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Standing Committees of the Department:

Admissions and Credentials     Appointments and Promotions

Comprehensive Exam               Curriculum

Faculty Executive                     Student Funding

Finance and Administration Advisory Board

Epidemiology Students Organization Officers and Representatives

Ad hoc Committees:

Curriculum Development     Diversity Affairs

Members for the 2007-08 academic year are listed with their contact information and a brief mission statement for each committee.

Admissions and Credentials

Members

Email Address

Year

Phone

Chair: Susan Sherman

ssherman@jhsph.edu

2007

4-3518

David Celentano, ex officiodcelenta@jhsph.edu20095-1356

Jean Ford

jford@jhsph.edu

2008

7-3564

Tiffany Garytgary@jhsph.edu20094-8280

Alvaro Muñoz

jvaldez@jhsph.edu

2008

5-2792

Liz Selvin

lselvin@jhsph.edu

2009

4-3752

Kala Visvanathan

kvisvana@jhsph.edu

2009

4-1112

student representative to be named

The Admissions and Credentials Committee reviews all applications for programs and degrees in the Department and, after consultation with faculty in the applicant’s chosen program of affiliation, admits students.  The Committee considers requests for waivers of required courses and verifies that each student has met the requirements for degree.  The Committee has seven members and is currently chaired by Dr. Lisa Jacobson.

Comprehensive Exam Committee

Members

 Email Address

Year

Phone

Chair:  Shruti Mehta

shmehta@jhsph.edu

2008

7-3837

Ben Apelberg

bapelber@jhsph.edu

2009

4-4962

Brad Astor

bastor@jhsph.edu

2006

2-2779

Manning Feinleibmfeinlei@jhsph.edu20094-0146

Eric Seaberg

eseaberg@jhsph.edu

2008

5-4320

The Comprehensive Exam Committee proposes and implements policy regarding the content of the examinations, develops and schedules the Comprehensive exam, notifies eligible students, supervises the exam, directs the grading of the exam, and sets passing grades.  There are five members.  The committee is currently chaired by Dr. Moyses Szklo.

    

Curriculum Committee

Members

Email Address

Year

Phone

Chair:  Steve Goodman

sgoodman@jhmi.edu

2006

5-4596

Brad Astor

bastor@jhsph.edu

2008

2-2779

Fran Burmanfburman@jhsph.edu20085-3926
David Celentanodcelenta@jhsph.edu20085-1356

Steven Cole

scole@jhsph.edu

2005

5-4342

Kay Dickersin

kdickers@jhsph.edu

2009

2-4421

M. Dani Fallin

dfallin@jhsph.edu

2007

5-3463

Tom Glass

tglass@jhsph.edu

2008

4-7028

Eliseo Guallareguallar@jhsph.edu20074-0574
Taha Tahattaha@jhsph.edu20094-5255
Andrea Villantiavillant@jhsph.edu20085-8168
Kala Visvanathankvisvana@jhsph.edu20094-1112

student representative tbn

2008

The Curriculum Committee considers proposals for new courses, course changes and course cancellations before they are submitted to the School curriculum committee.  The committee plans, guides, and evaluates curriculum for the Department as a whole, including course sequences and requirements, Department examinations, thesis and research requirements and other tasks as required.  There are seven members and Dr. Steven Goodman presently chairs the committee.

    

Student Funding Committee

Members

Email AddressYearPhone

Chair:  Chris Beyrer

cbeyrer@jhsph.edu

2006

4-5247

Haroutune Armenian

harmenia@jhsph.edu

2007

5-8720

Christopher Coxccox@jhsph.edu20092-2074

Greg Kirk

gkirk@jhsph.edu

2008

2-2038

Matthew Millermimiller@jhsph.edu20095-2714

Fran Stillman

fstillma@jhsph.edu

2008

7-6360

The Student Funding Committee oversees the distribution of various stipend and tuition scholarships.  This Committee, which previously functioned as a subgroup of the Admissions and Credentials Committee, now functions as an independent committee.  There are five members, and Chris Beyrer is currently the chair.

