The Board of Regents also took the following action at its June 20 meeting:
Regents approve purchase of vacant land, office buildings in west Michigan
The Board of Regents approved the purchase of land and properties in Wyoming, Michigan, near the University of Michigan Health West Hospital. U-M will acquire 10.2 acres of vacant land at 2225 Main St. SW and 2221 Health Drive SW, along with office buildings on each site with 41,840 combined square feet and occupying 3.1 combined acres. U-M is acquiring the land to secure long-term growth opportunities in The Village development. The land and two buildings will be purchased for $45 million at an undetermined closing date, subject to the university satisfying itself with the environmental condition of the site and completing other real estate due diligence. Existing leases in the office buildings will be honored in the near term. A combination of central reserves and bond proceeds will be used to complete the purchase.
— By Jeff Bleiler, The University Record
Flint 2025-26 academic calendar approved
The 2025-26 academic calendar for the UM-Flint campus will have a pre-Labor Day start beginning Aug. 25, 2025. Classes for the 2026 winter term begin Jan. 5, 2026, with the summer term beginning May 4, 2026. It also includes a fall break, Oct. 20-21, 2025. Winter Commencement is scheduled for Dec. 14, 2025, and Spring Commencement is set for May 2, 2026. The calendar aligns with the Flint campus’ policy and offers a total of 69 class days in the fall term and 69 class days in the winter term. The calendar has been reviewed by faculty and administrative groups and has no conflicts with religious holidays.
— By Hanna Quinlan, Public Affairs
Ann Arbor campus
Faculty appointments with tenure
Michael Brown, associate professor of education, Marsal Family School of Education, effective Aug. 26, 2024.
Rosario E. Cabello, professor of psychology, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024.
David E. Conroy, professor of kinesiology, School of Kinesiology, effective Aug. 26, 2024.
Cesi Cruz, associate professor of political science, LSA, effective Aug. 26, 2024.
Patrick J. Grohar, professor of pediatrics, Medical School, effective July 1, 2024.
Pamela Herd, professor of public policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, effective Aug. 26, 2024.
Sandra K. Hunter, professor of kinesiology, School of Kinesiology, effective Aug. 26, 2024.
Junichi Iwata, professor of dentistry, School of Dentistry, effective July 1, 2024.
Stephen W.P. Kemp, associate professor of surgery, Medical School, effective July 1, 2024.
Demetri L. Morgan, associate professor of education, Marsal Family School of Education, effective Aug. 26, 2024.
Donald P. Moynihan, professor of public policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, effective Aug. 26, 2024.
David D. Odell, professor of surgery, Medical School, effective June 1, 2024.
Ana Maria Otamendi, associate professor of music, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, effective Aug. 26, 2024.
Sarah Peluse, associate professor of mathematics, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024.
Antje K. Steinmuller, professor of architecture, A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, effective Aug. 26, 2024.
Martin J. Williams, associate professor of organizational studies, LSA, effective Aug. 26, 2024.
Named professorships
* Fred C. Adams, Ta-You Wu Collegiate Professor of Physics, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
Hyun-Soo Ahn, Robert P. Thome Professor of Business Administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Roger L. Albin, Anne B. Young Collegiate Professor of Neurology, Medical School, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Barbara A. Anderson, Ronald Freedman Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Population Studies, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Anthony Antonellis, James V. Neel Collegiate Professor of Human Genetics, Medical School, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029.
* Toni C. Antonucci, Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Sherry B. Ortner Collegiate Professor of Sociology, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
*Todd M. Austin, S. Jack Hu Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* John Z. Ayanian, Alice Hamilton Collegiate Professor of Medicine, Medical School, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
*James Bardwell, Rowena G. Matthews Collegiate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Rajeev Batra, Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective June 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2025.
* Jill B. Becker, Patricia Y. Gurin Collegiate Professor of Psychology, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Gordon Belot, Lawrence Sklar Collegiate Professor of Philosophy, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Joel N. Bregman, Heber D. Curtis Collegiate Professor of Astronomy, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* John R. Charpie, Amnon Rosenthal Collegiate Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical School, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
Jonathan L. Eliason, Frankel Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical School, effective June 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2028.
* Sharon C. Glotzer, Stuart W. Churchill Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Daniel J. Goldman, Bernard W. Agranoff Collegiate Professor of Neuroscience, Medical School, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
Patrick J. Grohar, Russel G. Adderley Professor of Pediatric Oncology, Medical School, effective July 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2028.
