GMS Ph.D. Steering Committee


# Bylaw Role/Dept Rank Name Role Start Date End Date
1 Chair Associate Professor Matthew D. Layne, PhD (profile) Chair 07/01/2026
2 Dean (ad interim) Professor Hee-Young Park, PhD (profile) Administrative Representative 09/01/2025
3 Masters Steering Committee Rep Associate Professor Laurie Craigen, PhD (profile) Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Member 07/01/2026
4 Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Professor Christopher D. Andry, MPhil, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 05/01/2020
5 Director Grad Education, Biochemistry and Cell Biology Professor Michael Blower, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 01/01/2026
6 Elected Member, Pathology and laboratory Medicine Assistant Professor Thomas L. Clarke, Ph.D (profile) Member Ex Officio 01/01/2026
7 APC Associate Professor Laurie Craigen, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 01/01/2026
8 Program Director, Grad Program in Genetics and Genomics Professor Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 07/01/2013
9 Program Director, Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology Assistant Professor Ratnakar Deole, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2023
10 Program Director, Orofacial and Skeletal Biology (Translational Dental medicine) Professor Paola Divieti Pajevic, MD, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
11 Chair, Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology Professor Rachel Fearns, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 07/01/2018
12 Elected Member, Pharmacology, Physiology and Biophysics Associate Professor Hui Feng, MD, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 01/01/2026
13 Director Graduate Education, Pharmacology Associate Professor Rachel L. Flynn, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
14 Program Director, Anatomy and Neurobiology Assistant Professor Jeannine Foley, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 01/01/2026
15 Program Director, Program in Biomedical Sciences Associate Professor Christopher V. Gabel, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 01/01/2026
16 Program Director, MD/PhD Dual Degree Associate Professor Neil J. Ganem, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 07/01/2026
17 Elected Member, Virology, Immunology and Microbiology Professor Suryaram Gummuluru, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
18 Chair, Biochemistry and Cell Biology Professor David A. Harris, MD, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 07/01/2013
19 Chair, Anatomy and Neurobiology Professor Tarik Haydar, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2024
20 Program Director, Molecular and Translational medicine Associate Professor Matthew R. Jones, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 07/01/2013
21 Director Grad Education, Physiology and Biophysics (Physiology/Biophysics) Associate Professor Assen G. Marintchev, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 07/01/2026
22 Director Grad Education, Pathology Assistant Professor Tiffany Mellott, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
23 Program Director, Nutrition and Metabolism Professor Lynn L. Moore, DSc (profile) Member Ex Officio 07/01/2016
24 Program Director, Behavioral Neuroscience Research Associate Professor Carole L. Palumbo, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 07/01/2014
25 Elected Member, Biochemistry & Cell Biology Associate Professor Valentina Perissi, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 07/01/2026
26 Program Director Graduate Program in Neurosciences Professor Shelley J. Russek, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 07/01/2013
27 Program Director, MD/PhD Dual Degree Assistant Professor Katrina E. Traber, MD, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 07/01/2026
28 Anatomy and Neurobiology Elected Member Assistant Professor Michael Wallace, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 01/01/2026
29 Chair, Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biophysics Professor Venetia (Vanna) Zachariou, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2023
30 Student Rep, Graduate Medical Sciences (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine) Christopher Cummings (profile) Member Ex Officio, Non-Voting 07/01/2026




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