President Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., recently selected the individuals who will serve on the 2006-2007 Committee on Committees (COC). The COC is one of the Health Science Center’s 27 committees that convene to help develop our campus. The 2006-2007 members’ appointments are effective Feb. 1.
“I am pleased to appoint you as members to this committee that is extremely important to the Health Science Center,” Dr. Cigarroa said.
Congratulations to the following members:
• Patricia A. Brewer, Ph.D., assistant professor and chair of physical therapy
• David P. Cappelli, D.M.D.,Ph.D.,M.P.H., associate professor of community dentistry
• Daniel L. Dent, M.D., associate professor of surgery
• Donna D. Gardner, M.S.H.P., assistant professor of respiratory care
• Sara L. Gill, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor of family nursing
• Andrew P. Hinck, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry
• Pamela L. Larsen, Ph.D., associate professor of cellular and structural biology
• Claudia S. Miller, M.D., professor of family and community medicine
• Erica R. Oliveira, D.D.S., M.P.H., assistant professor of general dentistry
• Jan E. Patterson, M.D., professor and vice chair of infectious diseases
• Linda J. Porter, M.S.N., R.N., Ph.D., assistant professor of chronic nursing
• Maharaj K. Ticku, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology
• Jan M. Wilson, Ed.D., assistant dean for administration
Dr. Pamela Larsen will serve as the chair of the 2006-2007 COC.
Claudia Miller, M.D., professor of family and community medicine, is the 2005-2006 chair and noted that participation in campus committees is strongly considered when a faculty member is applying for promotion or tenure.
“The COC is well-balanced in seniority, ethnicity and gender,” Dr. Miller said. “We want a wide variety of individuals and we’re always on the lookout for committee members.”
The COC consists of two representatives from each of the five schools, the past-chair, an at-large staff member and the vice president for academic administration. Among many things, the COC is charged with communicating information and suggestions between each committee and Dr. Cigarroa. The representatives are also responsible for filling vacancies on the Health Science Center standing committees that the COC oversees, after approval from the president.
The COC nomination and election process began Nov. 1 and ran through Dec. 20. Faculty nominations to individual committees begin Feb. 1.
For more general information on our university-wide committees, click on:
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/.
