Program Leadership

The Executive Committee oversees the running of the program as dictated by the BCDB Handbook which are written and updated by the Executive Committee. Apart from the responsibilities listed below, the Executive Committee also conducts oral retakes of the written Qualifying Exam Part I.

Director
Mike Koval, PhD
Department of Cell Biology
Department of Medicine

Director of Graduate Studies
Larry Boise, PhD
Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Department of Cell Biology

Director of Student Admissions
Jitendra Thakur, PhD
Department of Biology

Rotations
Guy Benian, PhD
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Department of Cell Biology

BCDB Curriculum
Lefteris Michailidis, PhD
Department of Pediatrics

Senior Student Progression
Dorothy Lerit, PhD
Department of Cell Biology

Qualifying Examinations
Homa Ghalei, PhD
Department of Biochemistry

Faculty Membership and Review
Graeme Conn, PhD
Department of Biochemistry

Communications
Bo Liang, PhD
Department of Biochemistry

Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
Jennifer Kwong, PhD
Department of Pediatrics

At-Large Faculty Members
Robert Dick
Department of Pediatrics

Shashank Shekhar, PhD
Department of Cell Biology
Department of Physics

NIH Training Grant Principal Investigators
Larry Boise, PhD
Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Department of Cell Biology

Anita Corbett, PhD
Department of Biology

BCDB Student Representative
Will McFadden