2024-2025 Senate Executive Committee

Jacquelyn Svoboda, DNP, APRN, WHNP-C

Chair, Faculty Senate
SON Undergraduate Studies
School of Nursing

Sarah Samreen, MD

Chair - Elect, Faculty Senate
Department of Surgery
John Sealy School of Medicine

Shannan Rossi, PhD, MBA

Past - Chair, Faculty Senate
Department of Pathology
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

2024-2025 Faculty Senate Committees

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  • Clinical Committee
    Kelly D. Carmichael, MD - JSSOM
    Crystal Douglas, PhD, RDN, LD - SHP
    Juan Feng, PhD, MA, RN, CNE - SON
    Karren Lewis, MD - JSSOM - Chair
    Maria Micci, PhD - GSBS
    Rajkumar Rajendran, DCLS, MS, MLS (ASCP) CM - SHP - Co-Chair
    J. Nicholas Sreshta, MD - JSSOM
  • Education Committee


    Brian Downer, PhD - SPPH
    Amy Gonzalez, MD - JSSOM - Co-Chair
    Shinu Joy, DNP, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, OCN - SON
    Ananth Kumar Kammala, PhD - GSBS
    Juliet McKee, MD - JSSOM
    Diana Riddle, MSTM, MLS (ASCP)CMSBBCM - SPH
    Sarah Samreen, MD - JSSOM - Chair

  • Research Committee

    Laura Dickson, PhD - GSBS - Co-Chair
    Karthik Mani, OTD, MSc, OTR, FACOT - SPH
    Sheharyar Merwat, MD - JSSOM
    Monique Pappadis, MEd, PhD - SPPH
    Gabriel Reep, MD - JSSOM
    Parimal Samir, PhD - GSBS
    Christen Sadler, MSN, CNM, CNE, LCCE, FACCE - SON

  • University Committee

    Rebeka Watson Campbell, PhD, RN, CNE - SON
    Irma "Lisa" Cisneros, PhD - GSBS 
    Sharon Croisant, PhD - SPPH
    Claudia Hilton, PhD, OTR, MBA, FAOTA - SHP
    Sreeram Parupudi, MD, FACP, FACG - JSSOM
    Melissa Smith-Phillips, MD, PhD - JSSOM - Co-Chair
    Jacquelyn Svoboda, DNP, APRN, WHNP-C - Chair - SON