Committees and Councils
Admissions Committee
Chair: John Paraskos, MD, Associate Dean for Admissions
Antonio Aponte-Feliciano, MD, Anesthesiology
Linda Clark, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Silvia Corvera, MD, Program in Molecular Medicine
Bruce Cutler, MD, Surgery
Peter Foley, MD, Anesthesiology
Maria Garcia, MD, Medicine
Thomas Halpin, MD, OB/GYN
Ashraf Khan, MD, Pathology
Jason Kim, PhD, Program in Molecular Medicine
Kendall Knight, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
William Marshall, MD, Medicine
Peter McConarty, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Patricia McQuilkin, MD, Pediatrics
Bruce Meltzer, MD, Psychiatry
Patricia Miron, PhD, Pathology
Majaz Moonis, MD, Neurology
Julie Pilitsis, MD, PhD, Surgery
Mark Price, MD, PhD, Orthopedics
Mark Restuccia, MD, Alumni Representative/Emergency Medicine
Sean Rhyee, MD, MPH, Emergency Medicine
Alexandra Schultes, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Other Members
Michael Brown, MD, Orthopedics*
Philip Burke, MD, Psychiatry *
Shaila Chauhan, MD, OB/GYN *
James Crandall, PhD, Cell Biology*
Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Vice Provost for School Services
Muhammad Khattak, MD, Medicine *
Mariann Manno, MD, Pediatrics*
Danna Peterson, MD, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs/Diversity and Minority Affairs
Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD, Director, MD/PhD Program
*Alternate Members
Students
Mary Le, T.H. Chan School of Medicine Representative
Prabhaker Mithal, T.H. Chan School of Medicine Representative
Biomedical Computing Committee
Dan Bolon, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Ellen Kittler, PhD, Molecular Medicine
Wenjun Li, PhD, Medicine
J. Lance Lichtor, MD, Anesthesiology
Lawrence M. Lifshitz, PhD, Molecular Medicine
John P. Mordes, MD, Medicine
Constance Nichols, MD, Emergency Medicine
Elaine Parker, PhD, Nursing
Evgeny Rogaev, PhD, Psychiatry
Rajani Sadasivam, PhD, Quantitative Health Sciences
Troy Whitfield, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Students
Christopher Clark, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Juan Ramirez, T.H. Chan School of Medicine
Ex-Officio
Charles Desourdy, Information Services
David Lapointe, PhD, Information Services, ACS
Jeff Lett, Information Services, UMass Memorial
Mary Piorun, Library Services
Ralph Zottola, PhD, Information Services
Council on Equal Opportunity and Diversity
Co-Chairs: Warren Ferguson, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health and David Slaga, RPh, Drug Utilization Review Department, ForHealth Consulting
Gustavo Angaramo, MD, Anesthesiology
Onesky Aupont, MD, Pediatrics
Oguz Cataltepe, MD, Surgery
Edith Cullen, Contracts, Credentialing and Support Services
Philip DiIorio, PhD, Medicine
Angela DiTerlizzi, Information Services
Karin Fitch, Human Resources
Lisa Fortuna, MD, MPH, Psychiatry
Paulette Goeden, Central Administration
Heather-Lyn Haley, PhD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Mary Handley, Contracts, Credentialing and Support Services
Janet Hirsch, Human Resources
Tom Hopkins, Employee Assistance Program
Diego Illanes, MD, OB/GYN
Chandra Joshi, MD, Anesthesiology
Patricia Keith, Physiology
Jason Kim, PhD, Molecular Medicine
Robert Layne, Outreach Programs and Worcester Pipeline
Jose Lemos, PhD, Physiology
Yanhua Li, MD, Medicine
Charles Lidz, PhD, Psychiatry
Shan Lu, MD, Medicine
Jianyuan Luo, PhD, Cancer Biology
Pranoti Mandrekar, PhD, Medicine
Haythem Mohamed, MD, Anesthesiology
Abraham Ndiwane, EdD, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
Benjamin Nwosu, MD, Pediatrics
Clara Orlando, JD, Human Resources, ForHealth Consulting
Seema Paliwal, PhD, Cancer Biology
Susan Pasquale, PhD, Family Medicine & Community Health/Office of Faculty Affairs
Lori Pbert, PhD, Preventive Behavioral Medicine
Danna Peterson, MB, ChB, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs/Diversity and Minority Affairs
Michele Pugnaire, MD, Educational Affairs
Jyoti Ramakrishna, MD, Pediatrics
Muhammad Ramzan, MD, Neurology
Joyce Rosenfeld, MD, Emergency Medicine
Douglas Rothkopf, MD, Surgery
Yvonne Shelton, MD, Orthopedics
Tatyana Shteinlukht, MD, PhD, Psychiatry
Josh Singer, PhD, Physiology
Audrey Smolkin, Center for Health Policy Research
Rosalie Torres-Stone, PhD, Psychiatry
Jennifer Tseng, MD, Surgery
Mark Vining, MD, Pediatrics
Valerie Wedge, LICSW, Employee Assistance Program
Farem Williams, MD, Orthopedics
Shelly Yarnie, MPH, Office of Community Programs
Motojiro Yoshihara, PhD, Neurobiology
Students
Caitlin Connolly, T.H. Chan School of Medicine, Class of 2010
Michael DeLeo, T.H. Chan School of Medicine, Class of 2009
Ex-Officio
Ian Barrett, EdD, SPHR, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
Chyke Doubeni, MD, Office of Vice Provost for Diversity
Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, School Services
Phil Kerr, Human Resources
Judith Ockene, PhD, Office of Faculty Affairs
Jose Ramirez, Human Resources, UMass Memorial
Committee on Committees
Chair: Luanne Thorndyke, MD, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Robert Brown, MD, Executive Council Representative
Marianne Felice, MD, Executive Council Representative
Heather-Lyn Haley, PhD, Faculty Council Representative
C. Robert Matthews, PhD, Executive Council Representative
Eileen Terrill, PhD, Faculty Council Representative
Scot Wolfe, PhD, Faculty Council Representative
Students
Stuart Murray
Harid Lari
Ex-Officio
Anthony Carruthers, PhD, Dean, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Terence R. Flotte, MD, Dean, T.H. Chan School of Medicine and The Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor in Medicine
Paulette Seymour-Route, PhD, Dean, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
Educational Policy Committee
Chair: Robert Baldor, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Vice Chair: Julie Jonassen, PhD, Physiology
Jeroan Allison, MD, Quantitative Health Sciences
Michael Baker, Registrar
Norman Beisaw, MD, Orthopedics & Physical Rehabilitation
Marjorie Clay, PhD, Ethics
John Cooke, PhD, Cell Biology
Silvia Corvera, MD, Molecular Medicine
Frank Domino, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Tricia Droney, Office of Medical Education
Deborah Field, MD, Psychiatry
Melissa Fischer, MD, MEd, Medicine
Terence R. Flotte, MD, Executive Deputy Chancellor and Provost and Dean of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine and The Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor in Medicine
Susan Gagliardi, PhD, Cell Biology
Richard Glew, MD, Medicine
Steven Grossman, MD, PhD, Cancer Biology
Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Cell Biology
David Hatem, MD, Medicine
Lawrence Hayward, MD, PhD, Neurology
Robert Jenal, Finance and Administration
David Keller, MD, Pediatrics
Anne Larkin, MD, Surgery
Elaine Martin, DA, Library
Sarah McGee, MD, MPH, Medicine
Tiffany Moore-Simas, MD, OB/GYN
Judith Ockene, PhD, Faculty Affairs
Susan Pasquale, PhD, Office of Medical Education
Edward Peskin, MD, OB/GYN
Rick Pieters, MD, Radiation Oncology
Paul Plasky, MD, Psychiatry
Anthony Poteete, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Michele Pugnaire, MD, Educational Affairs
Mark Quirk, EdD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Mai-Lan Rogoff, MD, Student Affairs
William Royer, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Darshak Sanghavi, MD, Pediatrics
Dan Schwartz, MD, Radiology
Thomas Smith, MD, Pathology
Dawn Tasillo, MD, OB/GYN
David Weaver, PhD, Neurobiology
David Wexler, MD, Otolaryngology
Mary Zanetti, EdD, Educational Affairs
Ralph Zottola, PhD, Academic Computing
Students
Thomas Kingsley Class of 2012
Gillian Griffith, Class of 2014
Executive Council
Council Chair: C. Robert Matthews, PhD, Chair, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Council Vice Chair: Jlia Johnson, MD, Chair, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Council Secretary: David Ayers, MD, Chair, Orthopedics
Robert Baldor, MD, Co-Chair, Educational Policy Committee
Robert Brown, DPhil, MD, Chair, Neurology
Anthony Carruthers, PhD, Dean, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Jennifer Daly, MD, Rules Committee Representative
Marianne Felice, MD, Chair, Pediatrics
Joseph Ferrucci, MD, Interim Chair, Radiology
Thomas J. FitzGerald, MD, Chair, Radiation Oncology
Richard Glew, MD, Medicine
Heather-Lyn Haley, PhD, Secretary, Faculty Council
Tony Ip, PhD, Vice Chair, Faculty Council
Allan Jacobson, PhD, Chair, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology and Interim Chair, Physiology
Julie Jonassen, PhD, Co-Chair, Educational Policy Committee
Catarina Kiefe, PhD, MD, Chair, Quantitative Health Sciences
Daniel Lasser, MD, MPH, Chair, Family Medicine & Community Health
William Lavelle, MD, Chair, Otolaryngology
Arthur Mercurio, PhD, Cancer Biology
Peter Paige, MD, Emergency Medicine
Craig Peterson, PhD, Molecular Medicine
Paulette Seymour-Route, PhD, Dean, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
Leslie Shaw, PhD, Secretary, Faculty Council
Janet Stein, PhD, Cell Biology
David Weaver, PhD, Neurobiology
Raymond Welsh, PhD, Pathology
Giles Whalen, MD, Surgery
Douglas M. Ziedonis, MD, MPH, Chair, Psychiatry
Student Representatives:
Stuart Murray, Student Body Committee
David Wang, Student Body Committee
Ex-Officio
Ian Barrett, EdD, SPHR, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
Michael F. Collins, MD, Chancellor
Walter Ettinger Jr., MD, MBA, Associate Vice Provost for Clinical Population Health Research
Terence R. Flotte, MD, Executive Deputy Chancellor and Provost and Dean of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine and The Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor in Medicine
Michael Kneeland, MD, Associate Dean for Allied Health
Elaine Martin, DA, Library Director
Robert Milner, PhD, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
John O’Brien, President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care
Deborah Plummer, PhD, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Equal Opportunity
Michele Pugnaire, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs
Mai-Lan Rogoff, MD, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
John Sullivan, MD, Vice Provost for Research
Luanne E. Thorndyke, MD, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Faculty Council
Chair: Robert Weinstein, MD, Medicine
Vice Chair: Tony Ip, PhD, Molecular Medicine
Co-Secretary: Heather-Lyn Haley, PhD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Co-Secretary: Leslie Shaw, PhD, Cancer Biology
Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD, Psychiatry
Robert Baldor, MD, Educational Policy Committee
Alexei Bogdanov, PhD, Radiology
Francis Chan, PhD, Pathology
Paula Cullinane, MD, Medicine
Jennifer Daly, MD, Medicine
Patrick Emery, PhD, Neurobiology
Harvey Florman, PhD, Cell Biology
Lee Hargraves, PhD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Debra Heitman, MD, Emergency Medicine
Thomas Houston, MD, MPH, Quantitative Health Sciences
Ali Irshad, Student Body Representative
Julie Jonassen, PhD, Educational Policy Committee
Syed Kamil, MD, Otolaryngology
Hong-Sheng Li, PhD, Neurobiology
Lynn Li, MD, Medicine
Thomas McLaughlin, MD, Pediatrics
Majaz Moonis, MD, Neurology
Tiffany Moore-Simas, MD, OB/GYN
Stuart Murray, SBC Representative
Richard Pieters, MD, Radiation Oncology
Jie Song, PhD, Orthopedics & Physical Rehabilitation
Janet Stavnezer, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Brian Sweeney, MD, Surgery
Jill Terrien, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
Eileen Terrill, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
Dennis Tighe, MD, Medicine
David Wang, SBC Representative
Stacy Weisberg, MD, Emergency Medicine
Cara Weisman, GSBC Representative
Scot Wolfe, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Ex-Officio
Ian Barrett, EdD, SPHR, Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
Anthony Carruthers, PhD, Dean, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Michael Collins, MD, Chancellor
Walter Ettinger Jr., MD, MBA, President, UMass Memorial Medical Center
Terence R. Flotte, MD, The Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor in Medicine, Executive Deputy Chancellor and Provost and Dean of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine
