Grantham & Sisson Named Presidential Professors

Congratulations to Vesper Grantham, Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences and Susan Sisson, Department of Nutritional Sciences on being selected as Presidential Professors!

Vesper Grantham, MEd, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Imaging & Radiation Sciences, was named the President’s Associates Presidential Professor at the OUHSC Campus Awards Ceremony on April 22, 2019.  Presidential Professorships are among the most prestigious awards given to faculty at the University.  In remarks from Provost Sanders, Professor Grantham was recognized for her excellence in teaching, her dedication to students, and her extensive work with accreditation boards nationally.  Congratulations to Professor Grantham.

Susan Sisson, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Assistant Dean for Research in the College of Allied Health, was named the Sam K. Viersen Family Foundation Presidential Professor at the OUHSC Campus Awards Ceremony on April 22, 2019.  Presidential Professorships are among the most prestigious awards given to faculty at the University.  In remarks from Provost Sanders, Dr. Sisson was recognized for her excellence in community research, her dedication to graduate education, and her efforts to enhance research productivity in the College.  Congratulations to Dr. Sisson.

Presidential Professors are those faculty members who excel in all their professional activities and who relate those activities to the students they teach and mentor. These professors inspire their students, mentor their undergraduate and/or graduate students in the process of research and creative activity within their discipline, and exemplify to their students (both past and present) and to their colleagues (both at OU and within their disciplines nationwide) the ideals of a scholar through their endeavors in teaching, research/creative activity, and service.