Student Competence Committee

Meetings

3 Monday mornings at the end of each semester, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm. Members can attend in East Lansing or Grand Rapids.

Student Competence Committee Roster

  • The term of office for members will be three years.
  • Members may not serve on a standing committee for more than six consecutive years.
  • Dorota Mikucki provides the names of Fellows of the Academy to Dr. Laird-Fick.
  • Elected Members
    • Omayma Alshaarawy, PhD (Family Medicine)
      Term expires 8/15/2022
      1st term
    • Eran Andrechek, PhD (Physiology)
      Term expires 
      8/15/2022
      1st term
    • Scott Counts, PhD (Translational Neuroscience)
      Term expires 
      8/15/2021
      2nd term
    • Joseph Junewick, MD (Radiology & Biomed)
      Term expires 
      8/15/2023
      1st term
    • Barbara Thompson, PhD (Pediatrics & Human Develop.)
      Term expires 
      8/15/2021
      2nd term
    • Lodewijk van Holsbeeck, MD (Radiology)
      Term expires 8/15/2022
      1st term
    • Cheryl Rockwell, PhD (Pharm/Tox)
      Term expires 8/15/2023
      1st term
    • Ana Vazquez, PhD (EPI)
      Term expires 8/15/2021
      1st term
  • Appointed Members
    • Nadir Abdelrahman, MD (Family Medicine)
      Term expires 8/15/2022
      2nd term
    • Bin Chen, PhD (Pediatrics and Human Development)
      Term expires 8/15/2022
      1st term
    • Raza Haque, MD (Family Medicine)
      Term expires 8/15/2022
      1st term
    • Michael McLeod, MD (Surgery)
      Term expires 8/15/2022
      2nd term
    • Narayanan Parameswaran, PhD (Physiology)
      Term expires 8/15/2022
      1st term
    • Josh Reynolds, MD, (Emergency Medicine)
      Term expires 8/15/2022
      1st term
    • Kelly Strutz, PhD, MPH (OBGYN)
      Term expires 8/15/2022
      1st term 
    • Deb Wagenaar, DO (Psychiatry)
      Term expires 8/15/2022
      2nd term
  • Fellows of the Academy
    • Cathy Abbott, Family Med
    • Jamie Alan, Pharmacology
    • Zakia Alavi, Psychiatry
    • Dennis Arvidson, Microbio
    • Steve Ashmead, Family Med
    • John Bardill, Microbio
    • Cindy Boynton, Internal Med
    • Laura Carravallah, Med/Peds
    • Marie Cole, Pediatrics
    • Sandy Cottingham, Neuropathology
    • Jennifer Ekkens, Emergency
    • Doug Ellinger, Radiology (sub)
    • David Elwell, Emergency Medicine
    • Mark Ensberg, Geriatrics
    • Larry Fitzsimmons, Surgery
    • Larissa Fluegel, Ethics/Hum
    • Steffen Genthe, Emergency
    • