Graduate Programs Council (GPC)

In collaboration with the Graduate School, the Graduate Programs Council (GPC) provides oversight to the Master’s and PhD degree-granting programs that have their administrative home in the Medical School. The responsibilities of the GPC include:

• discussing and making recommendations to graduate programs regarding best practices in graduate education;
• providing advice to the Medical School and Graduate School deans regarding the distribution of funds that support graduate education in the Medical School; and
• consulting with the Graduate School and Medical School administrations regarding graduate education.

Committee Chair: Lorene Lanier, PhD, Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Committee Members:

• Parham Alaei, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
• Brendan Dougherty, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
• Pedro Fernandez-Funez, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
• Sara Hamilton Hart, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
• Susan Keirstead, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
• Michael Latham, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
• Anna Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
• Timothy O'Connell, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
• Harry Orr, PhD, Professor, Department of Neuroscience
• David Pieczkiewicz, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute for Health Informatics
• Daniel Schmidt, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
• Sara Zimmer, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Faculty Administrative Liaison: Lorene Lanier, PhD, Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Committee Meeting Frequency and Details:  Twice a year, once per semester

Contact for further information: Genne Fritts, [email protected]

Graduate Programs Committee Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)