Lloyd B. Minor is provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at The Johns Hopkins University. A Johns Hopkins faculty member since 1993, Dr. Minor is a professor of laryngology and otology and has joint appointments in the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience. He served as director of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery in the university’s School of Medicine from 2003 until September 1, 2009, when he took office as the university’s chief academic officer. During his six-year tenure as director, the School of Medicine’s equivalent to department chair, Dr. Minor was responsible for enhancing one of the school’s most renowned departments. He recruited and retained an outstanding and diverse faculty, expanded annual research funding by more than 50 percent, increased clinical activity by more than 30 percent and strengthened teaching and student training. Dr. Minor has served in other important roles in the School of Medicine, including chair of the Administrative Committee of the Medical Board and of the Practice Management Committee, and member of the Standing Committee on Discipline, the board of governors of the Clinical Practice Association and the Professorial Promotions Committee. A gifted researcher, scientist and surgeon, Dr. Minor is known internationally for his work on the physiological processes that mediate sensing and controlling motion. With more than 110 published articles and chapters, he is most widely recognized for research on how the body perceives head motion and maintains balance. Other areas of expertise include Ménière’s disease and signal processing mechanisms in vestibular pathways. In addition to the contributions of his research to otolaryngology—head and neck surgery, his work has had impact in the fields of biomedical engineering and neuroscience. | | Lloyd B. Minor
Provost and
Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs 265 Garland Hall
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 516-8070
lminor@jhu.edu Philip Tang
Executive Specialist
for the Provost
(410) 516-8070
ptang@jhu.edu Kimberly Gibson
Executive Assistant
to the Provost
(410) 516-3355
kgibson@jhu.edu |
