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: To be determined
Committee Co-Chair: To be determined
Committee Members:
- Pedro Fernandez-Funez, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
- Susan Keirstead, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
- Ameeta Kelekar, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- Dawn Lowe, PhD, Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science
- Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan, PhD, Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
- Jop van Berlo, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
- Lucy Vulchanova, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Jeongsik Yong, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
- Sara Zimmer, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Faculty Administrative Liaison: Michael Lipscomb, PhD, Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Committee Meeting Frequency and Details: Twice a year, once per semester
Contact for further information: Genne Fritts, mcand003@umn.edu
Graduate Programs Committee Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)