CMM Committees

CMM Executive Committee

Brett Colson, PhD, Associate Chair, Research 
Aaron Hodges, MBA, Department Administrator
Haley O’Brien, PhD, Associate Chair, Education
Greg Rogers, PhD, Associate Chair, Faculty Development
Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, MBA, Department Chair

CMM 2025–2026 Academic Program Review Committee

Paul Gignac, PhD (Chair)
Greg Rogers, PhD (Vice Chair)
Darren Cusanovich, PhD
Shanna Hamilton, PhD
Aaron Hodges, MBA
Lonnie Lybarger, PhD
Haley O'Brien, PhD
Morgan Seffrood, PhD Candidate

Appointment, Promotion & Tenure Committee

Henk Granzier, PhD (Chair)
David Bear, PhD
Greg Rogers, PhD
Casey Romanoski, PhD
Curtis Thorne, PhD

CMM Curriculum Committee

Haley O’Brien, PhD (Chair)
Lonnie Lybarger, PhD
James Proffitt, PhD
Valerie Schaibley, PhD
Becca Van Sickler, MEd

Department Communications Committee

Gus Mouneimne, PhD
Stefanie Novak, PhD
Becca Van Sickler, MEd

Department Seminar Committee

Shanna Hamilton, PhD (Co-chair)
Kelvin Pond, PhD (Co-chair)
Becca Van Sickler, MEd

Faculty Annual Evaluation Committee

Greg Rogers, PhD (Chair)
Lonnie Lybarger, PhD Term: 2025-2027
Haley O’Brien, PhD Term: 2027-2029
Curtis Thorne, PhD Term: 2026-2028
Donata Vercelli, MD Term: 2027-2029

CMM Masters’ & Certificate Committee

Lonnie Lybarger, PhD (Director)
David Bear, PhD
Faye McGechie, PhD
Stefanie Novak, PhD
Chris Pappas, PhD
James Proffitt, PhD
Taejeong Song, PhD
Sasha Verdugo

CMM Program Directors

MS Graduate & Certificate: Lonnie Lybarger, PhD
Anatomy: James Proffitt, PhD
Genetic Counselling: Chris Stallman, MLS, MS, LCGC
Graduate Studies – Doctoral: Curtis Thorne, PhD
Willed Body Program: Jean Wilson, PhD

Shared Committees in COM-T

ABBS Executive Committee

CMM Representative: Casey Romanoski, PhD

CMM-Affiliated Core Directors

Gene Editing/CRISPR: Nathan Ellis, PhD
Phenotyping: Henk Granzier, PhD
Viral Production: Henk Granzier, PhD

GPMM Graduate Studies Committee

Curtis Thorne, PhD (Chair)
Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD (Co-Chair; IMB Dept.)
Sam Campos, PhD (IMB Dept)
Brett Colson, PhD 
Casey Romanoski, PhD
Becca Van Sickler, MEd

Joint Biology Research Retreat Committee

Darren Cusanovich, PhD
Becca Van Sickler, MEd