Provost Antman Appoints Two at BUGSDM to Associate Provost Search Committee

Boston University Medical Center Provost Karen Antman has appointed Drs. Carlos Hirschberg and Raul Garcia to serve on the search committee to find the associate provost in the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS) . The group met for the first time Thursday, May 8.

The Chair of BUGSDM’S Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Dr. Hirschberg previously served on the committee chaired by BU President Robert Brown and Dr. Julie Sandell to determine the structure of the GMS.

Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research Chair Dr. Garcia currently serves on the BUGSDM Dean Search Committee.

"I am glad to learn that Provost Antman has chosen two of our School’s highly regarded faculty members to participate in this important task," says Dean ad interim Jeffrey Hutter. "Drs. Hirschberg and Garcia have served both BUGSDM and BUMC well in the past and are certainly up to the challenge of participating on this new committee."

"Furthermore, I believe it is important that our faculty contribute not only to the future of our own School, but also to a great future for the Medical Campus and University as a whole," adds Dr. Hutter.

"I look forward to serving on the committee," Dr. Garcia says. "The Goldman School of Dental Medicine has a long and strong relationship with GMS."

Dr. Garcia points to examples such as the GMS MA/PhD Program in Medical Nutrition Sciences, which was co-founded and is co-directed by BUGSDM Professor Dr. Elizabeth Krall Kaye, and the oral health track in the GMS MA Program in Medical Sciences, tailored for students interested in pursuing careers in dental medicine.

"Each year, 15 students enroll in this special track, taking the majority of their MA coursework at BUGSDM," Dr. Garcia says. "The successful program has created a pipeline of students, several of which are now DMD students at our School."

Director of BUMC’s Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Research Center and Professor of Biochemistry Dr. Gail Sonenshein chairs the committee.

Also on the committee are:

Dr. David Atkinson
Dr. Steve Brady
Dr. Jim Head
Dr. William Lehman
Dr. Mary Jo Murnane
Dr. Patricia O’Brien
Dr. David Seldin
Dr. Lisa Sullivan
Dr. Ken Walsh
Dr. Scott Whitaker
Dr. Glen Zamansky