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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Sam Pearce, an assistant professor of the practice at N.C.
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Zachery Eanes, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Protecting those at-risk people from severe effects of respiratory illness and norovirus requires a group effort, said Mohammed Raja, MD, assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
—John Loeppky, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2025
The authors raise very good points on the disruption of the human circadian rhythm or sleep cycle with later coffee consumption, says Nishant Shah, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, who was not involved in the study.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Jan. 2025
The study was conducted by Payton Gardner, an assistant professor of hydrogeology at the University of Montana.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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Zachery Eanes, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Protecting those at-risk people from severe effects of respiratory illness and norovirus requires a group effort, said Mohammed Raja, MD, assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
—John Loeppky, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2025
The authors raise very good points on the disruption of the human circadian rhythm or sleep cycle with later coffee consumption, says Nishant Shah, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, who was not involved in the study.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Jan. 2025
The study was conducted by Payton Gardner, an assistant professor of hydrogeology at the University of Montana.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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