{"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":"2026-03-13T08:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:08:35","slug":"meet-the-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/about\/meet-the-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Graduate Medical Sciences administration is an indispensable part of the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine community. Our staff supports the education, success and well-being of over 900 graduate students and postdocs throughout their career at the Chobanian & Avedisian SOM. Please visit our office<\/a>\u00a0or use the directory below.<\/p>\n

GMS Leadership<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n
\u00a0 \"\"<\/td>\nC. James McKnight, PhD
\nAssociate Dean
\nAssociate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
\nContact Sarah<\/a> for an appointment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Dr. McKnight\u00a0 joined BU in 1995 as Assistant Professor of Biophysics and is a structural biologist.<\/p>\n

Assistant Deans<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nTheresa A. Davies, PhD<\/a>
\nAssistant Dean, Masters Programs
\nDirector, MS Oral Health Sciences Program
\nClinical Associate Professor of Medical Sciences & Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nLaurie Craigen PhD<\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Dean, ad interim<\/em>
\nAssociate Professor of Psychiatry
\nMental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine, Core Faculty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nAndrew Henderson, PhD<\/a>
\nAssistant Dean, Doctoral Programs
\nProfessor of Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Barbara<\/td>\nBarbara Schreiber, PhD<\/a>
\nAssistant Dean, Alumni Affairs
\nAssociate Professor of Biochemistry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Directors<\/h2>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Gwynneth<\/td>\nGwynneth Offner, PhD<\/a>
\nDirector,\u00a0 MS Medical Sciences Program
\nAssociate Professor of\u00a0Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\n

Beth Bragdon, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
\nDirector of Summer Training as Research Scholar (STaRS) Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Brigitte<\/td>\nBrigitte Ritter, PhD<\/a>
\nDirector, Analytics & Admissions
\nAssistant Professor of Biochemistry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nKatelyn Carroll<\/span><\/a>
\nAssociate Director, Finance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\n

B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Gnangnon, PhD<\/a>
\nDirector, Professional Development<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Student Services<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMike Benac, M.Ed.<\/a>
\nAcademic Program Administrator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Millie<\/td>\nMillie Agosto<\/a>
\nRegistrar, Graduate Medical Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nShawna Lind<\/a>
\nAssociate Registrar, Graduate Medical Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Karen<\/td>\nKaren Francis<\/a>
\nSenior Assistant Registrar, Graduate Medical Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nBrendan Hoffses<\/a>
\nAssistant Registrar, Graduate Medical Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Graduate Affairs<\/h2>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Kimberly<\/td>\nKimberly <\/a>Arena, EdM<\/a>
\nDirector, Graduate Affairs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Business and Operations<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nGMS Operations <\/a>
\nOperations, Graduate Medical Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nVeralucia St. Cyr<\/a>
\nFinancial Administrator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Marketing & Communications<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nMike Bloom<\/a>
\nMarketing & Communications Specialist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nSarah Rowan<\/a>
\nCommunity Relations Specialist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nKaitlin Moua, MA<\/a>
\nAdmissions & Recruitment Specialist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/h2>\n

Administrative Staff<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nAndrew Best, MA<\/a>
\nOral Health Sciences Program Manager<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nKaren Carter, MA<\/a><\/p>\n

Masters in Medical Sciences Program Manager<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nJames Mazarakis<\/span><\/a>
\nProgram Manager, Program in Biomedical Sciences (PiBS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nSarah Mlynek<\/a>
\nExecutive Assistant to the Associate Dean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDevin Weaver<\/a>
\nMasters of Science in Medical Science (MAMS)
\nAdmissions Counselor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Graduate Medical Sciences administration is an indispensable part of the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine community. Our staff supports the education, success and well-being of over 900 graduate students and postdocs throughout their career at the Chobanian & Avedisian SOM. Please visit our office\u00a0or use the directory below. GMS Leadership \u00a0 C. […]<\/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":107017,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516\/revisions\/107017"}],"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}]}}