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Distinguished Chair Endowments

Kay and Ben Fortson Distinguished Chair in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

Xin Ge, PhD
Established February 2, 2005
McGovern Medical School

Leah L. Lewis Distinguished Chair

Jacqueline T. Hecht, PhD
Established July 8, 2014
McGovern Medical School

Linda and Ronny Finger Foundation Distinguished Chair in Neuroimmunologic Disorders

John D. Reveille, MD
Established September 24, 2004
McGovern Medical School

Louisa Stude Sarofim Distinguished Chair

To Be Named
Established April 4, 2014
McGovern Medical School

Maria C. and Christopher J. Pappas Family Distinguished Chair in Nursing

Constance M. Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Established January 24, 2018
Cizik School of Nursing

Marvin E. Chernosky, MD Endowed Distinguished Chair in Dermatology

Ronald P. Rapini, MD
Established November 12, 2013
McGovern Medical School

Mary Farish Johnston Distinguished Chair

Sami S. Dahr, MD
Established April 4, 2014
McGovern Medical School

Meg and Dick Weekley Distinguished Chair in Childhood Reading and Learning

April Crawford, PhD
Established August 31, 2006
McGovern Medical School

Musa A. Dakri Distinguished Chair

To Be Named
Established November 10, 2025
McGovern Medical School

Nancy and Rich Kinder Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Disease Research

Ali Azhdarinia, PhD
Established July 21, 2003
McGovern Medical School

Nancy P. and Vincent F. Guinee, MD Distinguished Chair

Aanand D. Naik, MD
Established February 4, 2015
General Administration

Nancy, Clive and Pierce Runnells Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience of the Vivian L. Smith Center for Neurologic Research

Nitin Tandon, MD
Established November 11, 1997
McGovern Medical School

Nina and Michael Zilkha Distinguished Chair in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

Pramod Dash, PhD
Established August 4, 2005
McGovern Medical School

Richard J. Andrassy, MD Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Surgery

Kevin P. Lally, MD
Established July 3, 2014
McGovern Medical School

Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry

John Spudich, PhD
Established June 1, 1973
McGovern Medical School

Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished Chair

Louise D. McCullough, MD, PhD
Established August 10, 2000
McGovern Medical School

Stanley Family Distinguished Chair of Population Health and Community Medicine

Thomas J. Murphy, MD
Established March 21, 2018
McGovern Medical School

Susan and Richard Anderson Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology

To Be Named
Established October 17, 2016
McGovern Medical School

The Glassell Family Foundation Distinguished Chair in Informatics Excellence

Jiajie Zhang, PhD
Established August 3, 2015
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

The Jane and Robert Cizik Distinguished Chair

To Be Named
Established February 15, 2021
Cizik School of Nursing

The Jane and Robert Cizik Distinguished Chair

Diane M. Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, APHN-BC
Established February 26, 2018
Cizik School of Nursing

The Jane and Robert Cizik Distinguished Chair

To Be Named
Established January 30, 2023
Cizik School of Nursing

The Jane and Robert Cizik Distinguished Chair

Ansley Stanfill, PhD
Established January 30, 2020
Cizik School of Nursing

The JLH Foundation Distinguished Chair in Transplant Prevention

Bing Yu, PhD
Established June 24, 2021
School of Public Health

The Rockwell Distinguished Chair in Society and Health

Bijal A. Balasubramanian, MBBS, PhD
Established February 29, 2000
School of Public Health

UTHealth Houston Distinguished Chair in Population Health

Samiran Ghosh, PhD
Established August 19, 2022
School of Public Health

UTHealth Houston Distinguished Chair in Research

To Be Named
Established August 19, 2025
General Administration

Weatherhead Distinguished Chair of Heart Disease (Formerly known as the Albert J. Weatherhead III Fund)

Nils P. Johnson, MD, MS
Established March 4, 2002
McGovern Medical School

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