Associate Provost for Faculty Advancement Named Associate Provost for Faculty Advancement Named

Colleagues,

I am very pleased to announce that Lisa Tannock has accepted the position of Associate Provost for Faculty Advancement at UK. She will begin her duties in this pivotal position in July.

Dr. Tannock currently serves as Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development in the College of Medicine — a position that, in many respects, mirrors the responsibilities she will take on in leading Faculty Advancement for the entire university.

In her current role, she serves as the lead for virtually all issues related to faculty, in a college with more than 1,200 faculty of diverse disciplines and backgrounds including physicians, scientists and educators.

In her current role, Lisa leads executive searches within the college and is responsible for the processes regarding appointments, promotions and tenure. She works to develop programs to ensure faculty retention, starting with comprehensive recruitment and onboarding efforts. She also helps oversee faculty annual reviews and appeals processes and works cohesively with the college’s Faculty Council in a shared governance approach.

Lisa has been an innovator in this role, as well and works in a collaborative way to best help faculty. She has overseen, for example, the college’s compensation program for clinical faculty and helped lead the development of a new compensation plan for non-clinical faculty, with the goal of ensuring equity and transparency.

Even with all these duties, Lisa remains an accomplished scholar and clinician. She has been a tenured full professor since 2015 with a lengthy list of peer-reviewed publications, grants and an outstanding record of academic mentoring and advising to her credit. With this background, she dedicates significant time to helping faculty with their scholarly pursuits and career development.

In addition to her ongoing administrative duties, she has continued an active and funded research lab as well as her clinical practice in Endocrinology. She also previously held other senior administrative positions with the Department of Internal Medicine, which included faculty recruitment, development and retention for a unit with more than 300 faculty.

As Vice Dean in the College of Medicine, she has been an outstanding leader and advocate for faculty development. She founded and co-leads a leadership academy in the college to support new and emerging leaders.

As part of a steadfast commitment to inclusive excellence, Lisa also was one of the founders of the College of Medicine Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS). Through workshops and development programs, among many initiatives, this program’s goal has been to facilitate career opportunities for the advancement of staff, students and faculty across all stages of their careers.

Lisa deeply understands and is strongly committed to the idea — fundamental to who we are — that faculty are the lifeblood of our institution. 

She promotes our outstanding teachers, who prepare students for success in careers and in life, understanding that faculty generate the sparks of discovery that challenge old theories and find new solutions to intractable challenges. They teach, discover, serve and heal — to change lives by working in every community of our Commonwealth and around our world.

The Office of Faculty Advancement is a critical area of support and advocacy for our faculty and all their efforts — their career advancement, leadership development, recognitions, rewards and retention across our campus.

Lisa will work closely with me and our team, our deans and faculty throughout UK to ensure that the collective voice of our more than 3,000 faculty is heard and listened to as part of our mission to advance this state in all that we do.

I want to thank the search committee members — led by Sue Nokes, our Acting Associate Provost for Faculty Advancement — for their outstanding work throughout this process. I know you join me in congratulating Lisa as she joins the Provost’s leadership team in such a vital role at an important moment for faculty and our campus.

Thank you.

Robert DiPaola

Provost