Leadership
GMS DEI Leadership
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Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD
Professor, Medicine, Biomedical Genetics Section
Director of Graduate Studies, Genetics and Genomics
Assistant Dean, Diversity & Inclusion
Director, BU Emerging Scientific Scholars Program (ESSP) |
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Karin Schon, PhD
Associate Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Assistant Dean, Diversity & Inclusion
Co-Director, BU Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) |
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Joseph Zaia, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry
Chair, DEI Steering Group
Associate Director, Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry |
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Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine DEI Team
https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/about/diversity/office-of-diversity-and-inclusion/deans-and-staff/
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Angelique Harris, PhD, MA
Associate Dean, Diversity & Inclusion
Associate Professor, Medicine
Director, Faculty Development & Diversity, Dept. of Medicine
Director of Faculty Development, BUMC
Office: A-206; 72 East Concord St.
Telephone: 617-358-7459
Email: busmdeia@bu.edu |
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Felipe Agudelo, PhD, MPH
Associate Director for Diversity & Inclusion
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Office: A-206; 72 East Concord St.
Email: busmdeia@bu.edu |
GMS DEI Steering Group
The goal of the GMS Diversity Steering Group is to improve diverse representation across GMS Master’s and PhD programs, and to provide a strategic and goal-focused forum to expand access to academic and professional opportunities for groups historically underrepresented in the biomedical sciences.
Members
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Christopher Andry, MPhil, PhD
Chief and Chair, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Family Medicine |
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Sydni Britton
Masters Student
MS in Medical Sciences |
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Linda Barnes, MTS, MA, PhD
Professor, Family Medicine
Program Director, MS in Medical Anthropology & Cross-Cultural Practice |
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Esther Bullitt, PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics |
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Jennifer Snyder-Cappione, PhD
Assistant Professor, Virology, Immunology & Microbiology
Director, Program in Biomedical Sciences (PiBS) Admissions |
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Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD
Professor, Medicine, Biomedical Genetics Section
Director of Graduate Studies, Genetics and Genomics
Assistant Dean, Diversity & Inclusion
Director, BU Emerging Scientific Scholars Program (ESSP)s |
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Theresa A. Davies, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Sciences & Education
Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Sciences
Director, MS in Oral Health Sciences |
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Sarah Dohadwala
PhD Student
Virology, Immunology & Microbiology Program |
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Maria Isabel Dominguez, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Summer Training as Research Scholars (STaRS) Program |
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Kara Vasilew
PhD Student
Department of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology |
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Andrew Henderson, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Sciences
Co-Director, BU Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) |
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C. James McKnight, PhD
Associate Provost and Dean Graduate Medical Sciences
Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics |
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Brigitte Ritter, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Director, Data Tracking & Grant Support |
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Shelley Russek, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics
Director, Graduate Program for Neuroscience |
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Karin Schon, PhD
Associate Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Assistant Dean, Diversity & Inclusion
Co-Director, BU Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) |
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Barbara Schreiber, PhD
Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Director, Program in Biomedical Sciences (PiBS) |
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Chelsey Skeete
PhD Student
Department of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology |
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Sean Tallman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Core Faculty, MS in Forensic Anthropology |
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Joseph Zaia, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Chair, DEI Steering Group |