{"id":2960,"date":"2018-08-21T12:08:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T16:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharm.virginia.edu\/?p=2960"},"modified":"2026-05-22T20:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:42:10","slug":"2960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/2018\/08\/21\/2960\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats: BOV Promotes Two Pharmacology Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pharmacology Department would like to\u00a0congratulate Drs. <a href=\"https:\/\/pharm.virginia.edu\/faculty\/primary-faculty\/?id=25477\">Mark Beenhakker<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pharm.virginia.edu\/faculty\/primary-faculty\/?id=25582\">Bimal Desai<\/a> who were recently promoted by the UVA Board of\u00a0Visitors\u00a0from <em>Assistant Professor<\/em> to<em> Associate Professor<\/em> of Pharmacology. In addition to recognition from the BOV, the SOM P&amp;T Committee\u00a0hosted a Promotion &amp; Tenure Celebration on <strong>Thursday, August 2, 2018 at the Colonnade Club<\/strong>\u00a0where both were recognized for their hard work and excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Drs. Beenhakker and Desai were both mention on the SOM 2017-18 Promotion &amp; Tenure list published in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uvaconnect.com\/school-of-medicine-2017-18-promotion-tenure\/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Connect%20August%2021%202018%20(1)&amp;utm_content=\">UVA Connect<\/a>. Please visit the link\u00a0to see the full list of promoted SOM faculty that were honored this year!<\/p>\n<p>Please join us in congratulating\u00a0Mark and Bimal for this\u00a0major accomplishment\u00a0when you see them around!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pharmacology Department would like to\u00a0congratulate Drs. 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