Program Coordinating Committee
The Program Coordinating Committee consists of Program Directors and two student representatives. The director of the M.D./Ph.D. Program is an ex officio member. The Committee makes recommendations to the Dean and the Executive Committee concerning the effectiveness and initiation of GSBS policies, including:
- policy that affects the function of the Graduate School
- policy that affects the structure and governance of Graduate Programs
- approval of new graduate programs
- recommendations to the Membership Committee to ensure appropriate Program representation on standing committees
Members for the 2012-13 academic year:
- Dr. Ellen Richie, Chair, Molecular Carcinogenesis
- Dr. Elsa Flores, Co-Chair, Genes and Development
- Dr. Varsha Gandhi, Experimental Therapeutics
- Dr. Diane Hickson-Bick, Molecular Pathology
- Ms. Le Huang (Student Member)
- Dr. Edward Jackson, Medical Physics
- Dr. Vasanthi Jayaraman, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Dr. Xin Lin, Cancer Biology
- Dr. David Loose, Cell and Regulatory Biology
- Dr. William Margolin, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Dr. Dianna Milewicz, M.D./Ph.D. (ex officio)
- Ms. Jacquelyn Reuther (Student Member)
- Dr. Jagannadha Sastry, Virology and Gene Therapy
- Dr. Kimberly Schluns, Immunology
- Dr. Subrata Sen, Human and Molecular Genetics
- Dr. Sanjay Shete, Biomathematics and Biostatistics
- Ms. Claire Singletary, Genetic Counseling
- Dr. Jack Waymire, Neuroscience
GSBS Administration:
- Dr. Vicki Knutson
- Dr. William Mattox
- Mr. Eric Solberg
- Dr. Stephanie Watowich
- Ms. Linda Carter
- Ms. Patricia Cruz Bruesch
- Ms. Brenda Gaughan
- Ms. Karen Weinberg
The Committee meets in room BSRB S3.8003 at 10:00 a.m. Meeting dates for 2012-13:
November 13, 2012
February 12, 2013
April 9, 2013
July 9, 2013
September 10, 2013