Pamela Herd, Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, effective Aug. 26, 2024, through Aug. 25, 2029.
* Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US), Inc. Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Tailen Hsing, Michael B. Woodroofe Collegiate Professor of Statistics, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Ursula H. Jakob, Patricia S. Yaeger Collegiate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* John Jonides, Edward E. Smith Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Roman Kapuscinski, John Psarouthakis Research Professor of Manufacturing Management, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029.
* Aaron A. King, Nelson G. Hairston Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Complex Systems, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
Robert J. Knoerl, Suzanne Bellinger Feetham Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through May 31, 2028.
* Alex Kuzmich, Martin L. Perl Collegiate Professor of Physics, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
Susan M. Maixner, Willard C. Blackney Jr. and Geraldine LaTendresse Blackney Clinician-Educator Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry, Medical School, effective June 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2028.
* Melvin G. McInnis, Thomas B. and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professor of Bipolar Disorder and Depression, Medical School, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Roberto D. Merlin, Peter A. Franken Collegiate Professor of Physics, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2025.
*Gregory S. Miller, Ernst and Young Professor of Accounting, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Mark S. Mizruchi, Robert Cooley Angell Collegiate Professor of Sociology, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Erik A. Mueggler, Katherine Verdery Collegiate Professor of Anthropology, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
David D. Odell, John Alexander Distinguished Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Medical School, effective June 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2028.
* Yoichi Osawa, Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine, Medical School, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Scott E. Page, Williamson Family Professor of Business Administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029.
* Ganesh Palapattu, George F. and Sandra Valassis Professor of Urology, Medical School, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029.
* James E. Penner-Hahn, George A. Lindsay Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Stephen W. Ragsdale, David Ballou Collegiate Professor, Medical School, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
Anna A.S. Schwendeman, Larry and Ann Hsu Professor, College of Pharmacy, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2027.
* George P. Steinmetz, Charles H. Tilly Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Germanic Languages and Literatures, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* Jennifer F. Waljee, George D. Zuidema Professor of Surgery, Medical School, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
* James P. Walsh, Gerald and Esther Carey Professor of Business Administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025.
Geneviève Zubrzycki, Weiser Family Professor of European and Eurasian Studies, LSA, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
Administrative appointments
* Katherine M. Babiak, associate dean for faculty affairs, School of Kinesiology, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
Shalanda H. Baker, vice provost for sustainability and climate action, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2029.
Veerabhadran Baladandayuthapani, chair, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2028.
* Peter F. Bodary, associate dean for undergraduate education, School of Kinesiology, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
* Kenneth M. Cadigan, chair, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, LSA, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
* Christi-Anne Castro, associate dean for faculty development, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
Rosario E. Ceballo, dean of LSA, effective Aug. 15, 2024, through Aug. 14, 2029.
Natalie Colabianchi, associate dean for research, School of Kinesiology, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
Kathryn M. Dominguez, associate dean for academic affairs, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, effective June 1, 2024, through July 31, 2026.
* Kate R. Fitzpatrick, associate dean for undergraduate academic affairs, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
* Lisa K. Low, associate dean for professional graduate studies, School of Nursing, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
**Prashant Mahajan, interim chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical School, effective July 1, 2024.
Qiaozhu Mei, associate dean for research and innovation, School of Information, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029.
Christi A. Merrill, chair, Department of Comparative Literature, LSA, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
Atul Prakash, Richard H. Orenstein Division Chair of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, effective July 1, 2024, through May 31, 2029.
Anna A.S. Schwendeman, chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2027.
Joline Uichanco, Ford Motor Company Co-Director of the Joel Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective Sept. 1, 2024, through Aug. 31, 2027.
** Johannes E. von Moltke, interim director, International Institute, LSA, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
Other transactions
James T. Burkel, change in title to associate vice provost for academic and faculty affairs, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective July 1, 2024.
F. Hollis Griffin, transfer of tenure to associate professor of communication and media, with tenure, and associate professor of film, television, and media, without tenure, LSA, effective Aug. 26, 2024.
Tajudeen M. Yacoubou, Journal of Language Learning Visiting Research Assistant Professor of Linguistics, LSA, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
Dearborn campus
Lee A. Freeman, associate dean, College of Business, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
Kevin Kobelsky, chair, Department of Accounting and Finance, College of Business, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
Claudia S. Kocher, associate dean, College of Business, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
Young K. Ro, chair, Department of Information and Operations Management, College of Business, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
Crystal J. Scott, chair, Department of Management and Marketing, College of Business, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
Flint campus
Laurence B. Alexander, professor of communication, College of Arts, Sciences and Education, effective Aug. 26, 2024.
