NSB faculty-run committees
Steering Committee
Mission: Vision and programmatic decisions
Tasks: Discuss reports from committees, provides program guidance, and votes on major program business decisions
- Graduate Program Director and Steering Chair—Joe Bergan
- Graduate Operations Committee Chair — Gerry Downes
- Climate, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Representative—Bekki Spencer
- Admissions Committee Chair—Mariana Pereira
- Seminar and Events Committee Chair—Elena Vazey
- NSB Student President—Emily Lopez
- NSB Student Representative—Fran Walsh
- NSB Student Representative (non-voting) - Margot Schmitt
Graduate Operations Committee (GOC)
Mission: Oversee program procedures and student progress in the program
Tasks: Collaborate with Graduate Student Success Committee and GPD for policy and procedure updates, help GPD launch Prograds, conduct animal student reviews
- Gerry Downes (current)
- Youngbin Kwak
- Jennifer Rauch
- Luke Remage-Healey
Graduate Student Success and Engagement Committee
Mission: Assess and improve program climate to promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive research training community in NSB
Tasks: Connect NSB community members to DEI resources, events and mentoring training, provide consultation to all other committees and leadership
- Agnes Lacreuse(Chair)
- Becky Spencer
- Travis Hodges
- Jeremy Spool
- Graduate assistant and peer mentoring coordinator: Emily Robinson
Seminar Committee
Mission: Coordinate NSB seminar events
Tasks: Communicate with NSB community members to invite and host speakers for NSB seminars
- Elena Vazey (Chair)
- Karine Fénelon
- Paul Katz (IONS/NSB Events)
Admissions and Recruitment Committee
Mission: Select an outstanding class of PhD and MS students for admissions to the NSB program
Tasks: Holistic review of applications (Slate software), organize Zoom interviews, make acceptance decisions
- Marianna Periera (Chair)
- Cana Park