Standing Committees

The following is a list of standing committees within the School of Health Professions, including each purpose, chair, and membership.

Centralize resources and information to address issues within SHP. 

Chair: Dr. William Undie
 

Members

• Dr. Hady Abdin, Assistant Professor, SHP
• Mark Bailey, Associate Professor, SHP
• Dr. Catherine Bammert, Assistant Professor, SHP
• Dr. Suzieann Bass, Assistant Professor, SHP
• Dr. Ryan Beard, Director, Academic Accreditation, E&T
• Heather Beckles-Bright, Director, Student and Financial Services, UTH
• Kevin Burnett, Associate Dean for Management, UTH
• Dr. Kevin Clark, Associate Professor, SHP
  
• Dr. Mary Coolbaugh-Murphy, Assistant Professor, SHP
• Dr. Mahsa, Dehghanpour, Professor, SHP
• Celete Dennis, Director, Leave and Accommodations, MDA
• Nghi Do-Ferreira, Program Manager, Recruitment, SHP
• Mena El-Sharkawi, Program Manager, E&T Publications, MDA
• James Fore, Assistant Director, Student Financial Services, UTH
• Amy Gentry, Senior Legal Officer, MDA
• Dr. Dyaz Godfrey, Associate Director, Academic Affairs, SHP
• Dr. Brandy Greenhill, Professor, SHP
• Dr. Jun Gu, Professor, SHP

Subcommittee of the AAC.

Review and recommend policies concerning the grading, examinations, academic and nonacademic disciplinary matters.

To assess and track student learning outcomes for quality improvement and reportingfor program and institutional accreditation. The SLO Assessment Committee meets twice a year with the first meeting atthe beginning of the school year (Aug/Sep) to finalize assessment plans and begin the new academic year plans. Thecommittee meets again towards the middle of the year (Dec/Jan) to follow up on any items or discuss any issues thatarose from assessment findings. Any additional meetings would be scheduled as needed.

Chair: Dr. Shawn Caldwell (Radiation Therapy)

Members

Ex-Officio Members

Dr. Ryan Beard, Dr. Dyaz Godfrey, Dr. Mary Sizemore

Subcommittee of the AAC.

Review and update the school’s annual cataloge and determine appropriate alignment of its content with the school’s web site. The committee will ensure that public information on the web site is maintained, well-organized and easily assessable to the public.

Subcommittee of the AAC.

• Review all changes proposed by each academic program, including all program currcilum changes.
• Review SHP programs Student Handbook and determine consistency and alignment of policy and procedure guidelines for students in all programs.
• Establish a timeline for submission of all requests for consideration.

To provide centralized coordination and support for the School of Health Professionswith the following aspects of educational technology: software and hardware requests, software and hardware review,security clearance, contracts, purchasing, installation, training, and maintenance. The ETAC Committee meets monthlywith the first meeting at the beginning of the school year (Aug/Sep). The committee will report updates at the monthlyAcademic Affairs Committee meetings. Any additional meetings would be scheduled as needed.

Co-Chair:   Dr. Rey Trevino
Co-Chair:   Francisco Vergeray

Members

Ex-Officio Members

Shibu Mathews

Subcommittee of the AAC.

• Review and propose revision to SHP and institutional policies that affect faculty and student responsibilities.
• Determine the feasibility of creating and maintaining an Education Policy Library for SHP.
• Present recommendations and proposals to the chair of AAC for discussion and approval.

Subcommittee of the AAC.

Responsible for coordinating scholarships awarded by the SHP using donor funds provided by the MD Anderson Development Office. Includes

• Calling for faculty/staff reviewers of applications.
• Evaluating applicants for eligibility.
• Reviewing the ranking and matches the candidate’s application with donor-specific criteria.
• Communicating the decision to the chair of AAC and the Dean.
• Notifying the scholarship recipients of the award.

To create and implement events throughout the year to unite, support and motivate the students, faculty, and staff in the School of Health Professions in effort to help reduce burn out and support wellness. One member from each program will sit on the committee for a term of one year. This committee will meet as needed to plan and coordinate events.

Chair: Dr. Delores Whiteing (Radiation Therapy)

Members

Ex-Officio Members

Shibu Mathews

Subcommittee of the AAC.

• Oversees all students’ academic and scholarship recognition awards.
• Notify students of all recognition for academic and leadership achievement.
• Coordinate the required application packets and notification for presentation and publication of all awards.

Subcommittee of the AAC.

• Communicate with each program the resources that are available to students seeking tutorial assistance.
• Evaluate and present a plan and budget for the program.Review all applications for tutor selection.
• Evaluate benefits and challenges for hosting tutoring sessions face-to-face and online.
• Propose criteria for recommending tutoring services to students.
• Review consideration to have individual and group tutorial sessions.