Zhenfeng Liu, acting chair, Department of Accounting, Finance, and International Business, School of Management, effective July 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024.
*Reappointments
**Interim approval granted
Retirements
Stephen D. Bernstein, professor of English, College of Arts, Sciences and Education, UM-Flint, May 31, 2024. Bernstein received his B.A. from Indiana University in 1982, his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1985, and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1990. He joined UM-Flint as an assistant professor in 1990, and was promoted to associate professor in 1996 and professor in 2003. Bernstein was an influential and popular instructor in a wide array of courses for undergraduate and graduate students. Many English courses originated with him and ranged from introductory classes in comics and literary analysis to upper-level and graduate classes on the British novel. A dedicated mentor to faculty and students alike, he served on myriad department, college and university committees. He also chaired the Department of English from 2002-08 and from 2011-16. Aside from his fine work as a teacher and an administrator, Bernstein was a steady researcher and writer. He was the author of a book on Alasdair Gray and numerous scholarly articles on the work of Alice Munro, among others. His honors include the Provost’s Innovation in Teaching Prize in 2018 and the Research and Creative Activities Grant in 2008.
James M. Borders, professor of music, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, June 30, 2024. Borders received his B.M. in music theory and composition from DePaul University in 1974 and his A.M. and Ph.D. in historical musicology from the University of Chicago in 1983. He joined U-M as a lecturer in 1980, was promoted to assistant professor in 1983, associate professor in 1990 and professor in 2000. He was named the Glenn McGeoch Collegiate Professor of Music in 2008. Borders’ most recent publications concern the oral and written transmission of chant for services in medieval pontifical, but he has also published in various areas of medieval sacred music, rock music and the history of musical instruments. Borders has received several fellowships and awards from institutions including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is editor emeritus of “Plainsong and MedievalMusic” and is a former chair of the International Musicological Society Study Group, “Cantus Planus.” Borders was director of the SMTD academic division from 2010-13, chair of the Department of Musicology from 2007-14, associate dean of graduate studies in music from 1996-2003, and curator from 1980-94 and director from 1994-96 of the university’s Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments.
Rodica Busui (Pop-Busui), Larry D. Soderquist Professor and professor of internal medicine, Medical School, June 25, 2024. Busui earned her M.D. from the University of Timisoara School of Medicine in 1987. She completed a general medicine internship in 1990 and an internal medicine residency in 1993, both at the University Hospital, Timisoara, Romania. She finished an internal medicine research fellowship at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital before coming to U-M to complete a research fellowship from 1995-98 and a clinical fellowship from 1998-2001. She then went to the University of Toledo Medical Center. Busui joined U-M in 2005 as an assistant professor of internal medicine, and was promoted to associate professor in 2011, and professor in 2015. Busui holds multiple administrative roles, including co-director of the Neuropathy Center. Busui’s research interests extend from the development of diabetes and prediabetes’ complications to testing novel therapies for preventing and curing diabetes. She has published more than 290 peer-reviewed papers, 25 book chapters, one book, and 170 abstracts. She has received numerous honors, including recently being named American Diabetes Association President of Medicine & Science and the recipient of the 2023 U-M Department of Internal Medicine Chair’s Award for Impact.
Clifford L. Craig, clinical associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, Medical School, June 30, 2024. Craig earned his medical degree from U-M in 1969. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency in 1975 and a fellowship in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at the Tufts New England Medical Center in 1976. He was appointed to the orthopaedic faculty at Tufts University School of Medicine as an instructor in 1977, and promoted to assistant professor in 1980, and associate professor in 1994. He received an acknowledgement from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for his work with the Massachusetts Handicapped Children’s Clinics, and the Craig Rehabilitation Center was established in his honor at the Crystal Springs School in 1989. He was appointed clinical associate professor of surgery at the Medical School in 1999. Craig’s clinical research interests have included the use of ultrasound for the diagnosis and assessment of congenital differences in pediatric orthopaedics. His collaborative medical educational research interests have focused on the use and effectiveness of simulation. He has successfully helped more than 70 students obtain orthopaedic residencies. He has maintained membership in many professional societies and been involved in alumni affairs, serving as president of the Michigan Medicine Alumni Society in 2006.
