assistant professor
noun
: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an instructor and below an associate professor
assistant professorship
noun
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One attendee at the Boston meeting, Kelly Cronin, an assistant professor of geology at Georgia State University’s Perimeter College, saw reasons for optimism.
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Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Toxic heavy metals — such as lead — that may have spread across the region have been a concern, according to Sam Silva, an assistant professor of Earth Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Population and Public Health Sciences.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Even with constitutional limits on his authority as HHS secretary, Kennedy could still encourage vaccine skepticism by virtue of his new platform, said Matt Motta, an assistant professor of health law and policy at Boston University’s School of Public Health.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Indirect Costs Allow for Efficient Use of Resources Nora Becker, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, studies women’s health, reproductive health, and chronic disease management.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Toxic heavy metals — such as lead — that may have spread across the region have been a concern, according to Sam Silva, an assistant professor of Earth Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Population and Public Health Sciences.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Even with constitutional limits on his authority as HHS secretary, Kennedy could still encourage vaccine skepticism by virtue of his new platform, said Matt Motta, an assistant professor of health law and policy at Boston University’s School of Public Health.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Indirect Costs Allow for Efficient Use of Resources Nora Becker, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, studies women’s health, reproductive health, and chronic disease management.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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