Graduate Student Education Committee

  • Rachel K. Miller, Ph.D., Pediatrics – Chair
  • Rebecca Berdeaux, Ph.D., Integrative Biology & Pharmacology – Co-Chair
  • Michael R. Blackburn, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Chief Academic Officer and Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences – Ex officio
  • John F. Hancock, M.B., B.Chir., Ph.D., Sc.D., Vice Dean, Basic Research – Ex officio
  • John H. Byrne, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Research – Ex officio

Program Directors of GSBS Ph.D. Programs

  • Michael Beierlein, Ph.D., Neuroscience
  • Rebecca Berdeaux, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • Nayun Kim, Ph.D., Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Term Expires 2021

  • Askar M. Akimzhanov, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Leomar Y. Ballester, M.D., Ph.D., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
  • Zi-Yin Li, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
  • Devin W. McBride, Ph.D., Neurosurgery
  • Rachel Miller, Ph.D., Pediatrics

Term Expires 2022

  • Kendra S. Carmon, Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Medicine
  • Jeffery Chang, Ph.D., Integrative Biology & Pharmacology
  • Delia Danila, Ph.D., Internal Medicine
  • Rachael Sirianni, Ph.D., Neurosurgery

Term Expires 2023

  • Fudong Liu, M.D., Neurology
  • Alia Warner, Ph.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Ryan Warth, Ph.D., Orthopedic Surgery