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Committees
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Executive Committee
Graduate Student Admissions
and Recruitment
Committee
Medical Student Committee
Curriculum Committee
Seminar Committee
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TRAINING
GRANT COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
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Executive
Committee
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| Alan Barrett |
Program Director |
| Gregory Lanzaro |
Chair, Curriculum Committee |
| Barbara Doughty |
Chair, Seminars Committee |
| Robert Shope |
Chair, Medical Student
Committee |
| Scott Weaver |
Chair,
Graduate Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee |
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| ex-officio |
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| Cary Cooper |
Dean, Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences |
| David Walker |
Director, Center for Tropical
Diseases |
Duties:
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Evaluate
credentials of faculty applying to join the training program.
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Biannual
evaluation of contributions of training faculty, including mentoring
skills of junior faculty
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Program
Director meets trainees at least once a semester
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Sub-committees
consist of
4-6 faculty representing different departments/graduate programs and will
serve 2-3 year terms. |
Graduate Student
Admissions and Recruitment
Committee
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| Scott Weaver |
Chair |
| Stephen Higgs |
Department
of Pathology |
| Robert Fox |
Department
of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics |
| Clifford Houston |
Department
of Microbiology and Immunology |
| Dennis Walling |
Division
of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine |
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| ex-officio |
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| Alan Barrett |
Program Director |
| Cary Cooper |
Dean,
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
| David Walker |
Director, Center for Tropical
Diseases |
Duties:
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Select
graduate students to be supported by the training grant.
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Prepare
and maintain web site.
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Prepare
and maintain electronic media.
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Prepare
and update annually the entry in Peterson's Guide.
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Prepare
and maintain computer disks of Training Program.
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Prepare
and maintain paper brochures and posters of training program.
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Participate
in Graduate School Recruitment Committee.
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Participate
in Committee for Diversity in Graduate Education.
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Curriculum Committee
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| Gregory Lanzaro |
Chair |
| Lynn Soong |
Department
of Microbiology and Immunology |
| Barbara Doughty |
Department of Pathology |
| Norbert Herzog |
Department of Pathology |
| David Gorenstein |
Department of Human Biological
Chemistry and Genetics |
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| ex-officio |
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| Alan Barrett |
Program Director |
| Cary Cooper |
Dean,
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
| David Walker |
Director,
Center for Tropical Diseases |
Duties:
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Review
periodically the interdisciplinary emerging and tropical infectious
diseases courses.
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Make
recommendations for revisions of courses.
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Assume
oversight of the core curriculum requirements.
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Identify
the need for replacement or revision of existing courses and or new
courses.
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Seminar Committee
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| Barbara Doughty |
Co-Chair |
| Stephen Higgs |
Co-Chair |
| Bruce Luxon |
Department of Human Biological
Chemistry and Genetics |
| Lynn Soong |
Department of Microbiology and
Immunology |
| Dennis Walling |
Division of Infectious Diseases,
Department of Internal Medicine |
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| ex-officio |
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| Alan Barrett |
Program Director |
| Cary Cooper |
Dean, Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences |
| David Walker |
Director,
Center for Tropical Diseases |
Duties:
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Plan,
oversee and organize Frontiers in Infectious Diseases and Tropical
Medicine seminar series.
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Review
trainees' seminar reports.
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Medical Student Committee
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| Robert Shope |
Chair |
| Barbara Doughty |
Department of Pathology |
| C. J. Peters |
Department of Pathology |
| Robert Tesh |
Department of Pathology |
| Joe Vinetz |
Department of Pathology |
| Scott Weaver |
Department of Pathology |
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| ex-officio |
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| Alan Barrett |
Program Director |
| Cary Cooper |
Dean,
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
| David Walker |
Director, Center for Tropical
Diseases |
Duties:
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Select
medical students for research training.
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Organize
mentors and research training of medical students.
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Review
research training experience of medical student following completion
of training.
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EXTERNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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Membership:
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| Barry Beaty, Ph.D. |
Director, Arthropod and
Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
CO |
| Peter Doherty, Ph.D. |
Chairman,
Department of Immunology, St. Judes Children's
Research Hospital, Memphis, TN |
| Richard Guerrant, M.D. |
Director,
Division of Geographical Medicine, Department of
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
| Donald Krogstad, M.D. |
Chairman,
Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of
Public Health, New Orleans, LA |
| Frederick Murphy, D.V.M., Ph.D. |
School of
Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, CA |
Duties:
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Provide
guidance and oversight of the training program.
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Visit
UTMB at least once every three years to evaluate and provide advice
for improving the training program.
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Advisors
will interact with both trainees and faculty during their visits
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Opportunity
to give talks and participate in mini-symposia during their visits.
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