The Program Director serves as chair of the Steering Committee and must be a full-time Washington University faculty with PMB as primary DBBS affiliation. Only Program members who are full-time Washington University faculty are eligible to participate in the selection of Steering Committee members and selection of the Program Director(s).
The Steering Committee is responsible for advising program directors and establishing Program guidelines. The Committee is composed of faculty whose primary affiliations are with the PMB Program.
PMB students select 1-2 representatives to the Steering Committee to provide feedback and suggestions from the students’ perspective. At least one adjunct faculty member from a partner institution also serves as a representative to the Steering Committee.
The current PMB Steering Committee consists of:
Program Director: Hani Zaher
Program Steering Committee: Josh Blodgett, Arpita Bose, Ram Dixit, Joseph Jez, Barbara Kunkel, Michele LeRoux, Petra Levin, Himadri Pakrasi, Jim Umen (DDPSC)
Graduate student representatives to the Steering Committee: Katherine Benza, Dong-gyu Kim
Program Coordinator: Lakrisha Smith