Leadership

Graduate Studies Leadership Team

Karen A. Gould, PhD

Interim Dean, Graduate Studies
Interim Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs

Jered Garrison, PhD

Interim Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies
Professor, UNMC Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Iqbal Ahmad, PhD

Associate Dean, Postdoctoral Education & Research, Graduate Studies

Terri Vadovski

Director, Graduate Studies

Graduate Council Members

The Graduate Council is comprised of graduate program directors and members of the Graduate Studies staff. The Council, in conjunction with the Dean, is responsible for Graduate College activities at UNMC.

Graduate Council Members
Karen A. Gould, PhD	Interim Dean for Graduate Studies
Iqbal Ahmad, PhD	Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Annant Kaur	Graduate Student Association President
Mark D. Shriver, PhD	Applied Behavior Analysis (MS)
Sushil Kumar, PhD Co-Chair Melissa Teoh, PhD	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (MS)
Jenenne A. Geske, PhD	Biomedical Informatics
Christopher S. Wichman, PhD	Biostatistics
JoEllyn M. McMillan, PhD	Environmental Health, Occupational Health & Toxicology
Ariane Rung, PhD	Epidemiology
Tanya M. Custer, PhD	Certificate in Applied Health Informatics Certificate in Quality Improvement Health Professions Teaching & Technology Healthcare Delivery Science
Tzeyu Michaud, PhD	Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research
Hongmei Wang, PhD	Health Services Research, Administration & Policy
Matthew C. Zimmerman, PhD	Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (IGPBS) IGPBS - Integrative Physiology & Molecular Medicine Medical Physiology (MS)
Rebecca E. Deegan, PhD	IGPBS - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jordan Rowley, PhD Co-Chair Shibiao Wan, PhD	IGPBS - Bioinformatics & Systems Biology
Joyce C. Solheim, PhD	IGPBS - Cancer Research
Rakesh K. Singh, PhD Co-Chair Lisa Rucks, PhD	IGPBS - Immunology, Pathology & Infectious Disease
Kyle J. Hewitt, PhD Co-Chair Gargi Ghosal, PhD	IGPBS - Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
Erika Boesen, PhD	IGPBS - Integrative Physiology & Molecular Medicine
Keshore R. Bidasee, PhD	IGPBS - Neuroscience
Matthew Zimmerman, PhD Co-Chair Bryan Hackfort, PhD	Medical Physiology
Justin L. Mott, MD, PhD	MD-PhD Scholars
Samantha M. Simet, PhD Co-Chair Travis McCumber, PhD	Medical Anatomy (MS)
Gargi Ghosal, PhD	Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
Joshua Santarpia, PhD	Medical Sciences Interdepartmental Area (MSIA)
Nicole M. Rodriguez, PhD	MSIA - Applied Behavior Analysis
Eric Carnes, PhD Lauren Sauer, PhD MSc	MSIA - Biological Defense & Health Security
Anthony Podany, PhD	MSIA - Clinical & Translational Research Mentored Scholars Program
Carol A. Casey, PhD	MSIA - Clinically Relevant Basic Research
Sharon J. Medcalf, PhD	MSIA - Health Practice & Medical Education Research
Thomas M. Petro, PhD	MSIA - Oral Biology
Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu, PhD	MSIA - Patient-Oriented Research
Roxanne Vandermause, PhD, RN	Nursing
Don Ronning, PhD	Pharmaceutical Sciences