Three Distinguished Recipients of the 2024-25 UCSF Presidential Chair Award Announced

Three Distinguished Recipients of the 2024-25 UCSF Presidential Chair Award Announced
Effective July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025

 

Presidential Chair 2024-2025 Recipients

 

Vice Provost Alldredge is pleased to announce three distinguished visiting professors as recipients of the 2024-25 UCSF Presidential Chair Award: Address Malata, FAAN, PhD, MSc, BSc; Olle ten Cate, PhD; and Loic Yengo, PhD. Their appointments take place between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Address Malata, FAAN, PhD, MSc, BSc
Vice Chancellor
Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST)
Limbe, Malawi, Republic of Africa

  • 2024-25 UCSF Presidential Chair Award Recipient Dr. Malata will be appointed as a distinguished visiting professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine from July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025.
  • Project: Planning bidirectional graduate degree programs to advance equity and understanding in global health education.

Theodorus Jan (Olle) ten Cate, PhD  
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands

  • 2024-25 UCSF Presidential Chair Award Recipient Dr. ten Cate will be appointed as a distinguished visiting professor in the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine from July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025.
  • Project: Develop UCSF as a center of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs).
  • Details:  Project Summary (pdf)

Loic Yengo, PhD
Associate Professor; ARC Future Fellow; Snow Medical Research Foundation Fellow
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  • 2024-25 UCSF Presidential Chair Award Recipient Dr. Yengo will be appointed as a distinguished visiting associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine from January 1-March 31, 2025.
  • Project: Establishing the Center for Diversity in Precision Health (CDPH): Building Research Capacity from Diverse Backgrounds while Promoting Team Science.
  • Details: Project Summary (pdf)

About the Award
The UCSF Presidential Chair Award is intended to encourage new or interdisciplinary program development or to enhance quality in existing academic programs of the University.

To meet this broad goal of contributing to the enrichment of campus academic life, UCSF allocates Presidential Chair funding of up to $150,000 to support the appointment of a distinguished visiting professor for up to one year.

In addition to participating in research, instruction, or other creative activities, each incumbent is expected to present a major public lecture or series of lectures. It is also intended that incumbents be highly visible on campus, and that their tenure be accompanied by appropriate campus-wide activities and publicity.

For more information, visit the award website or contact Abby Draper.