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Leadership

Graduate Studies Leadership Team

H. Dele Davies, MD, MS, MHCM

Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Dean for Graduate Studies

Leadership Profile

Kendra K. Schmid, PhD

Executive Associate Dean, Graduate Studies

Iqbal Ahmad, PhD

Associate Dean, Postdoctoral Education & Research, Graduate Studies

Karen A. Gould, PhD

Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Success

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.

H. Dele Davies, MD, MS, MHCM	Dean for Graduate Studies
Kendra K. Schmid, PhD	Executive Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Karen A. Gould, PhD	Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Success
Iqbal Ahmad, PhD	Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Sophia Kisling	Graduate Student Association President
Mark D. Shriver, PhD	Applied Behavior Analysis (MS)
Moorthy Ponnusamy, 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
Edward S. Peters, ScD	Epidemiology
Tammy L. Webster, 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)
R. Katherine Hyde, PhD	IGPBS - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Michael Jordan Rowley, PhD	IGPBS - Bioinformatics & Systems Biology
Joyce C. Solheim, PhD	IGPBS - Cancer Research
Rakesh K. Singh, PhD	IGPBS - Immunology, Pathology & Infectious Disease
Andrew T. Dudley, PhD	IGPBS - Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
Erika Boesen	IGBPS - Integrative Physiology & Molecular Medicine Medical Physiology
Keshore R. Bidasee, PhD	IGPBS - Neuroscience
Justin L. Mott, MD, PhD	MD-PhD Scholars
Samantha M. Simet, PhD	Medical Anatomy (MS)
Gargi Ghosal, PhD	Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
Laura D. Bilek, PhD	Medical Sciences Interdepartmental Area (MSIA)
Nicole M. Rodriguez, PhD	MSIA - Applied Behavior Analysis
Joshua L. Santarpia, PhD	MSIA - Biological Defense & Health Security
Jennifer Larsen, MD, FACP	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
James K. Wahl, PhD	MSIA - Oral Biology
Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu, PhD	MSIA - Patient-Oriented Research
Roxanne Vandermause, PhD, RN	Nursing
Luis A. Marky, PhD	Pharmaceutical Sciences