The Curriculum Committee is comprised of faculty and staff from various AAMC and AACOM member institutions and other partner organizations who specialize in one or more of the following curriculum areas:
- Accreditation
- Data, reports, and visualization
- Evaluation, continuous quality improvement (CQI), and benchmarking
- Instruction and assessment
- Mapping and management
- Research
To advance our goals and enhance the field of medical education, recruitment is now open in the following areas:
- Virtual Community Champions: A team of people who wish to engage in conversation, network building, and resource sharing through the AAMC online community.
- Curriculum Mapping and Management: Group that focuses on identifying the needs of the community and targeting projects to best meet the common mapping and management needs of schools.
- Curriculum Survey: This group of members provides guidance and feedback on the survey’s future content, format, use of data, desired reports, and scholarship potential.
Nominations are due Friday, June 9, 2023, to curriculum@aamc.org. For more information on how to apply, visit our community page.
Current Curriculum Committee Members
Jennifer G. Christner, MD
Dean, School of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Lori DeShetler, PhD
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean for Assessment and Accreditation
The University of Toledo
Carolyn Dufault, PhD
Assistant Dean for Educational Technology and Innovation
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Jeanne Farnan, MD, MHPE
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
Samara Ginzburg, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Education
Associate Professor of Medicine and Science Education
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Nancy Hueppchen, MD, MSc
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education
Associate Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Paul Y. Ko, MD, MEd
Associate Dean, Curricular Development and Oversight
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Katie R. Maietta, MPPM
Director, Office of Medical Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Cinda J. Stone, MEd
Director, Pre-Clerkship and Curricular Management
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Leslie Wimsatt, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Assessment, Quality & Development
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines University
Julie Youm, PhD
Assistant Dean, Education Compliance and Quality
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of California, Irvine
AAMC Staff
Angela Blood, PhD, MPH, MBA
Director, Curricular Resources
Kaitlyn Leaf, MAT
Program Specialist
Asmita Singh, MS
Senior Curriculum Data Specialist
John Nash
Director, Business Operations
If you have any questions, please contact curriculum@aamc.org.