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March 18, 2022 Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Robert D. Timmerman, M.D., as the new Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology effective March 21. He holds the Effie Marie Cain Distinguished Chair in Cancer Therapy Research. Dr. Timmerman joined UT Southwestern in 2004 as Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Radiation Oncology, and Director of the Annette Simmons Stereotactic Treatment Center. He also served as

August 10, 2022 Dear Colleagues, In an effort to stimulate team science, I am pleased to announce the Collaborative Research Grant Incentive (CRGI), effective Sept. 1. Given the collaborative and multidisciplinary culture at UT Southwestern, we have a unique ability to compete for program projects, Center grants, or other cooperative research agreements. The CRGI will provide incentive payments to UT Southwestern faculty members who are the overall PIs, co-PIs/MPIs, or Project

June 21, 2022 Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Jorge A. Bezerra, M.D., as the new Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, effective Oct. 1. He will hold the Robert L. Moore Chair in Pediatrics. Dr. Bezerra will provide strategic vision and operational leadership of the clinical, research, and training programs in the Department of Pediatrics. He will also serve as Pediatrician-in-Chief for Children’s Medical Center Dallas and oversee the quality of

February 2, 2023 Dear Colleagues, I write to share the news that Carol A. Tamminga, M.D., holder of the Stanton Sharp Distinguished Chair in Psychiatry, has announced her intention to step down from her position as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry after a successor is identified. She will remain as Professor in the department, where she leads the Division of Translational Neuroscience in Schizophrenia, and a member of the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute. Dr. Tamminga has

March 8, 2023 Dear Colleagues, I write to share the news that Dwain L. Thiele, M.D., Vice Provost and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Initiatives, Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, and holder of the Jan and Henri Bromberg Chair in Internal Medicine, has informed me that he plans to step down from his leadership position after his successor is identified. Dr. Thiele has had a distinguished career marked by scholarship, service, and leadership

June 1, 2023 Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Joseph F. Merola, M.D. M.M.Sc., as the new Chair of the Department of Dermatology, effective Oct. 16. He will hold the Mary Kay Inc. Distinguished Chair in Dermatology. Dr. Merola joins us from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, where he holds multiple leadership positions including Vice Chair of Department of Dermatology in Clinical Trials and Innovation, Director of the Clinical Unit

November 15, 2023 Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Sherry C. Huang, M.D., as the new Vice Provost and Senior Associate Dean for Education, effective Feb. 1, 2024. Dr. Huang joins us from Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences (RBHS), where she is the Vice Chancellor for Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Enterprise Wide Designated Institutional Official (DIO). She is also Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Gastroenterology at the Robert