Dean’s Advisory Committee on Diversity

The committee shall serve as a collective voice to the dean regarding diversity issues in the college including but not limited to input on LCME metrics, implementation of college diversity climate assessments and surveys, strategies to improve the diversity of faculty and staff to address needs across the mission areas, and of departmental and college metrics for diversity, equity, and inclusion. The group will survey and solicit input from the broad college constituency to improve college climate and culture on a regular basis.

Meetings & Minutes

Meetings: Meets the third Monday of the month from 5:30-7:30pm via Zoom
Notes: The term of office for members will be two years. Members may not serve on a standing committee for more than six consecutive years.

• 2024-2025 minutes
• 2023-24 minutes
• 2022 minutes

Dean’s Advisory Committee on Diversity Roster

The term of office for members will be two years. Members may not serve on a standing committee for more than six consecutive years.

Note: On 3/21/2022 the CAC approved the request to extend the terms of inaugural members by one year because the committee began late -- February 2022.

Elected Members

Elected Members	Department	Campus Location	Term Expires	Term
Farha Abbasi, MD	Psychiatry	East Lansing	8/15/2024	1st term
Omayma Alshaarawy, MBBS, PhD	Family Medicine	East Lansing	8/15/2025	1st term
Craig Cole, MD	Medicine	East Lansing	8/15/2024	1st term
Sabrina Ford, PhD	OBGYN	East Lansing	8/15/2024	1st term
Malik Khan, MD, FCCP	Medicine	Grand Rapids	8/15/2025	1st term
Aaron Nichols, MD	Medicine	East Lansing	8/15/2025	1st term
Adesuwa (Ade) Olomu, MD (Co-Chair)	Medicine	East Lansing	8/15/2024	1st term
Katryna Peacock, DO	Family Medicine	Lansing	8/15/2025	1st term
Kira Sieplinga, MD	Pediatrics & Human Development	Grand Rapids	8/15/2025	1st term
Sean Valles, PhD (Co-Chair)	Center for Bioethics & Social Justice	East Lansing	8/15/2024	1st term
Elizabeth Stanton – Staff	Pediatrics & Human Development	East Lansing	8/15/2024	1st term
Sarah Enlow – Staff	CHM Advancement	Grand Rapids	8/15/2024	1st term

Resident Physician in an MSU-Sponsored Residency Program (1)
PENDING		8/15/2025	1st term

Post-doctoral Fellow (1)
Jonathan Diedrich, PhD	PHARM/TOX	East Lansing	8/15/2024	1st term

Graduate/PhD Student (1)
Tim Michling	Epidemiology – PhD	East Lansing	8/15/2025	1st term

Medical Students (6)
Doyle Ford	ECE-EL	East Lansing	8/15/2024	1st term
Michaila Paulateer	ECE-GR	Grand Rapids	8/15/2024	1st term
Jasmiyne Hudson	MCE-EL	East Lansing	8/15/2024	1st term
Akhilesh Munagala	MCE-GR	Grand Rapids	8/15/2024	2nd term
Sujay Singh	LCE	Flint	8/15/2024	2nd term
Malcom Davis	LCE	Grand Rapids	8/15/2024	2nd term

Other Members

• Ex-Officio Members

  Aron Sousa, MD
  Dean

  Wanda Lipscomb, PhD
  Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
  Faculty Excellence Advocate 

  Lisa Lowery, MD, MPH
  Assistant Dean for Diversity and Cultural Initiatives

  Adesuwa (Ade) Olomu, MD
  Faculty Excellence Advocate
  (also serving as an elected member)

  Nara Parameswaran, PhD
  Associate Dean for Research

• Staff Assistant
  Allison Tilma