associate professor
noun
: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor
associate professorship
noun
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Any kind of air pollution can be dangerous to young children, but wildfire smoke is about 10 times as toxic for children compared to air pollution from burning fossil fuels, said Dr. Lisa Patel, clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Stanford Children’s Health.
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Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Dara Park is an associate professor of water and soil relationships in turfgrass systems at Clemson University.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2025
David Faris is an associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University and the author of It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Animal models and short-term human studies have shown that caffeine might help with weight loss, according to Andrew Odegaard, MPH, PhD, an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, Irvine, Program in Public Health.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2025
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Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Dara Park is an associate professor of water and soil relationships in turfgrass systems at Clemson University.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2025
David Faris is an associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University and the author of It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Animal models and short-term human studies have shown that caffeine might help with weight loss, according to Andrew Odegaard, MPH, PhD, an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, Irvine, Program in Public Health.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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