Michael Kneeland, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Allied Health
Elaine Martin, DA, Library Director
John O’Brien, President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care
Deborah Plummer, PhD, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Equal Opportunity
Michele Pugnaire, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs
Mai-Lan Rogoff, MD, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Paulette Seymour-Route, PhD, Dean, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
John Sullivan, MD, Vice Provost for Research
Luanne Thorndyke, MD, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Robert Yood, MD, St. Vincent Hospital
Ralph Zottola, PhD, Associate Chief of Information Services
Faculty Grievance Committee
Chair: Joel Gore, MD, Medicine
Nancy Fontneau, MD, Neurology
Karen Green, MD, OB/GYN
Janet Fraser Hale, PhD, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
Anthony Poteete, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Alonzo Ross, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Janet Stein, PhD, Cell Biology
Graduate Council
Chair: Sharon Cantor, PhD, Cancer Biology
Richard Baker, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Patricia Franklin, MD, MBA, MPH, Clinical & Population Health Research
Marc Freeman, PhD, Neuroscience
Rachel Gerstein, PhD, Immunology/Virology
Robert Goldberg, PhD, Quantitative Health Sciences
Peter Grigg, PhD, Biomedical Engineering & Medical Physics
Anthony Imbalzano, PhD, Cell Biology
Duane Jenness, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Hardy Kornfeld, MD, Medicine
Jack Leonard, PhD, Physiology
Anne Michelson, MD/PhD Program
Craig Peterson, PhD, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
Alonzo Ross, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Charles Sagerström, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Michael Sanderson, PhD, Physiology
Neal Silverman, PhD, Medicine
Karl Simin, PhD, Cancer Biology
Lawrence Stern, PhD, Chair, Pathology
Annette Stratton, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD, Medicine
William Theurkauf, PhD, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
Carole Upshur, EdD, Associate Dean, Clinical & Population Health Research
David Weaver, PhD, Neuroscience
Hong Zang, PhD, Cell Biology
Students
Linzy Hendrickson, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Student Representative
Karen Mruk, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Student Representative
Ex-Officio
Anthony Carruthers, PhD, Dean, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Kendall Knight, PhD, Associate Dean, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Institutional Biosafety Committee
Chair: Thomas Greenough, MD, Pediatrics and Molecular Medicine
Vice Chairs: Jerald Silverman, DVM, MPS, Animal Medicine and Raymond Welsh, PhD, Pathology
Director: Samuel Varghese, PhD, Office of Research
Officers: Colleen Driskill, RBK, Environmental Health & Safety
Sheldon Cooper, PhD, Environmental Health & Safety Affiliated Members
Richard Ellison III, MD, Infectious Disease
Peter Flanagan, DVM, MPH, Animal Medicine
Thomas H. Gassert, MD, Medicine
Jon Goguen, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Sharone Greene, MD, Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research
Sharon Hennigan, Employee Health Services
Hardy Kornfield, MD, Pulmonary Medicine
Timothy Kowalik, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Howard Lefkin, MS, CSP, Enviornmental Health & Safety Officer
Mohan Somasundaran, PhD, Pediatrics and Molecular Virology
Eva Szomolanyi-Tsuda, MD, Pathology
Non-Affiliated Members
Jeffrey Grant, MS, CSP, Charles River Laboratories
Seth D. Peters, MPH, Office of Health and Medical Preparedness Consultant
T.J. FitzGerald, MD, Radiation Oncology
Library & Learning Resources Committee
Chair: John Cooke, PhD, Cell Biology
Brian Akerley, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Bruce Barton, PhD, Quantitative Health Sciences
Michael Francis, PhD, Neurobiology
