Standing Committees

Advisory Council to the Chair

Johannes von Lintig, Vice Chair for Research
Phoebe Stewart, Vice Chair for Educational Programs
Derek Taylor, Vice Chair for Innovation, Translation, and Entrepreneurship

 

Pharmacology Departmental Committee on Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure (DCAPT) 
Monica Montano, Chair of the Committee

George Dubyak, Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics 

Marcin Golczak

Beata Jastrzebska

Phoebe Stewart

Derek Taylor

Johannes von Lintig

Bing Cheng Wang, Director of the Division of Cancer Biology, Department of Medicine, MetroHealth

 

Strategic Planning / Physical Facilities Committee 

Johannes von Lintig, Chair

Jason Mears

Masaru Miyagi 

Youwei Zhang

Yuan Gao

Edward Yu

Melinda Zikursh, Chakrapani Lab Manager, Facilitator

 

Faculty Council Representatives

Pharmacology Representative: Monica Montano [2024-Present] 

 

Safety Officer

Melinda Zikursh, Department Lab Manager

 

Pharmacological Sciences Seminar Series and Special Seminars  

Wei Huang, Director

Beata Jastrzebska

 Johannes von Lintig

Youwei Zhang 

Chinyere Iweka

Zhemin Zhang

Student Representatives: Will Gregor and Haley Aharoni

 

Annual Research Symposium 

Beata Jastrzebska, Director 

Chinyere Iweka

Yuan Gao

Fang Chen

Student Representatives: Emily Novak and Anelise Hutson

Administrative Staff

 

Educational Oversight and Curriculum Committee

Phoebe Stewart, Co-Chair of the Committee; Vice Chair for Educational Programs

Jason Mears, Co-Chair of the Committee; Director of Graduate Pharmacology Education, T32 (MTTP) Director

John Mieyal, Emeritus Professor, Pharmacology Department

Marvin Nieman, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies

Johannes von Lintig, Vice Chair for Research, T32 (Visual Sciences) Director 

Marcin Golczak, Director of Undergraduate Pharmacology Education 

Monica Montano, Director of Dental Pharmacology Education  

Tawna Mangosh, Director of Medical Pharmacology Education and of MSTPS in Pharmacology

Youwei Zhang, C3MB Course Director

Amy Wilson-Delfosse, Adjunct Member

Student Representatives: ______

 

Master’s Curriculum Sub-Committee 
Phoebe Stewart, Chair

Tawna Mangosh, Co-Chair

Marvin Nieman

Johannes von Lintig

Marcin Golczak 

John Mieyal, Emeritus Professor 

 

Graduate Program Steering Committee 

Jason Mears, Chair of the Committee; Director of the Graduate Program, T32 Co-Director, 
Marvin Nieman,
T32 Director, Vice Provost of Graduate Studies

John Mieyal, Emeritus Professor, Pharmacology Department

George Dubyak, Professor, Physiology and Biophysics Department
Monica Montano,
Director of Dental Pharmacology Education  
Johannes von Lintig,
Vice Chair for Research 

Student Representatives: Emily Novak and Anelise Hutson

 

Graduate Student Recruitment GSR  

Phoebe Stewart, Chair of the Committee; BSTP Admissions Committee Representative

Jason Mears

Derek Taylor

Johannes von Lintig

Marcin Golczak

Fang Chen

Chinyere Iweka

Yuan Gao

Student representatives: Quinn Chapman

 

Qualifying Examination Committee 

Youwei Zhang, Chair of the Committee

Jason Mears, Co-Chair of the Committee, 

Phoebe Stewart

Johannes von Lintig

Marcin Golczak 

Beata Jastrzebska 

John Mieyal, Emeritus Professor 

Student Representatives: Will Gregor, Brendon Sheehan

 

Journal Club and Responsible Conduct of Research Sessions 

JC Committee Chair: Beata Jastrzebska

Sub-Committee 1: Beata Jastrzebska, Marcin Golczak, Chinyere Iweka, Edward Yu, Student representative

Sub-Committee 2: Phoebe Stewart, Jason Mears, Jack Su, Masaru Miyagi, Student representative

Substitute Graders: Yuan Gao, Fang Chen, Monica Montano, Tawna Mangosh

 

Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Officers 

Emily Novak, President

Anelise Hutson, Vice-President (President-elect)

Anna Dudziak, Secretary

NaShea Kendrick, Immediate Past President

Anna Dudziak and Sofia Caruso, Social Chairs

Mia Bruce, BGSO Rep

Will Gregor and Haley Aharoni, Student Invited Seminar Speaker Chairs

 

Pharmacology Course Directors

PHRM 529 – FDA Regulation in Entrepreneurship and Clinical Research
Instructor: Philip Cola

MGRD 530 – Regulatory Strategy and FDA Communications
Instructor: Patrick Mahoney

MGRD 531 – Patent Law and the Biomedical Sciences
Instructor: Craig Nard

PQHS 431 – Statistical Methods
Instructor: Thomas Love

PHRM/MBIO 434 – Mechanisms of Drug Resistance
Instructors: Edward Yu and Robert A. Bonomo

BIOC 434 – Structural Biology of Proteins, Enzymes and Nucleic Acids
Instructor: Vivian Yee

PHRM 466 – Cell Signaling
Instructor: George Dubyak

PHRM 475 – Protein Biophysics
Instructor: Matthias Buck

PATH/PHRM 520 – Cancer Biology and Therapeutics
Instructors: Amar Desai, PhD and Khalid Sossey-Alaoui

PHRM 525 – Topics in Cell and Molecular Pharmacology
Instructors: TBD Faculty Sponsor (Individual Research), Tawna Mangosh, Jason Mears, Phoebe Stewart

BIOL 526 – Cell Biology and Human Disease
Instructor: TBD

PHRM 527 – Pathways to Research in Translational Therapeutics
Instructors: Clinical Mentor (TBD), Tawna Mangosh, Jason Mears, Phoebe Stewart

PHRM 610 – Internship in Experimental Biotechnology
Instructors: Internship Mentor and Phoebe Stewart


Assignments Associated with Medical / Dental / Undergrad Education

Medical Pharmacology 

Tawna Mangosh, Longitudinal Pharmacology Curriculum Leader; Block 4 Co-Leader; Leader of Pharmacology Section in Block 4, Co-Director of IQ

Jason Mears, Block 4 Design Team Member - Pharmacology Section

  •  Inquiry Group Facilitators

Marcin Golczak, Wei Huang, Beata Jastrzebska, Masaru Miyagi, Phoebe Stewart, Jack Su, Youwei Zhang 

  • TBL/ Mid-Size Group Facilitators: 

Marcin Golczak, Jason Mears, John Mieyal, Monica Montano, Derek Taylor, Johannes von Lintig, Tawna Mangosh, Ed Yu  

  •  Portfolio Reviewers: 

Masaru Miyagi 

  • Peer Teaching Observers: 

Tawna Mangosh

  •  Interviewers of MD applicants: 

Derek Taylor 

  •  Medical Education Committees: 

Tawna Mangosh, Jason Mears

 

Dental Pharmacology

Monica Montano, Director of Dental Pharmacology Education, and Director of the Dental Pharmacology Course (REHE 254) 


Undergraduate Pharmacology

Marcin Golczak, Director of Undergraduate Pharmacology Education, and Director of the Joint Pharmacology BME undergrad/grad course (PHRM 309/409). 

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)  

 

Marcin Golczak, Director of the SURP and the ASPET-funded summer fellowship program