Office of Graduate Education

		The Office of Graduate Education is available to assist students, faculty and other staff members with any matters related to our graduate education and research training programs.  We are located in room R1-102 in the Founders Gallery of the Academic Research Building. (location on map)		Office of Graduate Education University of Florida College of Medicine 1600 S.W. Archer Road P.O. Box 100215 Gainesville, FL 32610-0215 Fax: (352) 846-3466
Wayne T. McCormack, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Education, IDP Director.  (352) 273-8603
Recruiting & Admissions		First-Year Students		Advanced Students
Ms. Valerie Cloud-Driver IDP Admissions Assistant Valerie coordinates IDP recruiting & admissions activities, appointments of new students, and liaison with the International Center, and she assists with special events & administrative meetings. (352) 273-8600		Ms. Susan Gardner Program Assistant Susan coordinates activities associated with the first-year of graduate study, including core course registration and grades, lab rotations, and COM Research Seminar Series, and she assists with special events & administrative meetings. (352) 273-8601		Ms. Teresa Richardson Program Assistant Teresa coordinates all fiscal matters, travel, advanced student issues, and the Graduate Student Organization, and she assists with special events & administrative meetings. (352) 273-8602

    College Administration

    Michael L. Good, M.D., Interim Dean of the College of Medicine

    Kyle E. Rarey, Ph.D., Interim Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs

    Wayne T. McCormack, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Education, IDP Director

    Basic Science Department Administration

Graduate Secretaries & Department Fiscal Staff

Graduate Education Advisory Council to the Associate Dean for Graduate Education:

The Graduate Education Advisory Council consists of the College of Medicine basic science department chairpersons, and is chaired by the Associate Dean for Graduate Education. This council is involved in overall policy decisions for the IDP, including policies that relate to education quality such as changes in the curriculum and enrollment of faculty from other Colleges in the IDP. The council meets on a monthly basis.

Henry V. Baker, Ph.D., Molecular Genetics & Microbiology	David Borchelt, Ph.D., Neuroscience
Stephen P. Baker, Ph.D., Pharmacology & Therapeutics	Marco Pahor, M.D., Aging & Geriatric Research
Robert A. Burne, Ph.D., Oral Biology	Elizabeth A. Shenkman, Ph.D., Epidemiology & Health Policy Research
James M. Crawford, M.D., Ph.D., Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine	Stephen P. Sugrue, Ph.D., Anatomy & Cell Biology
James B. Flanegan, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Charles E. Wood, Ph.D., Physiology & Functional Genomics

Advisory Board to Associate Dean for Graduate Education

The Advisory Board is a faculty committee that is chaired by the Associate Dean for Graduate Education.  This Board is made up of the Directors of the Advanced Programs, Directors of the first year (core) courses, Chair of the Graduate Studies Committee, Director of Graduate Admissions, two ad-hoc faculty members, two senior graduate students and the Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs.  The panel meets on a monthly basis, and discusses issues that directly influence the quality of education, such as the curriculum, development of joint degree programs with other colleges, formation of student- and faculty-run seminar series and coordination of student research presentations. 

ADVANCED CONCENTRATION DIRECTORS		COMMITTEE & DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES		GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES
Linda Bloom, Ph.D., Co-Director, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology		Michael R. Bubb, M.D., VA Coordinator for Graduate Studies, Dept. Medicine		Sara Palmer, IDP Student Advisor
Richard C. Condit, Ph.D., Co-Director, Immunology & Microbiology, Dept. Molecular Genetics & Microbiology		Edward K. L. Chan, Ph.D., Dept. Oral Biology		Brandon Sack, IDP Student Advisor
Susan C. Frost, Ph.D., Director, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology		Stephen Hsu, M.D., Ph.D., Director, MD/PhD Program		Andrew Tebbenkamp, IDP Student Advisor
Jeffrey Harrison, Ph.D., Director, Physiology & Pharmacology, Dept. Pharmacology & Therapeutics		Saeed Khan, Ph.D., Graduate Coordinators Advisory Council, Dept. Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine
Jacqueline A. Hobbs, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Director, Neuroscience, Dept. Neuroscience		Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Ph.D., Dept. Aging, & Geriatrics Research
Phyllis A. LuValle, Ph.D., Director, Molecular Cell Biology, Dept. Anatomy & Cell Biology		Marian C. Limacher, M.D., Advanced Postgraduate Program in Clinical Investigation (APPCI)
Laurence Morel, Ph.D., Co-Director, Immunology & Microbiology, Dept. Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine		Kyle Rarey, Ph.D., Interim Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs
Susan Semple-Rowland, Ph.D., Co-Director, Neuroscience, Dept. Neuroscience		Peter P. Sayeski, Ph.D., Dept. Physiology & Functional Genomics
Peggy Wallace, Ph.D., Director, Genetics, Dept. Molecular Genetics & Microbiology		Kathleen Shiverick, Ph.D., Dept. Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Glenn Walter, Ph.D., Co-Director, Physiology & Pharmacology, Dept. Physiology & Functional Genomics		Dietmar Siemann, Ph.D., Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, Dept. Radiation Oncology
		Sam Wu, Ph.D., Biostatistics Group, Dept. Epidemiology & Health Policy Research

Graduate Studies Committee:

The Graduate Studies Committee is a panel of faculty that acts as an Academic Status Committee for the first and second year students in the IDP. This panel reviews progress in each course throughout the year, and makes decisions on whether students will be allowed to continue in the program. This panel also deals with students who wish to enter the program with advanced standing. This committee reports directly to the Associate Dean for Graduate Education.
 

	Department	Advanced Concentrations
Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D.	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
David Bloom, Ph.D.	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology	Immunology & Microbiology, Neuroscience, Genetics
Bryon Petersen, Ph.D.	Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine	Molecular Cell Biology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Thomas Rowe, Ph.D.	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	Physiology & Pharmacology, Neuroscience
Susan Semple-Rowland, Ph.D.	Neuroscience	Neuroscience
Dietmar W. Siemann, Ph.D. (Chair)	Radiation Oncology	Physiology & Pharmacology
Maurice Swanson, Ph.D.	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology	Genetics, Neuroscience

2008 IDP Admissions Committee:

	Department	Advanced Concentrations
David Culp, Ph.D.	Oral Biology	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Physiology & Pharmacology
Steven Ghivizzani, Ph.D.	Orthopaedics	Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marguerite Hatch, Ph.D.	Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine	Molecular Cell Biology, Physiology & Pharmacology
Alexander Ishov, Ph.D.	Anatomy & Cell Biology	Molecular Cell Biology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jeffrey Kleim, Ph.D.	Neuroscience	Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology
Sally A. Litherland, Ph.D. (Chair)	Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine	Immunology & Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Joanna Long, Ph.D.	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Neuroscience
Drake Morgan, Ph.D.	Psychiatry	Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology
Shannon Pop, Ph.D.	Periodontology	Immunology & Microbiology, Molecular Cell Biology
Mohan Raizada, Ph.D.	Physiology & Functional Genomics	Physiology & Pharmacology, Neuroscience
Keith Robertson, Ph.D.	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Genetics
Thomas Rowe, Ph.D.	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	Physiology & Pharmacology, Neuroscience
Lei Zhou, Ph.D.	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology	Genetics, Molecular Cell Biology

last revised 7/16/08  wtm