Thomas J. Downar, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, College of Engineering, June 30, 2024. Downar received his B.S. in 1974 from the U.S. Military Academy. He received an M.S. in nuclear engineering from MIT in 1975. Following his military service, Downar returned to MIT as a Hertz Fellow and received his Ph.D. in 1984. He joined the faculty in the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University from 1984-2006, and the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, from 2007-08. He joined U-M’s nuclear engineering and radiological sciences department in 2008. Downar’s research focused on computational nuclear reactor physics with a focus on fuel management, multiphysics simulation and neutronics. He was responsible for the development and maintenance of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s advanced reactor core simulator. Downar also oversaw the development of the Michigan Parallel Characteristics Transport code. He has published more than 100 journal articles, 77 conference proceedings, co-authored one book and contributed to another. He is a fellow of the American Nuclear Society and received the Best Teacher Award at the U.S. Military Academy in 1980 and Purdue University’s School of Nuclear Engineering in 1989, ’90 and ’92.
Richard Hall, professor of political science, LSA; professor of public policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; May 31, 2024. Hall received his B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1977, and his M.A. in 1980 and Ph.D. in 1986 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined U-M as an assistant professor in 1986, and was promoted to associate professor in 1992 and professor in 2001. Hall’s research interests focus on American national politics. His work on Congress shifted the research agenda on legislative behavior from the study of representatives’ roll-call decisions, the sole moment at which legislators are equal and majorities rule, to the ways in which individual legislators achieve disproportionate influence by concentrating the work of their office on policies affecting their most vocal constituents. Hall developed a theory of lobbying fundamentally different from the canon in political science. It won him the Samuel J. Eldersveld Career Achievement Award for the study of political parties and organizations. His 2006 article on lobbying is the most cited paper on lobbying. Hall has received numerous awards including the Barbara Sinclair Lecture Award and the Richard F. Fenno Prize from the American Political Science Association.
Roy S. Hanashiro, professor of history, College of Arts, Sciences and Education, UM-Flint, May 31, 2024. Hanashiro received his B.A. in Asian studies and Japanese language in 1976, and his M.A. in 1978 and Ph.D. in history in 1988 from the University of Hawaii. He joined the UM-Flint faculty as an assistant professor in 1989, was promoted to associate professor in 1995, and to professor in 2003. Hanashiro’s scholarship focused on the history of Japan and Hawaii, and specifically the history of Western imperialism in these two places. His 1999 book, “Thomas William Kinder and The Japanese Imperial Mint, 1868-1875,” drew upon archival research in Japan and England to highlight how Japan’s Meiji government called upon Westerners to help manage the country’s rapid economic transformation. Hanashiro taught for more than three decades, teaching 15 distinct courses and leading multiple study-abroad trips to Japan and Hawaii. He also served in leadership roles, including 12 years as chair of the Department of History. After many years as an Executive Committee member of the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, he revived the organization’s journal, “Studies on Asia,” becoming its editor in 2020.
Wallace (Wally) Hopp, C.K. Prahalad Distinguished University Professor of Business and Engineering, professor of technology and operations, Stephen M. Ross School of Business; professor of industrial and operations engineering, College of Engineering; May 31, 2024. Hopp received his Ph.D. in industrial and operations engineering from U-M in 1984. He spent 23 years on the engineering and business faculties at Northwestern University before rejoining U-M as a professor in 2007. Hopp’s teaching and research focused on the design, control and management of operations, with emphasis on manufacturing and supply chain systems, innovation processes and health care systems. Hopp authored more than 100 papers and three books. He was elected as a fellow of five professional societies and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Hopp was editor-in-chief of the journal Management Science from 2003-08, president of the Production and Operations Management Society from 2009-10, and senior associate dean of the Ross School from 2011-15. He led the design and launch of U-M’s online MBA in 2019. He chaired the National Academies Committee on Building Resilience into the Nation’s Medical Product Supply Chain in 2022 for the U.S. Congress.
