Melissa L. Gilliam
Melissa Gilliam | |
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Gilliam in 2022 | |
| 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 and academic, currently serving as the 11th president of Boston University since July 2024.
She served as provost of Ohio State University from 2021 to 2023 and as vice provost for diversity at the University of Chicago from 2016 to 2021.