Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee (FAPTC)

The FAPTC is a standing committee of the Graduate School of Public Health Council composed of the associate dean for faculty affairs and two faculty members elected by each department’s faculty. All members will be at the rank of associate professor or above with at least six members having the rank of professor and at least six members having tenure. None of the elected faculty can be a department chair. The associate dean for faculty affairs will serve as vice chair, coordinating activities with the dean’s office.

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Contacts

For questions or concerns, please contact:

Catherine Haggerty  | Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

John DeSimone | Faculty Affairs Coordinator

Upcoming FAPTC Committee Meetings

The FAPTC holds closed meetings each month, September through July.

  • September 6, 2023
  • October 4, 2023
  • November 1, 2023
  • December 6, 2023
  • January 10, 2024
  • February 7, 2024
  • March 6, 2024
  • April 3, 2024
  • May 1, 2024
  • June 12, 2024
  • July 10, 2024

FAPTC Committee Members, Academic Year 2021-22

  1. Chair - Howard Degenholtz, PhD
  2. Vice Chair - Catherine Haggerty, PhD
  3. Steven Albert, PhD
  4. Velpandi Ayyavoo, PhD
  5. Lisa Bodnar, PhD
  6. Michael Deem, PhD
  7. Marian Jarlenski, PhD
  8. Wendy King, PhD
  9. Rada Koldamova, MD, PhD
  10. Christina Mair, PhD
  11. Ernesto Marques, MD, PhD
  12. Gong Tang, PhD
  13. Wan-Yee Tang, PhD
  14. George Tseng, ScD
  15. Zsolt Urban, PhD


Faculty

Faculty distribution_ primary, secondary, adjunct, and emeriti

Our  faculty of approximately 400 includes over 160 full-time members with primary appointments at Pitt Public Health. Secondary faculty members are experts in the fields of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and fields across the University, while adjunct faculty comprise goverment and health system leaders who bring their professional expertise to the classroom.