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Office of Graduate Education

The Office of Graduate Education is available to assist students, faculty and other staff members with any matters related to our graduate education and research training programs.

We are located in room M134 of the Medical Sciences Building.

Director

Associate Dean for Graduate Education
Thomas Rowe, Ph.D.
(352) 273-9421

Staff

Recruitment & Admissions, Student Records
Amy Davis
(352) 273-8601

Student Services, Course Management, Fiscal, Web
Brett Looney
(352) 273-8602

Student Services, Event Planning
Elizabeth Fisher
(352) 273-8600

College of Medicine Administration

• Adrian Tyndall, M.D., Dean (Interim) of the College of Medicine
• Stephen P. Sugrue, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean for Research Affairs
• Joseph C. Fantone, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs
• Thomas Rowe, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Education

Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences Committees

Council of Academic Chairs

The Council of Academic Chairs consists of the College of Medicine basic science department chairpersons and the chair of the Oral Biology Department of the College of Dentistry, and is chaired by the Associate Dean for Graduate Education. This council advises the associate dean in overall policy decisions for the Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, including policies that relate to education quality such as changes in the curriculum and enrollment of faculty from other Colleges into the Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences. The council meets as required.

• Maria Zajac-Kaye, Ph.D. (Interim)
  Anatomy & Cell Biology
• Henry V. Baker, Ph.D.
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
• Mary Ellen Davey, Ph.D. (Interim)
  Oral Biology
• James B. Flanegan, Ph.D.
  Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Jeffrey Martens, Ph.D.
  Pharmacology & Therapeutics
• Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D.
  Neuroscience
• Jennifer Hunt, M.D.
  Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine
• Charles E. Wood, Ph.D.
  Physiology & Functional Genomics

BMS Coordinators Committee

The BMS Coordinator Committee is made up of the Coordinators of the Advanced Programs, and chaired by the Associate Dean for Graduate Education.  The BMS Coordinator Committee meets on a monthly basis (usually the fourth Thursday) to deliberate matters pertaining to BMS graduate program such as curriculum, rules and regulations, and finances.

Graduate Studies Committee

The Graduate Studies Committee is a panel of faculty that acts as the judicial board for students in the Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences. This panel reviews student progress in courses, research, and professionalism and applies the regulations of the program and university to individual student cases. This panel also determines the status of students who wish to enter the program with advanced standing. This committee reports directly to the Associate Dean for Graduate Education.