Essential Core Course Committee - Membership

Kimberly Topp, PhD, Chair
Anatomy Steward
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences

Tracy Fulton, PhD, Co-Chair
Metabolism & Nutrition (M&N) Course Director
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Abul Abbas, MD
Pathology Steward
Department of Pathology

June Chan, ScD
Cancer: Bench to Bedside (CBB) Course Director
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Carrie Chen, MD
Foundations of Patient Care (FPC) Course Director
Department of Pediatrics

Margaret Cooke
Second-year medical student

Anthony DeFranco, PhD
Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation (I-3) Course Director
Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Lloyda French, MS
Organs; Metabolism & Nutrition (M&N) Course Administrator
Director, Medical Student Programs

Kathy Healy
Director, Office of Curricular and Student Affairs

Katherine Hyland, PhD
CBB Course Director
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Cindy Irvine
FPC Course Administrator
Director, Office of Community-Based Education

Marieke Kruidering, PhD
Prologue Course Director
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Minerva Lee
CBB; M&N Course Administrator
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Eva Lo
Essential Core Curriculum Coordinator
Office of Curricular Affairs

Helen Loeser, MD, MSc
Associate Dean, Curricular Affairs
Department of Pediatrics

Alan Louie, MD
Brain, Mind & Behavior (BMB) Course Co-Director
Department of Psychiatry

Shirley Lowe
I-3 Course Director
Department of Microbiology

Dan Lowenstein, MD
BMB Course Director
Department of Neurology

Susan Masters, PhD
Life Cycle / Epilogue Course Director
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Chandler Mayfield
Assistant Director for Learning Technologies
Office of Educational Technology

Jessica Muller, PhD
FPC Course Co-Director
Department of Family & Community Medicine

Peter Ralston, MD
BMB Course Director
Department of Anatomy

Dana Rohde, PhD
Organs Course Director
Department of Physiology

Henry Sanchez, MD, PhD
Life Cycle / Epilogue Course Director
Department of Pathology

Jason Satterfield, PhD
Social/Behavioral Sciences Theme Leader
Department of Medicine

Doug Schmucker, MD
Prologue Course Director
Department of Anatomy

Kevin Souza, MS
Director, Office of Educational Technology
Associate Director, Office of Medical Education

Arianne Teherani, PhD
Assistant Director for Evaluations
Office of Medical Education/Educational Technology

Mary Zhang
Second-year medical student

Leslie Zimmerman, MD
Organs Course Director
Department of Medicine

Marya Zlatnik, MD
Life Cycle / Epilogue Course Director
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences