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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