Janet Hale, PhD, RN, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
Carolina Ionete, MD, PhD, Neurology
Francesca Massi, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Susan Pasquale, PhD, Family Medicine & Community Health and Worcester District Medical Society
Peter B. Schneider, MD, Medicine and Nuclear Medicine
Paul Stern, MD, Worcester District Medical Society
Other Members
Jason Chen, MD, Medicine*
Elaine Martin, DA, Lamar Soutter Library Director
Lyn Riza, Information Services*
Jie Song, MD, Orthopedics & Physical Rehabilitation*
Ralph Zottola, PhD, Information Services
*Alternate Member
Patent Policy Committee
Chair: Stuart Levitz, MD, Medicine
Roger Davis, PhD, Molecular Medicine
Raymond Dunn, MD, Surgery
Allan Jacobson, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology*
Craig Lilly, MD, Medicine
Jie Song, PhD, Orthopedics
Phillip Zamore, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Other Members
Shan Lu, MD, PhD, Medicine*
James McNamara, Executive Director, Office of Technology Management
Ken Mitchell, MD, Psychiatry*
Ann Moorman, PhD, Quantitative Health Sciences
Gary Ostroll, PhD, Molecular Medicine
John Sullivan, MD, Vice Provost for Research
Melinda Taylor, BS, Surgery*
Andre van Wijnen, PhD, Cell Biology*
*Alternate Member
Personnel Action Committee
Co-Chairs: Ann Rittenhouse, PhD, Physiology and Jeroan Allison, MD, Quantitative Health Sciences
Robert Baldor, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Paul Gardner, MD, Medicine
Richard Glew, MD, Medicine
Connie Nichols, MD, Emergency Medicine
Nsidinanya Okike, MD, Surgery
Ex-Officio
Luanne Thorndyke, MD, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Radiation Safety Committee
Chair: Marjorie Safran, MD, Endocrinology
Sassan Abdollahzadeh, PhD, Radiation Safety
John Baker, Facilities
Richard Baker, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Dave Bays, Animal Medicine
Harry Bushe, Radiation Oncology
Kim Carter, Cardiac Cath Lab
Marie Case, Radiation Safety
Jason Chen, MD, Medicine
Terri Crofts, Clinical Engineering
Jay Cyr, Hospital Administration
Barbara Giguere, Nursing
Robert Jenal, Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance
Andrew Karellas, PhD, Radiology
Dan Kilpatrick, PhD, Physiology
Rob Licho, MD, Radiology
Haley Melikian, PhD, Psychiatry
Alonzo Ross, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Peter Schneider, MD, Nuclear Medicine
James Ulanski, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Catherine Waud, MD, Endocrinology
Pat Webster, Radiation Oncology
Lan Xu, PhD, Molecular Medicine
Hong Zhang, Cell Biology
Scientific Council
Co-chairs: Lori Pbert, PhD, Medicine and George Witman, PhD, Cell Biology
Vice Chair: Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD, Physiology
Mark Alkema, PhD, Neurobiology
Jean Boucher, PhD, RN, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
Edward Boyer, MD, Emergency Medicine
Robin Clark, PhD, ForHealth Consulting
Patricia Franklin, MD, Orthopedics
Carl Fulwiler, MD, Psychiatry
Richard Gacek, MD, Otolaryngology
Lawrence Hayward, MD, PhD, Neurology
Joonsoo Kang, PhD, Pathology
Paul Kaufman, PhD, Program in Gene Function & Expression
David Lambright, PhD, Molecular Medicine
Stephen Lyle, MD, PhD, Cancer Biology
Martin Marinus, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Beth McCormick, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Thomas McLaughlin, ScD, Pediatrics
Haley Melikian, PhD, Psychiatry
Louis Messina, MD, Surgery
Tiffany Moore-Simas, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mary Rusckowski, PhD, Radiology
Barry Saver, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Merav Socolovsky, MBBS, PhD, Pediatrics
Ronald Steingard, MD, ForHealth Consulting
J. Matthias Walz, MD, Anesthesiology
Tao Wang, PhD, Radiation Oncology
Student Affairs Committee
Chair: Timothy Gibson, MD, Pediatrics
Bronwyn Cooper, MD, Anesthesiology
Beverly Hay, MD, Pediatrics
Michael Hirsh, MD, Surgery
Anne Larkin, MD, Surgery
Mary O’Brien, MD, Medicine
Ann Rittenhouse, PhD, Physiology
Motojiro Yoshihara, PhD, Neurobiology
Ex-Officio
Michael Baker, Registrar
