Graduate Faculty Council

The Graduate Faculty Council is the graduate faculty representative body providing oversight and administration of the graduate curriculum and programming. Meeting minutes are maintained by the COGS administrative coordinator and can be accessed by emailing cogs.staff@neomed.edu.

Chair

Julie Aultman, Ph.D.

Dean of the College of Graduate Studies
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Program Director, Medical Ethics & Humanities Program
jmaultma@neomed.edu

Administrative Support

Maya Deeb

Administrative Coordinator, College of Graduate Studies
mdeeb@neomed.edu

Council Members

Bernhard Fassl, M.D.

(Ex Officio)
Professor, College of Graduate Studies
Co-Program Director, Health Innovation & Design
bfassl@neomed.edu

Jessica Ferrell, Ph.D.

(Current term ends in 2028)
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
jfrancl@neomed.edu

Nathaniel Flath, CAA

(Ex Officio)
Assistant Professor, College of Graduate Studies
Program Director, Master of Medical Science in Anesthesia
nflath@neomed.edu

Erin Franks, Ph.D.

(Ex Officio)
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Program Director, Foundations of Medicine
efranks@neomed.edu

Alexander Galazyuk, Ph.D.

(Current term ends in 2027)
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
agalaz@neomed.edu

james Keszenheimer, Ph.D., M.B.A.

(Ex Officio)
Professor, BioInnovation
Co-Program Director, Health Innovation and Design
jkeszenheimer@neomed.edu

Amy Lee, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.

(Ex Officio)
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Program Director, Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health
afl@neomed.edu

Jeffrey Mellott, Ph.D.

(Ex Officio)
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Associate Director, KSU-NEOMED Biomedical Sciences
jmellott@neomed.edu

Priya Raman, Ph.D.

(Ex Officio)
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Co-Program Director, Basic and Translational Biomedicine
praman@neomed.edu

Brienne Seekford, CAA

(Ex Officio)
Assistant Professor, College of Graduate Studies
Assistant Program Director, Master of Medical Science in Anesthesia

Matthew Smith, Ph.D.

(Ex Officio)
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Co-Program Director, Basic and Translational Biomedicine
msmith13@neomed.edu

Philip Turk, Ph.D.

(Ex Officio)
Program Director, Health Data Science and AI
pturk@neomed.edu

Jodie Turosky, RPH, BCPS

(Current term ends in 2027)
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
jturosky@neomed.edu

Vivian von Gruenigen, Ph.D.

(Ex Officio)
Professor, College of Graduate Studies
Program Director, Master of Science in Health Systems Science
vvongrue@neomed.edu

Bradley Winters, Ph.D.

(Current term ends in 2028)
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
bwinters@neomed.edu

Scott Wisneski, Pharm.D., M.B.A., R. PH.

(Ex Officio)
Vice Dean, College of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
swisneski@neomed.edu