • Tingting Wang promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine 
  • Wu Zeng granted Tenure as Associate Professor in Global Health, School of Health

Assistant Professors

  • Alaina Carr promoted to Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology, School of Medicine 
  • Katie Daily promoted to Assistant Professor, Berkley School of Nursing