School of Graduate Studies

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
GRADUATE ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMITTEES 2023-2024

 

Curriculum
Diptasri Mandal - Chair
Shyamal Desai - Co-Chair
Marie Adorno
Kari Brisolara
Andy Catling
Alison Davis
Gloria Giarratano
Doug Johnston
Stefany Primeaux
Francesca Peruzzi
Xinping Yu

Graduate Faculty Membership
Suresh Alahari - Chair
Kari Brisolara
Alison Davis
Deborah Garbee
Lisa Harrison-Bernard
Don Mercante
Stefany Primeaux 
John West
Qingzhao Yu

Graduate Faculty Task Force:
Ed Trapido
Demetrius Porche
Angela Amedee

Student Engagement & Professional Development
Sonia Gasparini, Chair
Andrew Hollenbach
Fern Tsien
Arnold Zea
Lucas De Souza 
Rebecca Buckley
Jonathan Colon - Student Member
Jacob Elnaggar - Student Member
Micquel Downs - Student Member
David Otohinoyi - Student Member

Pipeline Recruitment & Programs
Allison Augustus-Wallace, Chair
Ham Farris
Tekeda Ferguson
Lisa Harrison-Bernard
Fern Tsien
Jonathan Colon - Student Member
Thomas Galbato - Student Member
Tamara Morris - Student Member

Research Day
Bobby Siggins - Chair
Marie Adorno
Shyamal Desai
Hamilton Farris
Diptasri Mandal
Qingzhao Yu
Arnold Zea
Justin Smith– Student Member 
Sarah Melton– Student Member
Tamara Morris– Student Member
Gabrielle Vontz– Student Member

Student Affairs
Andrew Hollenbach- Chair
Scott Edwards- Co-Chair 
Jennifer Cameron  
Shyamal Desai
Sonia Gasparini
Charles Nichols
Sonya Van Nuland
Meagan Donovan - Student Member
Thomas Galbato - Student Member
Hernan Mejia Gomez - Student Member
Cody Palazzolo (non-voting)

 

COMMITTEES FOR THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PROGRAM

Biomedical Sciences Advisory & Admission
Tiffany Wills - Chair
Andy Catling
Shyamal Desai
Scott Edwards
Sonia Gasparini
Diptasri Mandal
Francesca Peruzzi
Alison Quayle
Xinping Yue

Biomedical Sciences Curriculum Task Force
Committee Chair – Stefany Primeaux – Biomedical Sciences Curriculum Director
Committee Co-Chair – Doug Johnston - Biomedical Sciences Curriculum Co-Director
Curriculum Consultant – Joy Sturtevant

Program Representatives:
Biochemistry – Shyamal Desai, Ed Wojcik
Physiology/ADACE – Scott Edwards, Jason Gardner, Stefany Primeaux
Cell Biology –  Matthew Whim, Tiffany Wills
Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology – Doug Johnston, Tim Foster
Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics –Andy Catling
Human Genetics – Fokhrul Hossain, Diptasri Mandal
Bioinformatics – Chindo Hicks
Neuroscience – Ham Farris, Sonia Gasparini
Cardiovascular – Qinglin Yang, Xinping Yue, 
Cancer – Francesca Peruzzi, John West