Governance

Policies and administration in the MDTP are largely guided by the Steering Committee.  This committee is composed of the MDTP Director, the MDTP Vice-Director, two additional Bacteriology faculty, two additional MMI faculty, two trainers from other departments, two MDTP student representatives and the MDTP Coordinator. The 2026-27 MDTP Steering Committee is:

• Andrew Mehle, MMI, MDTP Director
• Jade Wang, Bacteriology, MDTP Vice-Director
• Federico Rey, Bacteriology
• Betül Kaçar, Bacteriology
• John Williams, MMI
• Marta Gaglia, MMI
• Marc Chevrette, Food Science
• Robert Landick, Biochemistry
• Heather Emery, MDTP student
• Cynthia Feng, MDTP student
• Terra Theim, MDTP coordinator

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