SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
GRADUATE ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMITTEES 2023-2024
Curriculum
Diptasri Mandal - Chair
Marie Adorno
Kari Brisolara
Andy Catling
Alison Davis
Shyamal Desai
Gloria Giarratano
Doug Johnston
Stefany Primeaux
Francesca Peruzzi
Xinping Yu
Graduate Faculty Membership
Stefany Primeaux - Chair
John Cork
Suresh Alahari
Deborah Garbee
Lisa Harrison-Bernard
Don Mercante
John West
Diversity/Inclusion
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