Susan Chubinskaya, PhD, MS, is the Senior Vice President, Provost, and Chief Academic Officer of The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). She joined UTMB in February 2024 as Vice President and Executive Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and became interim Provost in March 2025. She is a tenured Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. She holds the Thomas N. and Gleaves T. James Distinguished Chair.

Previously, Dr. Chubinskaya served as Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs, and the Klaus Kuettner Professor of Osteoarthritis Research at Rush University. Dr. Chubinskaya graduated from The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program at Drexel University College of Medicine in 2014 and became a certified executive coach in 2022.

For 31 years, she played a vital role in Rush University’s success. Dr. Chubinskaya joined Rush in 1993 as a postdoctoral fellow. In 2007, she was named the Klaus Kuettner Professor of Osteoarthritis Research (former Ciba-Geigy Chair) and was appointed to Associate (2010) and then Vice Provost (2018) of Faculty Affairs.
As a researcher, she is an internationally recognized authority in the fields of regenerative medicine and musculoskeletal biology, especially in post-traumatic and degenerative osteoarthritis. Dr. Chubinskaya has received numerous awards and recognition for her research and academic leadership.

She held multiple leadership positions and served on the Boards of professional societies, including President of the Orthopedic Research Society in 2020. For many years, she served on multiple study sections and review panels. In 2022, she was appointed to the Programmatic Review Panel for the Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) of the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).