{"id":1516,"date":"2010-07-19T10:21:03","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T14:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=1516"},"modified":"2026-07-19T05:52:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:52:56","slug":"meet-the-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/about\/meet-the-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Graduate Medical Sciences is the home of the Masters and PhD programs at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Our team supports the education, success, and well-being of our graduate students. Please visit our office<\/a>\u00a0or use the directory below.<\/p>\n

Leadership<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMatthew Layne, PhD<\/a>
\nAssociate Dean of Graduate Medical Sciences, ad interim<\/em>
\nAssistant Dean of Research
\nAssociate Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nLaurie Craigen PhD<\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Dean of Graduate Medical Sciences, ad interim<\/em>
\nAssociate Professor of Psychiatry, Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Brigitte<\/td>\nBrigitte Ritter, PhD<\/a>
\nDirector, Analytics & Admissions
\nAssistant Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nKatelyn Carroll<\/span><\/a>
\nAssociate Director, Finance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Kimberly<\/td>\nKimberly <\/a>Arena, EdM<\/a>
\nDirector, Graduate Affairs<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nB\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Gnangnon, PhD<\/a>
\nDirector, Professional Development<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Millie<\/td>\nMillie Agosto<\/a>
\nRegistrar, Graduate Medical Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Staff<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMike Benac, M.Ed.<\/a>
\nAcademic Program Administrator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMike Bloom<\/a>
\nMarketing & Communications Specialist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Karen<\/td>\nKaren Francis<\/a>
\nSenior Assistant Registrar, Graduate Medical Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nJames Mazarakis<\/span><\/a>
\nProgram Manager, Program in Biomedical Sciences (PiBS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nKaitlin Moua, MA<\/a>
\nAdmissions & Recruitment Specialist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\nVeralucia St. Cyr<\/a>
\nFinancial Administrator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJoddy Nwankwo
\nAdministrative manager<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Graduate Medical Sciences is the home of the Masters and PhD programs at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Our team supports the education, success, and well-being of our graduate students. Please visit our office\u00a0or use the directory below. Leadership Matthew Layne, PhD Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Sciences, ad interim Assistant Dean […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1516"}],"version-history":[{"count":69,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107890,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516\/revisions\/107890"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}