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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that Namandje Bumpus, associate professor in the Department of Medicine and the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, will become the associate dean for institutional and student equity effective July 1, 2015.
In this new position, Dr. Bumpus will have two main areas of focus: (1) institutional equity and (2) academic achievement for graduate biomedical students with special attention to helping vulnerable students bridge the opportunity gap and succeed at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Bumpus will work to create a culture of inclusion, diversity and cultural competency with a focus on, but not limited to, supporting research scientists at Johns Hopkins. She will help provide insight into institutional equity issues that may prevent Johns Hopkins from fully engaging its diverse scientific community, and offer approaches to resolve these challenges. Dr. Bumpus will also help advance the careers of graduate biomedical students and serve as an advisor and advocate to motivate students toward academic achievement. Dr. Bumpus will implement initiatives designed to create an interconnected culture that values inclusion, growth and the well-being of graduate students, including those that belong to historically marginalized and/or underrepresented groups.
Dr. Bumpus earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of Michigan in 2007 and trained as a postdoctoral fellow at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. She joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in July 2010. Her research program is focused on defining the contribution of drug metabolism to the pharmacology and toxicology of drugs used to treat and prevent HIV infection.
Among her many important positions, Dr. Bumpus serves as a member of the Johns Hopkins University Diversity Leadership Council. She serves as a counselor in the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics' Division for Drug Metabolism. She is also a member of the Drug Metabolism and Disposition editorial board and is a regular member of the National Institutes of Health's Xenobiotic and Nutrient Disposition and Action Study Section.
Please join us in congratulating Namandje and welcoming her to this new position.
Sincerely,
Roy C. Ziegelstein, M.D., M.A.C.P.
Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson, Jr., Professor of Medicine
Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Education
Vice Dean for Education, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
James E. Page Jr., M.B.A.
Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion
Chief Diversity Officer
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