Seventeen faculty members recognized with promotions, awards of tenure

Dean John A. Valenza, DDS, announced the recipients of promotions and awards of tenure in July during the Summer Faculty Retreat. Photo by Kyle Rogers.

Seventeen UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry faculty members have been recognized with promotions and/or awards of tenure, effective Sept. 1.

Recipients are as follows:

• Jennifer Chang, DDS, MSD (promotion to associate professor)
  Department of Periodontics and Dental Hygiene
• Daniel Harrington, PhD (promotion to associate professor, award of tenure)
  Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences
• Carolyn P. Huynh, DDS, MEd, EdD (promotion to professor)
  Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences
• Ji Wook Jeong, DDS, MSD (promotion to associate professor)
  Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences
• James C. Melville, DDS (promotion to professor, award of tenure)
  Katz Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Vuvi H. Nguyen, MS, PhD (promotion to associate professor)
  Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences
• Wanida Ono, DDS, DMSc, PhD (promotion to professor, award of tenure)
  Department of Orthodontics
• Neha Parikh, PhD (promotion to associate professor)
  Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences
• Craig Pearl, BDS, MSD (promotion to associate professor)
  Katz Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Sally Sheng, DDS, MS (promotion to associate professor)
  Department of Periodontics and Dental Hygiene
• Jonathan Shum, DDS, MD (promotion to professor)
  Katz Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Robert D. Spears, PhD (award of tenure)
  Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences
• Vinu Sista, DDS (promotion to associate professor)
  Department of General Practice and Dental Public Health
• Eva Stanley, DDS, MS (promotion to associate professor)
  Department of Endodontics
• Michelle Aguilos Thompson, DDS (promotion to associate professor)
  Department of General Practice and Dental Public Health
• Michele White, DDS (promotion to associate professor)
  Department of General Practice and Dental Public Health
• Samuel Winkelmann, DDS, MS (promotion to associate professor)
  Department of Orthodontics

Dean John A. Valenza, DDS, announced the promotions in July during the Summer Faculty Retreat.