Graduate Instruction Committee

Committee Meetings

The Graduate Instruction Committee (GIC) meets the third Monday of each month from 2 - 4 p.m.

Campus meeting locations:

• Bryan: MREB 2010
• Houston ALKB 412

Functions

The Graduate Instruction Committee (GIC) has oversight responsibility for the conduct and quality of graduate education provided by the graduate faculty of the College of Medicine, including:

• Curriculum review and development
• Policy development
• Review and analysis of programmatic data and activities

The GIC reports to and advises the Dean of the College of Medicine through the Chair. Recommendations of the GIC are subject to review by the Academic Council and the Dean of the College of Medicine.

Committee Members

Voting Members

• Robert Carpenter, MD MPH – MD Plus program director
• Julian Leibowitz, MDPhD – MDPhD program director
• Jon Skare, PhD – Medical Science program director
• Greg Allen, PhD – EDHP program director
• Rajesh Miranda, PhD – Professor, Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics

Non-Voting Members

• David Huston, PhD- Director of the Academy for Physician Scientists
• Carol Vargas, PhD – Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies
• Tejaswini Reddy – Student Rep for MD/PhD program
• Farah Wazir – Student Rep for MD Plus program
• Justin Keeney – Student Rep for Medical Sciences program
• Ian Murray, Student Rep for EDHP program

Committee Staff Support 

• Pamela Williams