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
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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
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Theresa A. Davies, PhD Assistant Dean, Graduate Affairs Director, MS Oral Health Sciences Program Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences & Education |
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Andrew Henderson, PhD Assistant Dean, Doctoral Programs Associate Professor of Medicine |
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Barbara Schreiber, PhD Assistant Dean, Alumni Affairs Associate Professor of Biochemistry |
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Gregory A. Viglianti, PhD Assistant Dean, Operations Associate Professor of Microbiology |
Directors
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Gwynneth Offner, PhD Director, MS Medical Sciences Program Associate Professor of Medicine |
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Fadie Coleman, MA, PhD Director, BLCS Program Assistant Professor, Medical Sciences & Education |
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M. Isabel Dominguez, PhD Director, Summer Training as Research Scholars Assistant Professor of Medicine |
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Brigitte Ritter, PhD Director for Data Tracking & Grant Support Assistant Professor, Biochemistry |
Student Services
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Millie Agosto Registrar |
Graduate Affairs
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Kimberly Arena Associate Director for Graduate Student Affairs Executive Assistant to the Associate Provost |
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Shuchita Rao Data Administrator |
Finance
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Israel De La Cruz Financial Manager Communications Specialist |
Post-Doctoral Affairs
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Sarah Hokanson Assistant ProvostProfessional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs |
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Amanda Bolgioni-Smith Director of Professional and Career Development |
Administrative Staff
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Farrah Belizaire Associate Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
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Jorge Fortin PhD Program Coordinator |
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Vincent Moore OHS Program Coordinator |
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Nancy Ferrer-Tatkowska Program Coordinator |
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Ying-Ju Lai MAMS Program Coordinator |