Gregory T. Kinney, archivist, Bentley Historical Library, June 14, 2024. Kinney received his B.A. in 1976 from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and his M.A. and M.I.L.S. in 1987 from U-M. He joined U-M as an assistant archivist in 1988 and moved through the ranks to associate archivist and full archivist. In 1990, he was named athletics archivist. Kinney oversaw the acquisition, processing and description of hundreds of linear feet of records documenting the history of athletic competition at U-M, including the development of women’s athletics. He oversaw the digitization of nearly 600 football game films dating from the 1920s to 1989 and was instrumental in developing the Bentley’s online Image Bank and digitizing thousands of images depicting U-M athletics. Kinney compiled comprehensive historic rosters for all varsity sports and made them available through the Bentley’s athletics roster databases and web pages, which he constructed. He was also responsible for developing standards and procedures for creating finding aids and overseeing the Bentley’s adoption of Encoded Archival Description. More recently, he contributed significantly to the Bentley’s African American Student Project building the underlying database containing information on more than 9,500 African American students who have attended U-M from 1853-1980.
Steven Mark Leber, clinical professor of pediatrics and clinical professor of neurology, Medical School, July 9, 2024. Leber received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in 1984. Following residency training in pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital of University Hospitals of Cleveland from 1984-86, he completed a fellowship in pediatric neurology from 1986-89 at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Barnes Hospital and a research fellowship from 1989-90. In 1990, Leber was appointed assistant professor, and was promoted to clinical associate professor in 1997 and clinical professor in 2005. Leber was named the David G. Dickinson Collegiate Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases from 2006-11. Leber has published more than 20 peer-reviewed articles and authored numerous book chapters. He has served on several national committees, including the Child Neurology Society Committee on Electronic Communication. He is the director of the Division of Pediatric Neurology and the associate program director of the Child Neurology Residency Program. Leber has received several awards including the Blue Bell Circle Training Director Award from the Child Neurology Society and Professors of Child Neurology. In 2023, Leber was awarded the Department of Pediatrics Chair’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Benjamin L. Margolis, professor of internal medicine, Medical School, June 30, 2024. Margolis received his M.D. from the University of Manitoba, Canada, in 1981. He completed his internal medicine internship and residency at the University of Texas, San Antonio, from 1981-85 and his nephrology fellowship at the University of Toronto from 1985-88. He then completed research fellowships at Rorer Biotechnology from 1988-89 and NYU Medical School from 1990-1992. He was appointed assistant professor of pharmacology at NYU in 1992. He joined U-M as an associate professor of internal medicine and biological chemistry in 1995 and was promoted to professor in 2000. He was appointed an assistant investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 1995 and was an associate investigator there from 1998-2005. Margolis served as associate chair for basic and translational research in the Department of Internal Medicine from 2006-20. His research elucidated the biochemistry of protein-protein interaction domains. He has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed papers. He has received numerous awards, including the Young Investigator Award of the American Society of Nephrology-American Heart Association and the U-M Faculty Recognition Award. Since 2008, Margolis has been director of the Student Biomedical Research Program within the Medical School.
Lisa J. Molnar, research associate professor, College of Engineering, June 30, 2024. Molnar received her Ph.D. from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, in 2013. She joined the U-M Transportation Research Institute in 1986 as part of the UMTRI research staff and joined the faculty as an associate research scientist in 2014. She was promoted to research associate professor in 2020. Molnar’s research has focused on the safe transportation and mobility of road users in the United States and worldwide. Her research has spanned a range of topics related to safe transportation and mobility. Molnar was awarded a visiting academic award from Monash University in 2007 and a Special Recognition Award from the Transportation and Aging Interest Group in 2012. She was elected a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America in 2016 and was secretary of the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on the Safe Mobility of Older Persons from 2013-20. She received the Research Faculty Achievement Award from the U-M Office of Research in 2020. She has authored more than 250 scholarly publications, including two books on older adults. Her second book received the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Book Award from the Gerontological Society of America in 2020.
David C. Musch, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, Medical School; professor of epidemiology, School of Public Health, May 31, 2024. Musch received his B.S. in 1976 from Calvin College, and his M.P.H. in 1978 and his Ph.D. in epidemiologic science in 1981 from U-M. He joined the U-M faculty in 1981 as a research investigator in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and advanced through the research faculty track to senior research scientist in 1997. He was appointed professor in 2003, then in 2016 a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology in SPH. He also is a faculty associate in Global REACH and a faculty member in the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation. Musch’s research has focused on applying sound clinical research designs and statistical analyses to identify factors associated with improving the detection and treatment of ophthalmic diseases. He has co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed scientific articles and is a member on three journals’ editorial boards. He has been a principal or co-investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and foundations. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2020.
