CMM Committees

CMM Executive Committee

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

CMM 2025–2026 Academic Program Review Committee

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

Appointment, Promotion & Tenure Committee

Henk Granzier, PhD (Chair)
Greg Rogers, PhD
David Bear, PhD
Julie Ledford, PhD
Casey Romanoski, PhD

CMM Curriculum Committee

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

Department Communications Committee

Gus Mouneimne, PhD
Becca Van Sickler, MEd

Department Seminar Committee

Darren Cusanovich, PhD (Chair)
Becca Van Sickler, MEd

Faculty Annual Evaluation Committee

Greg Rogers, PhD (Chair)
Lonnie Lybarger, PhD
Ritu Pandey, PhD
Casey Romanoski, PhD
Curtis Thorne, PhD

CMM Masters’ & Certificate Committee

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

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
Access, Community & Belonging: Gus Mouneimne, PhD

Shared Committees in COM-T

ABBS Executive Committee

CMM Representative: Casey Romanoski, PhD

CMM-Affiliated Core Directors

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

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
Becca Van Sickler, MEd

Joint Biology Research Retreat Committee

Darren Cusanovich, PhD
Becca Van Sickler, MEd