GREAT MD-PhD Training Section Leadership and Committees

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee manages the affairs of the Section and approves all committee appointments.

Chair

Andrew Zinn, MD, PhD 
Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Members-at-Large

Justin T. Baca, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director, MD-PhD Program
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Jennifer S. Davila, PhD
Administrative Director, South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program
UT Health San Antonio

Randy Seay, MA, MPA, MPH
Associate Director of Physician Scientist Development
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine

Marshall S. Horwitz, MD, PhD
Associate Dean, Physician-Scientist Education
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Professor, Department of Pathology (Adjunct, Medical Genetics and Genome Studies)
University of Washington School of Medicine

Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, MS
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Training
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Talia Swartz, MD, PhD
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Senior Associate Dean for MD-PhD Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Christopher Williams, MD, PhD
Associate Dean, Physician-Scientist Education
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Associate Director of the Harrison Society
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Communications Committee

The Communications Committee is charged with identifying tools and developing an inventory of resources to assist MD-PhD program directors and administrators. In addition, the committee will recommend appropriate avenues to increase the visibility of MD-PhD programs and propose to the group Steering Committee a communications plan that is based on the existing MD-PhD Section website, as well as other methods of information dissemination.

Co-Chairs

Talia Swartz, MD, PhD
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Senior Associate Dean for MD-PhD Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Megan Williams, PhD
Assistant Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Instructor, Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Members-at-Large

Deanna Baker Frost, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD 
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Medical College of Wisconsin

Sean Didion, PhD
Director, MD-PhD Program
The University of Mississippi Medical Center

Sandra Lemmon, PhD
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Andrea Liu
Assistant Dean of Admissions
Assistant Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Duke University School of Medicine

Cathy Quinones, PhD
Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Emory University School of Medicine

Alison Regan
Assistant Director, MD-PhD Program
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Alison Smolinski, MA
Program Administrator, MD-PhD Program
Penn State College of Medicine

Nancy B. Schwartz, PhD
Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs
Co-Director, Office of Graduate Affairs
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Director of the Kennedy Center
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Brian Sullivan, MA
Executive Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Linda Varvel
Administrative Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD, FACS
Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Professor of Surgery (Transplantation)
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson

Elias (Eli) Wisdom
MD-PhD Student
Oregon Health & Science University
American Physician Scientist Association Liaison

Ali Zarrinpar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Florida College of Medicine