Thomas P. O’Connor, clinical associate professor of internal medicine, Medical School, June 30, 2024. O’Connor received his B.S. from Wayne State University in 1977 and his M.D. from U-M in 1981. He completed his postgraduate training in internal medicine and a chief medical resident year at U-M in 1985. He joined the U-M faculty and advanced from clinical instructor to clinical associate professor between 1985-97. O’Connor was selected as an inaugural instructor in the Medical School’s doctoring program in 2015. He has given presentations on clinical topics in general medicine, was third author in a textbook devoted to psychiatry in primary care and helped develop guidelines for management of ischemic heart disease. O’Connor was the associate division chief for patient care in the General Medicine Division from 1999-2015, and the general medicine clinical council chair from 2005-15. He also served as the medical director for the Briarwood Medical Group from 1990-2015. He served on the Primary Care Operations Committee and the Ambulatory Care Office Emergencies Committee. O’Connor received the Richard D. Judge Award for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching, the Steven Gradwohl Art of Primary Care Award, and was an inaugural inductee into the Internal Medicine Clinical Excellence Society.
Diane M. Robins, professor of human genetics, Medical School, June 30, 2024. Robins received her B.S. from Yale University in 1973 and her Ph.D. in biological sciences from Stanford University in 1978. She joined Columbia University as a postdoctoral fellow and became an assistant professor in 1982, with promotion to associate professor in 1989. She joined U-M’s Department of Human Genetics in 1990 and was promoted to professor in 1999. She was a member of the Cancer Center and the Reproductive Sciences Program. Robins researched hormone-regulated gene action in steroid-dependent cancers and sex-biased biology. Robins was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of in 2013. She was departmental chair of postdoctoral training since 2018. Robins received the 2021 Endowment for Basic Sciences Teaching Award, and served on and chaired review boards for the American Cancer Society, DoD Prostate and Breast Cancer Research, and the National Institutes of Health. She held leadership roles in the Endocrine Society, receiving the Sydney Ingbar Award for Distinguished Service in 2015, and is on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of FASEB. She is on directing boards of NGOs focused on global education.
Eric P. Skye, clinical professor of family medicine and clinical professor of learning health sciences, Medical School, June 30, 2024. Skye earned his B.S. in 1986 at Eastern Michigan University, his M.D. in 1990 at Dartmouth Medical School, and his residency training in 1993 at Travis Air Force Base, affiliated with the University of California, Davis. He joined the University of Nebraska, Omaha, from 1993-97. Skye served in the Air Force Medical Corps on active duty from 1990-97. He joined U-M as a clinical assistant professor of family medicine in 1999, was promoted to clinical associate professor of family medicine in 2011, appointed to clinical associate professor of learning health sciences in 2013, and promoted to clinical professor in 2019. Skye has served as an inpatient service director, residency and fellowship director and as the assistant and then associate chair for educational programs. He was assistant director of the family-centered experience, for which he was awarded the Provost’s Innovative Teaching Award 2009 and the Medical School’s Distinguished Diversity Leadership Award 2013. He was named the Educator of the Year by the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians in 2007 and inducted into the Medical School’s League of Educational Excellence in 2013.
Katherine R. Spindler, professor of microbiology and immunology, Medical School, July 2, 2024. Spindler received her B.S. from Purdue University in 1975, her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego, in 1981 and postdoctoral training at the University of California, Los Angeles. She joined the University of Georgia as an assistant professor in 1985, was promoted to associate professor in 1992 and professor in 1998. Spindler joined U-M in 2002. She researched the virus-host interactions of viruses in three diverse families, and contributed to understanding persistent infections and how viral transcriptional regulators function. She co-authored more than 70 scholarly publications and served on editorial boards and grant review panels. Spindler encouraged development of young scientists as graduate studies director and member of the Rackham Executive Board. She was on the STRIDE committee of U-M’s ADVANCE program, and was a podcast co-host for “This Week in Virology.” Spindler was secretary-treasurer with the American Society for Virology from 2017-24. She received teaching and scientific communication awards and the American Society for Virology’s Wolfgang and Patricia Joklik Distinguished Service Award. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Joel A. Swanson, professor of microbiology and immunology, Medical School, June 30, 2024. Swanson received his B.A. from Rutgers University in 1975, M.S. from The Ohio State University in 1978 and Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1982. Following postdoctoral studies at Rockefeller University from 1982-84 and the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University from 1984-86, he was at Harvard Medical School from 1986-96 as an assistant professor and then associate professor. He joined U-M in 1996 as an associate professor of anatomy and cell biology. He transferred in 1998 to the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, where he was promoted to professor in 2001. Swanson’s research focuses on the spatial organization of cells. He has published 130 peer-reviewed articles and chapters. His lab developed experimental methods for analyzing chemistry and molecular dynamics inside living macrophages and applied those methods to questions about cellular regulation of the ingestion of particles and fluids. Swanson presented 64 extramural research seminars. He received several awards including the Rackham Graduate School Faculty Recognition Award in 2005. He was appointed fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2021.
