Executive Committee

The M3D PhD Program Executive Committee consists of the M3D Director, Co-Directors, Administration, and elected Student Representatives from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year cohorts who serve in their positions until the end of their 4th year. 

The committee meets every other month throughout the academic year. 

Students are encouraged to raise issues they would like presented to the committee to the student representatives or in an email to an admin or director. 

Executive Committee Members 

What does the committee do?

The Executive Committee meets to plan programming and discuss the happenings of the program and community.

During closed-door sessions, separate from the student representatives, individual trainee well-being and progress-tracking discussions are held. For example, annual documents required of students and their mentors regarding progress are reviewed. In rare cases of academic warning or probation, the Executive Committee faculty are charged with reviewing and voting on progression.

The faculty of the committee also review claims from students regarding unfair treatment in the administration of Academic Policy, by a professor, PI, etc.–

“As outlined in Graduate School Policy 3.8.2. A M3D PhD student should initiate the local, informal process by meeting with program leadership to request a review of the issues and, in writing, clearly state the rationale for requesting an impartial review of the program’s probation decision. If members of the M3D Executive Committee are in conflict, three independent M3D program faculty and/or faculty from unaffiliated biomedical PhD programs will be recruited to review the specific details and determine whether the determination of probation is warranted. If a program-level informal conciliation process does not adequately address the student’s complaint, a student may submit a formal complaint to the Graduate School; the Associate Deans will review the details of the case, as outlined in Policy 3.8.” – The M3D 2023-2024 Handbook.