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, three trainers from other departments, two MDTP student representatives and the MDTP Coordinator. The 2020-2021 MDTP Steering Committee is:
- Garret Suen, Bacteriology, MDTP Director
- JD Sauer, MMI, MDTP Vice-Director
- Jean-Michel Ané, Bacteriology
- Daniel Amador-Noguez, Bacteriology
- Caitlin Pepperell, MMI
- Mark Mandel, MMI
- Jason Peters, Pharmacy
- Nate Sherer, Oncology and Molecular Virology
- Adel Talaat, Pathobiological Sciences
- Madison Cox, MDTP student
- Sofia Romero, MDTP student
- Terra Theim, MDTP coordinator
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Additional MDTP committees 2020-2021
Admissions committee
- Mark Mandel, MMI, Admissions Chair
- Karthik Anantharaman, Bacteriology
- Jean-Michel Ané, Bacteriology
- Lindsay Kalan, MMI
- Yun Liang, MMI
- Wilmara Salgado-Pabón, Pathobiological Sciences
- Tu-Anh Huynh, Food Science
- Ruth Isenberg, MDTP student
- Phil Huss, MDTP student
Student-hosted speaker committee
- Katie Bultman, MDTP Student
- Kim Gutierrez, MDTP Student
- Erin Conley, MDTP Student
Recruiting committee
- Federico Rey, Bacteriology, Recruiting Chair
- Terra Theim, MDTP Coordinator
- Jennifer Tran, MDTP Student
- Emily Bacon, MDTP Student
- Joe Skarlupka, MDTP Student
- Mary Hannah Swaney, MDTP Student
- Carolina Mendoza-Cavazos, MDTP Student
- Shruthi Magesh, MDTP Student
- Amy Enright, MDTP Student
- Shane Roesemann, MDTP Student
Social Committee
- Shruthi Magesh, MDTP Student
- Cheta Siletti, MDTP Student
Diversity and Inclusion committee
- Garret Suen, Bacteriology, MDTP Director
- JD Sauer, MMI, MDTP Vice-Director
- Chuck Kaspar, Bacteriology Chair
- Rod Welch, MMI Chair
- Terra Theim, MDTP Coordinator
- Kari Straus, Bacteriology Administrator
- John Lawler, MMI Adminstrator
- Abbey Thompson, SciMed Graduate Research Scholars
- Madison Cox, MDTP student
- Rachel Salemi, MDTP student
- Jennifer Tran, MDTP student
- Carolina Mendoza-Cavazos, MDTP student
Incoming student advising committee
- Federico Rey, Bacteriology
- Joe Dillard, MMI
Student retreat committee
- Daven Khana, MDTP Student
- Katie Bultman, MDTP Student
- Lauren Lucas, MDTP Student
- Kim Gutierrez, MDTP Student
- Carolina Mendoza-Cavazos, MDTP Student
Social Media Committee
- Edna Chiang, MDTP Student
- Shruthi Magesh, MDTP Student
- Katie Bultman, MDTP Student
- Chelsea Crooks, MDTP Student
- Thy Nguyen, MDTP Student