GMS MD/PhD Program Steering Committee


# Bylaw Role/Dept Rank Name Role Start Date End Date
1 Co-Chair Associate Professor Steven Craig Borkan, MD (profile) Co-Chair 12/20/2014
2 Co-Chair Professor Vickery Trinkaus-Randall, PhD (profile) Co-Chair 01/01/2020
3 Student Representative Anthony Spinella (profile) Student Advocate 12/20/2023
4 MD/PhD Advisor Associate Professor Laurence H. Beck Jr, MD, PhD (profile) Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Member 12/20/2020
5 Associate Dean GMS Associate Professor C. James McKnight, PhD (profile) Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Member 12/20/2023
6 Pathology & Lab Medicine Assistant Professor Thomas L. Clarke, Ph.D (profile) Member Ex Officio 02/01/2026
7 Elected member from doctoral degree granting program Professor Ivana Delalle, MD, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
8 Elected member from doctoral degree granting program Associate Professor Rachel L. Flynn, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
9 Biomedical Engineering Professor Mark Grinstaff, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
10 Elected member from doctoral degree granting program Associate Professor Alla Grishok, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
11 Elected member from doctoral degree granting program Professor David A. Harris, MD, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
12 Elected member from doctoral degree granting program Associate Professor Matthew D. Layne, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
13 Elected member from doctoral degree granting program Assistant Professor John Misasi, MD (profile) Member Ex Officio 07/01/2025
14 Elected member from doctoral degree granting program Assistant Professor Katrina E. Traber, MD, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
15 Elected member from doctoral degree granting program Professor Thomas D. Tullius, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
16 Elected member from doctoral degree granting program Professor Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio 12/20/2020
17 Dean, MD Admissions Associate Professor Kristen M. (Goodell) Hanssen MD (profile) Member Ex Officio, Non-Voting 07/09/2018
18 Dean, Student Affairs Associate Professor Karen Symes, PhD (profile) Member Ex Officio, Non-Voting 12/20/2020




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