CMM Committees and Shared Governance


CMM Executive Committee

Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, MBA, Department Head
Haley O’Brien, PhD, Associate Head, Education
Greg Rogers, PhD, Associate Head, Faculty Development
Yana Zavros, PhD, Associate Head, Research
Aaron Hodges, MBA, Department Administrator


CMM Program Directors

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

ABBS Executive Committee

CMM Representative: Casey Romanoski, PhD
 

CMM-Affiliated Core Directors

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell: Jared Churko, PhD
Phenotyping: Henk Granzier, PhD
Gene Editing/CRISPR: Nathan Ellis, PhD
Viral Production: Henk Granzier, PhD
BioDRoid Core: Yana Zavros, PhD
TACMASR: Yana Zavros, PhD
EMSS Core: Noel Warfel, PhD
 

Department Seminar Committee                       

Darren Cusanovich, PhD (Chair)          
 

Website Development Committee                     

Noel Warfel, PhD (Chair)
Gus Mouneimne, PhD
Becca Van Sickler, MEd
 

CMM Masters’ & Certificate Committee            

Lonnie Lybarger, PhD (Director)
Yana Zavros, PhD
David Bear, PhD
Ritu Pandy, PhD
James Proffitt, PhD
Chris Pappas, PhD
Committee Support: Sasha Verdugo
 

GPMM Graduate Studies Committee                    

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

Graduate Recruiting Committee                          

Curtis Thorne, PhD (Chair)
Lonnie Lybarger, PhD
Noel Warfel, PhD
Becca Van Sickler, MEd
 

Research Committee                                           

Yana Zavros, PhD (Co-Chair)
Henk Granzier, PhD (Co-Chair)
Jared Churko, PhD
Gus Mouneimne, PhD
Casey Romanoski, PhD
 

Genetics Counseling Program Committee       

Chris Stallman, MLS, MS, LCGC (Chair)
Valerie Schaibley, PhD
Nathan Ellis, PhD
Kathy Ben (ex-officio)
 

Appointment, Promotion & Tenure Committee                      

Henk Granzier, PhD (Chair)
Greg Rogers, PhD
Yana Zavros, PhD
David Bear, PhD
Julie Ledford, PhD
 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee                                         

Gus Mouneimne, PhD (Director)
Noel Warfel, PhD
Lonnie Lybarger, PhD
Ritu Pandy, PhD
Valerie Schaibley, PhD
Anastasia Amoiroglou    
                                

Faculty Annual Evaluation Committee             

Greg Rogers, PhD (Chair)
Casey Romanoski, PhD
Lonnie Lybarger, PhD
Julie Ledford, PhD
Ritu Pandey, PhD
 

Curriculum Committee                            

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

Joint Biology Research Retreat Committee                             

Darren Cusanovich, PhD 
Committee Support: Becca Van Sickler, MEd