Graduate School Standing Committees

Division of Basic Science Admissions Committee
For information on the membership of this committee, please contact:
Deborah.Evalds@utsouthwestern.edu – Supervisor, Education Programs, SGSBS, ex officio

Graduate Faculty Membership Committee
David Corey, Ph.D. – Biological Chemistry, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biophysics (Chair)
Jing Wang, Ph.D. – Biological Engineering
Jane Johnson, Ph.D. – Genetics, Development & Disease, Neuroscience

Executive Leadership Committee
Andrew Zinn, M.D., Ph.D. – Dean, SGSBS (Chair)
Thomas Carroll, Ph.D. – Mechanisms of Disease Training Track
Maria Chahrour, Ph.D. – Neuroscience
Ondine Cleaver, Ph.D. – Genetics, Development & Disease
Gaudenz Danuser, Ph.D. – Computational & Systems Biology Training Track
Matthew Petroll, Ph.D. – Biomedical Engineering
Luke Rice, Ph.D. – Molecular Biophysics
Richard Robinson, Ph.D. - Clinical Psychology
Anne Satterthwaite, Ph.D. – Immunology
John Schoggins, Ph.D. – Molecular Microbiology
Uttam Tambar, Ph.D. – Organic Chemistry
Benjamin Tu, Ph.D. – Biological Chemistry
Angelique Whitehurst, Ph.D. – Cell & Molecular Biology
Maralice Conacci-Sorrell, Ph.D. – Chair of Admissions Committee, ex officio
Paula Abercrombie – Director, Graduate & Postdoctoral Affairs, SGSBS, ex officio
Deirdre Brekken, Ph.D. – Associate Dean, SGSBS, ex officio
Arnaldo Diaz-Vazquez, Ph.D. – Assistant Dean, SGSBS, ex officio
Lisa Gardner, Ph.D. – Assistant Dean, SGSBS, ex officio
Stuart Ravnik, Ph.D. – Associate Dean, SGSBS, ex officio
Joyce Repa, Ph.D. – Graduate School Fellowship Coordinator, Director of the Core Course, ex officio

Graduate School Awards Committee
Andrew Zinn, M.D., Ph.D. – Dean, Graduate School, Director/MSTP (Chair)
Walter Akers, Ph.D. - Biomedical Engineering
Michael Dellinger, Ph.D. – Genetics, Development & Disease
Don Gammon, Ph.D. - Molecular Microbiology
Julie Germann, Ph.D. – Clinical Psychology
Dan Kober, Ph.D. – Biological Chemistry / Molecular Biophysics
Venuprasad Poorjary, Ph.D. – Immunology
Joseph Ready, Ph.D.– Organic Chemistry
Beverly Rothermel, Ph.D.– Cell and Molecular Biology
Jonathan Terman, Ph.D. - Neuroscience
Hao Zhu, M.D. - Cancer Biology

Postdoctoral Advisory Committee

Deirdre Brekken, Ph.D. – Associate Dean, Postdoctoral Affairs, (Chair)
Yuh Min Chook, Ph.D. – Pharmacology, Biophysics
Russell DeBose-Boyd, Ph.D. – Molecular Genetics and Co-director, PROVIDES program
Joel Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D. – Internal Medicine, Pharmacology, Psychiatry
Srinivas Malladi, Ph.D. – Pathology
Tiffany Reese, Ph.D. – Immunology, Microbiology
Daniel Siegwart Ph.D. – Biomedical Engineering
Lenora Volk, Ph.D – Neuroscience
Vincent Tagliabracci, Ph.D. – Molecular Biology
Hao Zhu, M.D. - Children's Research Institute, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
President – Postdoctoral Association
Paula Abercrombie – Director, Graduate & Postdoctoral Affairs, SGSBS, ex officio
Leah Banks, Ph.D. – Director, Graduate Career Development, ex officio
Kirt Thompson – Director, International Affairs, ex officio
Rueyling Lin, Ph.D. – Associate Dean for Biomedical Research Recruiting and Awards, ex officio
Andrew Zinn, M.D., Ph.D. – Dean, SGSBS, ex officio
Joan Conaway, Ph.D. - Vice Provost and Dean of Basic Research, ex officio

Student Advisory Committee

Jim Collins, Ph.D. - Cell & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Development and Disease
Carla Green, Ph.D. - Cell & Molecular Biology, Neuroscience
Dustin Hancks, Ph.D. - Genetics, Development and Disease, and Immunology
Gary Hon, Ph.D. - Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology, Genetics, Development and Disease
Jennifer Kohler, Ph.D. - Biological Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
Elena Vinogradov, Ph.D. - Biomedical Engineering
Kathryn O'Donnell, Ph.D. - Cancer Biology, Genetics, Development and Disease (Chair)
Robert Orchard, Ph.D. – Immunology, Molecular Microbiology
Lorena Saelices, Ph.D. - Molecular Biophysics, Cell & Molecular Biology
Deborah Evalds – M.S. Ed. – Administration, Education Programs-DBS, SGSBS, ex officio
Robyn Eichorn, M.Ed. – Program Coordinator, SGSBS, ex officio