XII.E   Appointments and Promotions Procedures

Faculty in the School of Medicine, including Public Health, are appointed to a faculty track, a research rank, an adjunct rank, or a voluntary rank. General appointment procedures, as described in Section III.K, apply to the School of Medicine, including Public Health. Some procedures, however, are specific to the School of Medicine.

Department chairs are appointed by the Yale Corporation upon recommendation of the President after nomination by the Dean. The academic appointments of individuals recruited to serve as chairs are recommended by the search committee to the appropriate committee on appointments. If approved, the appointment is presented to the Board of Permanent Officers of the School of Medicine before forwarding to the Yale Corporation.

Except for appointment of the chair, any faculty appointment at the rank of associate professor, professor, research scientist, or senior research scientist must be recommended by the professors and tenured associate professors in non-voluntary ranks of the department of primary and, where applicable, secondary appointment. When meeting to discuss a faculty appointment or promotion, the professors and tenured associate professors of a department may invite the other faculty of the department who hold rank equal to or higher than the rank of the position to be filled to attend and may empower them to vote. Faculty with secondary appointments in a department may not vote on appointments or promotions to tenure. Faculty who hold appointments at the rank of associate professor with term may not vote on reappointments to the rank of associate professor. Absentee ballots are not accepted in department voting.

Appointments and reappointments to the rank of assistant professor without track designation are initiated within the department and submitted by the chair to the Dean for endorsement and, if endorsed, recommendation to the President and Provost. As noted in C.2 above, recommendations for appointment or promotion to all ranks above assistant professor and associate research scientist are submitted for action to the appropriate appointment and promotion committee after a majority affirmative vote of the faculty qualified by rank to vote in the department.

The committee that has authority to recommend tenure appointments in the basic science departments and sections (excluding Comparative Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, and History of Medicine), is chaired either by the Dean of the School of Medicine, the Dean of Yale College, or the Dean of the Graduate School. This committee is called the Tenure Appointments Committee for Biological Sciences (TACBS). All term appointments, as well as appointments and promotions to the rank of associate professor without term and professor in departments other than those listed above, are reviewed by the appointments and promotions committees appointed by the Dean and chaired by the Dean or the Dean's designate. The number of committees on appointment and promotion, as well as the constituency and responsibility of each, may change from time to time. Ad hoc members may be invited to join when circumstances require. The Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences or a designate of that Dean is a voting member of an appointments and promotions committee of the School of Medicine when an appointment in the Graduate School is being considered. In Epidemiology and Public Health, appointments and promotions to the ranks of professor, associate professor without term, associate professor with term, senior research scientist, and research scientist are reviewed by the Standing Appointments and Promotions Committee of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, which is appointed by the Provost and co-chaired by the Dean of the School of Medicine and the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The recommendations of any of the appointments and promotions committees are then presented to the Board of Permanent Officers of the School of Medicine for a vote. When meeting to vote on such recommendations, faculty in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry who are assigned to vote in the Joint Boards of Permanent Officers of Yale College and the Graduate School may not also vote in the School of Medicine's Board of Permanent Officers. Approved appointments and promotions in all faculty tracks and ranks are put forward by the Dean to the President and Provost for review and, when approved, recommendation to the Yale Corporation for final approval.

Faculty in the School of Medicine, including Public Health, are appointed to a faculty track, a research rank, an adjunct rank, or a voluntary rank. General appointment procedures, as described in Section III.K, apply to the School of Medicine, including Public Health. Some procedures, however, are specific to the School of Medicine.

Department chairs are appointed by the Yale Corporation upon recommendation of the President after nomination by the Dean. The academic appointments of individuals recruited to serve as chairs are recommended by the search committee to the appropriate committee on appointments. If approved, the appointment is presented to the Board of Permanent Officers of the School of Medicine before forwarding to the Yale Corporation.

Except for appointment of the chair, any faculty appointment at the rank of associate professor, professor, research scientist, or senior research scientist must be recommended by the professors and tenured associate professors in non-voluntary ranks of the department of primary and, where applicable, secondary appointment. When meeting to discuss a faculty appointment or promotion, the professors and tenured associate professors of a department may invite the other faculty of the department who hold rank equal to or higher than the rank of the position to be filled to attend and may empower them to vote. Faculty with secondary appointments in a department may not vote on appointments or promotions to tenure. Faculty who hold appointments at the rank of associate professor with term may not vote on reappointments to the rank of associate professor. Absentee ballots are not accepted in department voting.

Appointments and reappointments to the rank of assistant professor without track designation are initiated within the department and submitted by the chair to the Dean for endorsement and, if endorsed, recommendation to the President and Provost. As noted in C.2 above, recommendations for appointment or promotion to all ranks above assistant professor and associate research scientist are submitted for action to the appropriate appointment and promotion committee after a majority affirmative vote of the faculty qualified by rank to vote in the department.

The committee that has authority to recommend tenure appointments in the basic science departments and sections (excluding Comparative Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, and History of Medicine), is chaired either by the Dean of the School of Medicine, the Dean of Yale College, or the Dean of the Graduate School. This committee is called the Tenure Appointments Committee for Biological Sciences (TACBS). All term appointments, as well as appointments and promotions to the rank of associate professor without term and professor in departments other than those listed above, are reviewed by the appointments and promotions committees appointed by the Dean and chaired by the Dean or the Dean's designate. The number of committees on appointment and promotion, as well as the constituency and responsibility of each, may change from time to time. Ad hoc members may be invited to join when circumstances require. The Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences or a designate of that Dean is a voting member of an appointments and promotions committee of the School of Medicine when an appointment in the Graduate School is being considered. In Epidemiology and Public Health, appointments and promotions to the ranks of professor, associate professor without term, associate professor with term, senior research scientist, and research scientist are reviewed by the Standing Appointments and Promotions Committee of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, which is appointed by the Provost and co-chaired by the Dean of the School of Medicine and the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The recommendations of any of the appointments and promotions committees are then presented to the Board of Permanent Officers of the School of Medicine for endorsement. a vote. When meeting to vote on such recommendations, faculty in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry who are assigned to vote in the Joint Boards of Permanent Officers of Yale College and the Graduate School may not also vote in the School of Medicine's Board of Permanent Officers. Approved appointments and promotions in all faculty tracks and ranks are put forward by the Dean to the President and Provost for review and, when approved, recommendation to the Yale Corporation for final approval.