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Appointments, Promotion and Tenure Committee

The School of Medicine Appointments, Promotion and Tenure Committee reviews and submits recommendations for all faculty promotion applications and new faculty appointments at the ranks of Associate Professor and Professor for all tracks.

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Kansas City Sub-Committee 2025-2026 (July 1-June 30)

Name

Department

Term Ends

Udayan Apte, PhD, DABT, FAASLD

Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics

2027

Fariba Behbod, PharmD, PhD

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

2027

Julie Christianson, PhD

Cell Biology and Physiology

2028

Francisco Diaz, PhD

Biostatistics & Data Science

2028

Brigid Flynn

Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine

2028

Lisa Gilmer

Pediatrics

2026

Kiran Kakarala

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

2026

Joseph LeMaster, MD, MPH

Committee Chair

Family Medicine and Community Health

2026

Laura Martin, PhD

Population Health

2027

Ajay Nangia, MBBS, FACS

Urologic Surgery

2027

Chad Slawson, PhD

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2026

Julia White

Radiation Oncology

2028

Wichita Sub-Committee 2025-2026 (July 1-June 30)

Kari Harris

Pediatrics

2027

Gretchen Irwin, MD, MBA

Family and Community Medicine

2027

Zachary Kuhlmann, DO

Obstetrics & Gynecology

2026

Janka Lincoln, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

2027

Hayrettin Okut, PhD

Population Health

2027

Donna Sweet, MD

Committee Chair

Internal Medicine

2027

Shang-You Yang, PhD

Orthopedic Surgery

2027

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