The Academic Standards Committee consists of one member from each Program. This Committee makes recommendations to the Deans on the following matters:
- appointment of faculty to all student Advisory and Examining Committees
- student plans in order to ensure that faculty policies concerning academic standards are met
- all scholastic disciplinary matters; the Committee acts as a panel to determine whether grounds exist for dismissal of a student
Members for the 2020-2021 academic year:
| Program | Member | Alternate |
| Medical Physics | Dr. Mohammad Salehpour; Chair | Dr. Jason Stafford |
| Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Dr. Jeffrey Frost | Dr. Guangwei Du |
| Cancer Biology | Dr. Honami Naora | Dr. Curtis Pickering |
| Genetic Counseling | Ms. Molly Daniels | Ms. Rachel Bluebond |
| Genetics and Epigenetics | Dr. Bin Wang | Dr. Shawn Bratton |
| Immunology | Dr. Qing Ma | Dr. Roza Nurieva |
| Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | Dr. Theresa Koehler | Dr. Heidi Kaplan |
| Neuroscience | Dr. Michael Galko | Dr. Sheng Zhang |
| Quantitative Sciences | Dr. Prahlad Ram | Dr. Liang Li |
| Therapeutics and Pharmacology | Dr. Ali Azhdarinia | Dr. Xiaodong Cheng (UTHealth) |
GSBS Administration:
- Dr. Bill Mattox
- Ms. Nicole Patterson
- Ms. Bunny Perez
- Dr. Natalie Sirisaengtaksin
- Dr. Eric Swindell
For questions about Academic Standards Committee matters, please contact Dr. Bill Mattox at 713.500.8802.
Meeting dates for 2020-2021:
- October 14, 2020
- November 11, 2020
- December 9, 2020
- January 13, 2021
- February 10, 2021
- March 10, 2021
- April 14, 2021
- May 12, 2021
- June 9, 2021
- July 14, 2021
- August 11, 2021
- September 8, 2021
The Committee will meet via WebEx until we are able to hold meetings in person. The meetings start at 9:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday of every month.