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

(Interim) Director of Graduate Studies
Graeme Conn, PhD
Department of Biochemistry

Director of Student Admissions
Homa Ghalei, PhD
Department of Biochemistry

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

BCDB Curriculum
Lefteris Michailidis, PhD
Department of Pediatrics

Qualifying Examinations
(Pending Election)

Faculty Membership and Review
Shashank Shekhar, PhD
Department of Cell Biology
Department of Physics

Communications
Bo Liang, PhD
Department of Biochemistry

Mentorship and Equal Opportunity (MEO)
Jennifer Kwong, PhD
Department of Pediatrics

Senior At-Large Faculty Members
Christine Dunham
Department of Chemistry

Junior At-Large Faculty Members
Robert Dick
Department of Pediatrics

Lindsey Seldin
Department of Cell Biology
Department of Dermatology

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 Representatives
Shuristeen Joubert
Jordan Goldy