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)
The Biomedical Sciences Graduate Programs Committee (BSGPC) is a standing subcommittee of the GPC.
The responsibilities of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Programs Committee (BSGPC) include operational oversight of the graduate programs housed, in whole or in part, in the basic science departments of the Twin Cities campus.
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 Liaisons:
- Michael Lipscomb, PhD, Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
- Danielle Watt, PhD, Director, Office of Biomedical Graduate Research, Education and Training (BGREAT)
Committee Meeting Frequency and Details: Meets annually
Contact for further information: Genne Fritts, mcand003@umn.edu