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    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

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

    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

    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.

    Call for members is now open! If you are interested in joining this dynamic committee, please send a CV and a 300 word statement of interest including what you would hope to contribute to great@aamc.org by Monday, November 6, 2023.

    Chair

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

    Vice-Chair

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

    Members-at-Large

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

    Santos I. Cayetano, MS
    Director, MSTP Administration
    University of Miami 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

    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

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

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

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

    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