Meet the Staff

Graduate Medical Sciences administration is an indispensable part of the BUSM community. Our staff supports the education, success and well-being of over 900 graduate students and postdocs throughout their career at Boston University School of Medicine. Please visit our office or use the directory below.

GMS Leadership

Deborah J. Stearns-Kurosawa, PhD Associate Provost/Dean ad interim Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Contact Kimberly for an appointment

Dr. Stearns-Kurosawa joined Boston University School of Medicine in 2008 as assistant professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. Prior to that she was an assistant member at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and chief research scientist at a pharmaceutical corporation in Tokyo. She received a BS from Pennsylvania State University, a PhD in chemistry from Cleveland State University with graduate research at the Cleveland Clinic, and completed post-doctoral training in an Howard Hughes Medical Institute-funded laboratory at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. She holds multiple patents and for two decades has continuously served as principle investigator or co-investigator of numerous NIH and organizational grants investigating host-pathogen interactions and complications of coagulation abnormalities.

Dr. Stearns-Kurosawa was a core faculty member of the BU Faculty Innovation Network that supported development of the Innovate@BU initiative. A pioneering entrepreneurship resource for BU faculty, students and alumni, the university-wide program is designed to educate and provide resources regarding the nature of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial innovation, technology transfer and product development strategies.

She teaches immunology at BUSM to first-year medical students, and is director of GMS PA510 medical immunology and GMS PA810/811 Seminars in the Business of Science, co-director of SDM MD520/GMS OH700 General Pathology for dental and graduate students, and lecturer for several graduate and medical student pathology courses. She also serves on numerous School of Medicine and GMS committees.

Assistant Deans

	Theresa A. Davies, PhD Assistant Dean, Graduate Affairs Director, MS Oral Health Sciences Program Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences & Education
	Andrew Henderson, PhD Assistant Dean, Doctoral Programs Associate Professor of Medicine
	Barbara Schreiber, PhD Assistant Dean, Alumni Affairs Associate Professor of Biochemistry
	Gregory A. Viglianti, PhD Assistant  Dean, Operations Associate Professor of Microbiology

Directors

	Gwynneth Offner, PhD Director,  MS Medical Sciences Program Associate Professor of Medicine
	Fadie Coleman, MA, PhD Director, BLCS Program Assistant Professor, Medical Sciences & Education
	M. Isabel Dominguez, PhD Director, Summer Training as Research Scholars Assistant Professor of Medicine
	Brigitte Ritter, PhD Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Director for Data Tracking & Grant Support

Student Services

	Sherill Ashe Financial Aid Administrator
	Millie Agosto Registrar

Graduate Affairs

	Shuchita Rao  Data Administrator

Finance

Israel De La Cruz Financial Manager  Communications Specialist

Post-Doctoral Affairs

	Sarah Hokanson Assistant ProvostProfessional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs
	Amanda Bolgioni-Smith  Director of Professional and Career Development

Administrative Staff

	Kimberly Arena Executive Assistant to the Associate ProvostPiBS Program Administrator
	Farrah Belizaire Manager of Diversity and Inclusion
	Jorge Fortin Administrative Coordinator
	Vincent Moore OHS Program Coordinator
	Nancy Ferrer-Tatkowska Program Coordinator
	Ying-Ju Lai MAMS Program Coordinator