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Executive Committee
  • Samara Reck-Peterson (Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Program Co-Chair, WCM)
  • Chris Lima (Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Program Co-Chair, SKI)
  • Heidi Stuhlmann (Cell and Developmental Biology, Program Co-Chair, Interim Chair Biochemistry, WCM)
  • Tobias Walther (Cell and Developmental Biology, Program Co-Chair, SKI)
  • Kirk Deitsch (Molecular Biology, Program Co-Chair, WCM)
  • Xiaolan Zhao (Program Co-Chair, Molecular Biology, SKI)
  • Sabine Ehrt (Immunology and Microbial Pathology, Program Co-Chair, WCM)
  • Alexander Rudensky (Immunology and Microbial Pathology, Program Co-Chair, SKI)
  • Elizabeth Ross (Neuroscience, Program Chair, Genetic Counseling, Program Chair, WCM)
  • Emre Aksay (Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology, Program Chair, WCM)
  • Lorraine Gudas (Pharmacology, Program Co-Chair, WCM)
  • Omar Abdel-Wahab, (Pharmacology, Program Co-Chair, SKI)
  • Mary Charlson (Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research, MS Program Chair, WCM)
  • Julianne Imperato-McGinley (Clinical and Translational Investigation, MS Program Chair, WCM)
  • Rainu Kaushal (Population Health Sciences, MS Program Co-Chair, WCM)
  • Doug Ballon (Biomedical Imaging, MS Program Chair, WCM)
  • Trine Krogh-Madsen (Computational Biology, MS Program, Director, WCM)
  • Christina Leslie (Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Computational Biology and Medicine, Chair, SKI)
  • Derek Tan (Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology, Chair, SKI)

Ex Officio Members

Curriculum Committee

Charge

The WCGS Curriculum Committee meets bimonthly and serves in an advisory capacity to the WCGS Executive Committee on matters related to programmatic and curricular strategy and policy. Its focus areas include: a comprehensive review of student training—guided by key questions such as “What should we be teaching our students in the current era of biomedical science?” and “How do we prepare our students to be leaders and conduct groundbreaking research?”—as well as the approval of new courses and the oversight of existing ones, including course evaluations. The Committee also works to identify synergies and redundancies across programs to enhance coordination, address curriculum gaps, and develop strategies to reduce time-to-degree. Additionally, it explores ways to integrate meaningful training for non-academic science careers for students who are interested in pursuing alternative paths.

Membership (PhD Curriculum Committee)
  • David Eliezer, Associate Dean, Program Development, Chair
  • Daniel Bachovchin, Pharmacology (2021–2026)
  • Samprit Banerjee, Population Health Sciences (2025-2028)
  • Baran Ersoy, BCMB Allied Program (2022–2026)
  • Iman Hajirasouliha, Tri-I Computational Biology (2024–2027)
  • Iliyan D. Iliev, Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis (2020–2026)
  • George Khelashvili, Physiology, Biophysics, & Systems Biology (2024–2027)
  • James Lo, BCMB Allied Program / Cell Biology (2024–2027)
  • John Maciejowski, BCMB Allied Program / Molecular Biology (2021–2026)
  • Manu Sharma, Neuroscience (2025-2028)
  • Nolan Caile, Student Representative, BCMB (2026-2028)
  • John Cao, Student Representative, TPCB (2026-2028)
  • Theresa Gebert, Student Representative, PHS (2026-2028)
  • Caroline Lewis, Student Representative, Neuroscience (2026-2028)
  • Jose Meza Llamosas, Student Representative, CBM (2026-2028)
Membership (MS Curriculum Committee)
Awards Committee
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