Rose Daniels, Administrator, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Phillip Fournier, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Betsy Groves, Financial Aid
Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Vice Provost, School Services
Judy Holewa, Administrative Director, Student Affairs
Jason Kim, PhD, Program in Molecular Medicine
Anne Michelson, Project Coordinator, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Danna Peterson, MB, CHB, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs/Diversity and Minority Affairs
Ruthann Rizzi, MD, Student Counseling
Mai-Lan Rogoff, MD, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Susan Young, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
President, Student Body Committee
Tenure Committee
Co-Chairs: Neil Aronin, MD, Medicine, and Roger Davis, PhD, Molecular Medicine
Eric Baehrecke, PhD, Cancer Biology
Vivian Budnik, PhD, Neurobiology
Michael King, MD, Radiology
Mary Lee, MD, Pediatrics
Jack Leonard, PhD, Physiology
Dannel McCollum, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Ira Ockene, MD, Medicine
Anthony Rothschild, MD, Psychiatry
Celia Schiffer, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Greenfield Sluder, PhD, Cell Biology
Raymond Welsh, PhD, Pathology
Women’s Faculty Committee
Co-Chairs: Elaine Martin, DA, Library, and Mai Lan Rogoff, MD, Student Affairs
Kathleen Biebel, PhD, Psychiatry – CMHSR
Nancy Byatt, DO, MBA, Psychiatry
Shaila Chauhan, MD, OB/GYN
Mary Constanza, MD, Hematology/Oncology
Sybil Crawford, PhD, Preventative & Behavioral Medicine
Joyoni Dey, PhD, Radiology
Terry Field, DSc, Medicine
Patricia Franklin, MBA, MPH, MD, Orthopedics & Physical Rehabilitation
Wendy Gammon, MA, MEd, Medicine
Rachel Gerstein, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Sharone Green, Center for IV and Vaccine Research
Heather-Lyn Haley, PhD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Janet Hardy, PhD, Preventative & Behavioral Medicine
Carolina Ionete, MD, PhD, Neurology
Marci Jones, MD, Orthopedics & Physical Rehabilitation
Anne Larkin, MD, Surgery
Qin Liu, PhD, Medicine
Rebecca Lundquist, MD, Psychiatry
Pranoti Mandrekar, PhD, Medicine
Anuja Mathew, PhD, Medicine
Erin McMaster, MD, Pediatrics
Tiffany Moore Simas, MD, MPH, OB/GYN
Ellen More, PhD, Library
Mary Munson, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Connie Nichols, MD, Emergency Medicine
Kate O’Dell, OB/GYN
Sonia Ortiz-Miranda, PhD, Physiology
Seema Paliwal, PhD, Cancer Biology
Linda Pape, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine
Susan Pasquale, PhD, Medical Education and Faculty Affairs
Jyoti Ramakrishna, Pediatrics
Jane Saczynski, PhD, Medicine
Shaleen Shaikh, MD, Anesthesiology
Pauline Sheehan, MD, Pediatrics
Tatyana Shteinlukht, MD, PhD, Psychiatry
Hayla Shuss, PhD, Cancer Biology
Leslie Soyka, MD, OB/GYN
Jami Star, MD, OB/GYN
Christy Stine, MD, PhD, Pediatrics
Rosemary Theroux, PhD, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
Judith Tuori, MS, MSN, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
Yumi Uetake, PhD, Cell Biology
Marian Walhout, PhD, Molecular Medicine
Christine E. Wallace, MD, Radiology
Linda Weinreb, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Qionglin Zhou, PhD, Molecular Medicine
Jill Zitzewitz, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Students
Jennifer Aborn, Medical Student, Class of 2012
Sandra Beverly, Medical Student, Class of 2012
Rachel Sagor, Medical Student, Class of 2011
Saha Kamalika, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Student
Ex-Officio
Ian Barrett, EdD, SPHR, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
Deb DeMarco, MD, Graduate Medical Education
Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Student Services
Janet Hirsch, Human Resources
Marilyn Leeds, MPH, Graduate Medical Education
Judith Ockene, PhD, Office of Faculty Affairs
Danna Peterson, MB, ChB, Anesthesiology
Michele Pugnaire, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health
Paulette Seymour-Route, PhD, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
Deborah L. Plummer, PhD, Diversity and Equal Opportunity