Stephanie D. Teasley, research professor of information, School of Information, April 24, 2024. Teasley received her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1992. She joined U-M as a postdoctoral research fellow in 1992, was appointed senior assistant research scientist in 1996 and promoted to senior associate research scientist in 2001. She was appointed research associate professor in 2003 and promoted to research professor in 2011. Teasley’s research focuses on the development of innovative tools and techniques, offering students, instructors and academic advisers the opportunity to gain insights into individual learning trajectories. From 2002-21, she served as director of the Learning, Education and Design Lab, and from 2006-12 she directed the School of Information’s doctoral program. Teasley launched in 2019 a student-facing dashboard tool, “My Learning Analytics,” designed to support student success. The dashboard earned an IMS Global Learning Impact Gold Medal Award. From 2017-19, she was president of the Society for Learning Analytics Research and from 2018-20 she chaired the International Alliance for the Advancement of Learning in the Digital Era. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Michigan Virtual and the executive officer for the International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Marjorie Treadwell, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Medical School, July 5, 2024. Treadwell received her undergraduate and medical school degrees from U-M and completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency and fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine. She remained in Detroit, based at Hutzel Hospital, for the next 16 years. Treadwell returned to U-M in 2006 as director of the obstetric ultrasound unit and clinical professor, joining the maternal-fetal medicine team to develop an ultrasound unit to support a fetal-therapy program. In addition to directing the Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Center from 2006-22, she is an expert in fetal therapy, prenatal diagnosis, reproductive genetics and high-risk pregnancies. She has more than 130 peer-reviewed publications and her research interests are in fetal ultrasound, specifically its ability to diagnose and predict infant and maternal disease. Treadwell directed the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program from 2015-20. She is the 2010 recipient of the Outstanding Clinician Award, University of Medical School; 2011 Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education; and inducted into the League of Clinical Excellence, U-M Hospital and Health Systems in 2012.
Michael D. Uhler, professor of biological chemistry and research professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute, Medical School, June 30, 2024. Uhler received his B.S. from Seattle University in 1977 and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Oregon in 1982. After postdoctoral studies at Stanford University and the University of Washington, he joined U-M as assistant professor of biological chemistry and assistant research scientist in the Mental Health Research Institute in 1988. He was promoted to associate professor and associate research scientist in 1993, and then to senior associate research scientist in 1997. Uhler was promoted to professor of biological chemistry and research professor at MNI in 2002. Uhler’s research interests centered on the signaling mechanisms controlling gene expression in cells of the central nervous system, with a major focus on cyclic AMP-protein kinase A signaling. Uhler has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, chapters in books and presentations at national and international meetings. He served on multiple NIH student sections and was on the editorial board for the Journal of Biological Chemistry for 10 years. Uhler received the EBS Teaching Award in 2013 and 2014. He was associate director of the Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program from 2001-03.
Beverly M. Yashar, clinical professor of human genetics, Medical School, June 19, 2024. Yashar received her B.S. from Brown University in 1979. She completed a Ph.D. in genetics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and came to U-M to complete an M.S. in genetic counseling. She joined the faculty in the Department of Human Genetics and, while rising through the clinical faculty ranks, directed the Genetic Counseling Program for 20 years. Yashar provided training, mentorship and support to more than 120 graduate students. Yashar spearheaded multiple initiatives including the expansion of the UMGCP curriculum to a two-year program, and the growth of class cohort sizes. In 2010, she partnered with the School of Public Health to establish the dual degree M.S./M.P.H. Graduate Training Program. This program has graduated students qualified to integrate clinical and public health approaches to the application of genomic medicine. Yashar’s efforts have resulted in extensive contributions to scholarship in the field of genetic counseling including publications, national and international presentations and numerous awards from the National Society of Genetic Counselors and the Journal of Genetic Counseling.
— Compiled by Katie Kelton, The University Record