    

Faculty Executive Committee

Members

Email AddressYearPhone

Chair:  Josef Coresh

jcoresh@jhsph.edu

2007

5-0495

Cheryl Andersonchanders@jhsph.edu20094-0761

Homay Farzadegan

hfarzade@jhsph.edu

2008

5-3786

Nancy Fink

nfink@jhsph.edu

2007

4-3994

Jean Ford

jford@jhsph.edu

2009

7-3564

Janet Holbrook

jholbroo@jhsph.edu

2007

5-0930

Bill Moss

wmoss@jhsph.edu

2009

2-1165

Taha Taha

ttaha@jhsph.edu

2009

4-5255

Jon Samet (ex-officio)jsamet@jhsph.edu5-3286
The Faculty Executive Committee was established in February, 2004 and meets monthly.  The mission of the Committee is to represent the faculty and take on the responsibility and work of formulating solutions/policies for any Department issues, so that options can be clearly and succinctly presented to the full faculty for discussion and decisions.  Specifically, the committee will be responsible for (a) introducing and discussing issues and/or decisions related to the Department such as resource allocation, recruitment and effort (b) formulating potential solutions/policies, and (c) presenting these solutions/policies to the full faculty and facilitating debate for decisions by the full faculty when necessary.  Any faculty member can set an agenda item for this committee to discuss by contacting a member.  All minutes from these meetings will be sent to the entire faculty.  There are nine members of the committee.  Dr. Josef Coresh serves as chair.

    

Finance and Administration Advisory Committee
MembersEmail AddressYearPhone

Chair: Kelly Welsh, administrative manager

kwelsh@jhsph.edu

5-3748

Eliseo Guallar

eguallar@jhsph.edu

2005

4-0574

Curtis Meinert

cmeinert@jhsph.edu

2005

5-8198

Frangiskos Sifakis

fsifakis@jhsph.edu

2005

7-2370

Taha Taha

ttaha@jhsph.edu

2005

4-5255

Susan Tonascia

stonasci@jhsph.edu

2005

5-3785

Hossein Bahrami, student member

hbahrami@jhsph.edu

2006

Clevetta Chandler, staff

cchandle@jhsph.edu

2006

4-1879

Matthew Miller, staff

mimiller@jhsph.edu

5-2714

Karen Steuernagle, staff

ksteuern@jhsph.edu

5-3227

This committee is responsible for reviewing and recommending policies and procedures as they relate to finance and administration issues in the Department.  This committee will also review the department’s financial status and recommend actions to increase revenues and control costs.  The Finance and Administration Advisory Committee meets monthly.
Appointments and Promotions Committee

Members

Email AddressYearPhone

Chair:  Jon Samet

jsamet@jhsph.edu

2006

5-3286

Harout Armenian

harmenia@jhsph.edu

2006

5-8720

Terri Beaty

tbeaty@jhsph.edu

2006

5-6960

Leon Gordis

lgordis@jhsph.edu

2006

4-1356

Curtis Meinert

cmeinert@jhsph.edu

2006

5-8198

Alvaro Muñoz

amunoz@jhsph.edu

2006

5-2792

Taha El Tahir Taha

ttaha@jhsph.edu

2006

4-5255

Neil Powe

npowe@jhmi.edu

2006

5-6953

The Appointments and Promotions Committee is the Department-wide committee responsible for reviewing recommendations for appointment to and promotion within the faculty ranks.  The committee also monitors the academic progress of faculty.  The Department’s Professors comprise the committee and meet periodically as recommendations are received.

    

Epidemiology Student Organization: 2007-08

Positionname and email

ESO Co-Presidents

Nrupen Bhavsar nbhavsar@jhsph.edu and Bridget Ambrose bambrose@jhsph.edu

Faculty Meeting Representative

Sara Lowther slowther@jhsph.edu

ESO Representative For Student Assembly

Jennifer Deal jdeal@jhsph.edu

Admissions and Credentials Committee Member

tbn

Curriculum Committee Member

Justin Lesler jlessler@jhsph.edu


  

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