September 2026 Faculty Promotions – Chobanian & Avedisian SOM
Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their September 2026 appointment or promotion.
Professor
Markus Bosmann, MD, Medicine/Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, is an immunologist whose research focuses on elucidating the mechanisms underlying infection-associated inflammation and tissue injury in pneumonia, acute lung injury and sepsis. Dr. Bosmann leads a multidisciplinary research team that collaborates with academic and industry partners and employs advanced molecular biology and immunology approaches, including transgenic in vivo models, human biospecimens, and transcriptomic and proteomic analyses supported by advanced bioinformatics.
Associate Professor
Pria Anand, MD, Neurology, is a neurologist, educator and writer. She cares for patients at Boston Medical Center, where she serves as director of the adult neurology residency program. Her clinical and scholarly work focuses on neuroimmunology, the neurological complications of infectious diseases and the care of underserved populations. Dr. Anand’s writing explores the intersections of neuroscience, medicine, culture, and the human experience of illness. Her first book, The Mind Electric, won the 2026 PEN America E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and was named one of the best books of 2025 by Publishers Weekly, Barnes & Noble, The Observer, and others.
Deborah Gurewich, PhD, Medicine/GIM, is a health services researcher with expertise in organizational behavior and the social drivers of health and health care access. She works out of the Center for Healthcare Optimization & Implementation Research at VA Boston Healthcare where she focuses on health-related social needs (HSRNs) among individuals in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system. Dr. Gurewich uses mixed qualitative and quantitative methods, as well as user-centered design approaches to understand and improve care delivery for Veterans at-risk for HSRNs. This includes designing and implementing healthcare-based social care interventions and examining existing systems and practices that disadvantage Veterans with social needs, to target them for intervention.