Administration and Advising
The Comparative Medical Scientist Training Program is housed in the Department of Surgical & Radiological Sciences and is administered by the CMSTP Executive and Advisory Committees and the Program Coordinator.
Their primary missions are to select candidates for the program, ensure the smooth coordination between professional and graduate degree programs and to provide in depth and wide ranging advising to our students.
A CMSTP Advisor is assigned to assist each student in optimizing his or her degree program and progress.
The advisor is distinct from the major professor under which a CMSTP trainee will pursue their Ph.D.
Executive & Advisory Committees
The executive and advisory committee are headed by the Co-Directors of CMSTP and consists of ten additional faculty. Current members are:
- Dr. Sara Thomasy, CMSTP Co-Director
- Dr. Jereon Saeij, CMSTP Co-Director
- Dr. Charles Bevins, Executive Committee Member
- Dr. Melanie Gareau, Executive Committee Member
- Dr. Stephen McSorley, Executive Committee Member
- Dr. Renee Tsolis, Executive Committee Member
- Dr. Danika Bannasch, Advisory Committee Member
- Dr. Xinbin Chen, Advisory Committee Member
- Dr. Pamela Lein, Advisory Committee Member
- Dr. Fern Tablin, Advisory Committee Member