MSTP Operating Committee

The Operating Committee is the governing body of the MSTP, and also serves as the Admissions Committee. The Operating Committee consists of at least one faculty member from each participating graduate department/program within the medical school, plus two MSTP fellows. The current Operating Committee members are:

John K. Fink, M.D., Professor of Neurology (Neurosciences Program), jkfink@umich.edu

Stephen K. Fisher, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, skfisher@umich.edu

Thomas Glaser, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human Genetics, tglaser@umich.edu

Nicholas W. Lukacs, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology, nlukacs@umich.edu

Juanita L. Merchant, M.D., Ph.D. , Professor of Internal Medicine; Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, merchanj@umich.edu

Bruce C. Richardson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine (Immunology Program), brichard@umich.edu

Theodora S. Ross, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Cellular & Molecular Biology Program), Associate Director of the MSTP, tsross@umich.edu

Linda C. Samuelson, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, lcsam@umich.edu

Benjamin Singer, MSTP Fellow, singerb@umich.edu

Michele S. Swanson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, mswanson@umich.edu

Debra A. Thompson, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Chemistry and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, dathom@umich.edu

Robert F. Todd III, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Interim Chair of Internal Medicine, robtodd@umich.edu

Michael D. Uhler, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Chemistry, muhler@umich.edu

Deneen M. Wellik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, dwellik@umich.edu

William Zacharias, MSTP Fellow, wzachari@umich.edu