Administrative Structure
Program Funding
The ILS program is funded by contributions from the Office of the Provost, the Dean of the Graduate School, the Vice President for Research, the Deans of the participating colleges, and participating departments and institutes.
Director
Graduate Coordinator
Standing Committees
- Executive Committee, chaired by the ILS Director
- Graduate Recruitment and Admissions Committee (GRAC), chaired by the ILS graduate coordinator
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is composed of the heads or directors of participating Tier 1 programs and heads/directors (or a designated representative) of participating Tier 2 programs.
- ILS Director (chair) – Lance Wells (BCMB)
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – Christopher West
- Bioinformatics – Travis Glenn
- Cellular Biology – Mark Farmer
- Chemistry – Gary Douberly
- Entomology – Kris Braman
- Genetics – Nancy Manley
- Infectious Diseases – Fred Quinn
- Marine Sciences – Daniela Di Iorio
- Microbiology – Aaron Mitchell
- Neuroscience – Jim Lauderdale
- Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences – Shelley Hooks
- Physiology and Pharmacology – Gaylen Edwards
- Plant Biology – John M. Burke
- Toxicology – John Wagner
Graduate Recruitment and Admissions Committee (GRAC)
GRAC is composed of graduate coordinators or a designated representative from each of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 programs, T32 Directors, and a non-voting representative from the IG committee.
- ILS Graduate Coordinator (chair) – Eric Lafontaine (IDIS)
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – Zachary Wood
- Bioinformatics – Casey Bergman & Jan Mrazek
- Cellular Biology – Scott Dougan
- Chemistry – Jeffrey Urbauer
- Entomology – Kerry Oliver
- Genetics – Kelly Dyer
- Infectious Diseases – David Peterson
- Marine Sciences – Renato Castelao
- Microbiology – Xiaorong Lin (Graduate Recruitment; Advising, Elizabeth Ottesen)
- Neuroscience – Jesse Schank
- Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences – Jason Zastre
- Physiology and Pharmacology – Xiaoqin Ye
- Plant Biology – Shu-Mei Chang
- Toxicology – Nick Filipov
- Genetics T32 Director – Doug Menke (GENE)
- TEGD T32 Director – Silvia Moreno (CBIO)
- Glyocoscience T32 Directors – Jon Amster (CHEM) & Bob Haltiwanger (BCMB)
Program History
Founders (2009)
- Mark Farmer
- Jim Hamrick
Past Directors
- 2009-2010 Mark Farmer and Jim Hamrick (Co-directors)
- 2010-2013 Russell Malmberg
- 2013- 2018 Nancy Manley
- 2018-Present Lance Wells
Past Graduate Coordinators
- 2010-2019 Walter Schmidt
- 2019-present Eric Lafontaine