Curriculum Committee
2025-2026
Note: All faculty appointments shall be for a period of two (2) years unless otherwise noted.
The voting membership of the Curriculum Committee shall be composed of:
One chair, appointed by the executive dean (only votes in the event of a tie) and ten (10) faculty members, including seven curriculum faculty leaders, two of whom are curriculum directors (preclinical curriculum director and clinical curriculum director) and five of whom constitute the Curricular Liaison Team (patient encounter & subunit integration liaison, osteopathic patient care liaison, medical morphology liaison, small group & portfolio liaison, and longitudinal content liaison); and three faculty members from separate campuses, elected by the faculty at large.
The non-voting membership of the Curriculum Committee shall be composed of:
One co-chair, an associate dean from the Office of Medical Education; four PHWC students, selected by the committee, representing each year of medical education; one osteopathic medical education associate, determined in coordination with MEA course director(s); and six ex-officio members (senior associate dean of medical education or designee(s), a representative from the Office of Admissions and Student Affairs, chair of chairs or designee, associate dean of curriculum and/or associate dean of clinical education or designee, a representative from the Office of Faculty Learning and Advancement, and curriculum mapping specialist.
Voting Members
| Name | Title | End Term |
|---|---|---|
| Dawn Graham, PhD (Chair) | Social Medicine | 1st term ends 6/30/27 (A) |
| vacant | TBD, Athens | 1st term ends 6/30/27 (E) |
| Andrea Barresi, PhD | Biomedical Sciences, Cleveland | 1st term ends 6/30/27 (E) |
| Prince Adu, PhD | Social Medicine, Dublin | 1st term ends 6/30/26 (E) |
| Sarah Rubin, PhD | Preclinical curriculum director | n/a |
| Chrissy Fall, MD | Clinical curriculum director | n/a |
| Paige Gutheil Henderson, DO | Patient encounter & subunit integration liaison | n/a |
| Kristin Guilonard, DO | Osteopathic patient care liaison | n/a |
| vacant | Small group & portfolio liaison | n/a |
| Yuriy Slyvka, MD, PhD | Medical morphology liaison | n/a |
| vacant | Longitudinal content liaison | n/a |
Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
Chris Vinyard, PhD, Co-chair; Associate Dean, Curriculum, or designee
vacant, Senior Associate Dean, Medical Education, or designee(s)
vacant, Associate Dean, Clinical Education, or designee
vacant, Office of Faculty Learning & Advancement Representative
vacant, Student Affairs and/or Office of Admissions
Chair of Chairs, or designee (Chair of Chairs rotates every 6 months)
Lindsey Werrmann, Curriculum Mapping Specialist
TBD, 4 PHWC students representing OMS I - IV and 1 predoctoral medical education associate
TBD, predoctoral medical education associate (formerly osteopathic primary care associate)
Staff Support
Pam Cochran, educational operations coordinator