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)