Melissa L. Gilliam
Melissa Gilliam | |
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| 11th President of Boston University | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Kenneth W. Freeman (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Melissa Lynn Gilliam Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Relatives | Dorothy Butler Gilliam (mother) Sam Gilliam (father) Leah Gilliam (sister) |
| Education | Yale University (BA) University of Oxford (MA) Harvard University (MD) University of Illinois, Chicago (MPH) |
Melissa Lynn Gilliam is an American pediatric and adolescent gynecologist. She is the first black woman to serve as provost of Ohio State University, having previously served as a professor of health justice at the University of Chicago. On the 4th of October 2023, she was announced as the incoming president of Boston University.
On July 1, 2024 Gilliam started her post as the first black woman president of Boston University.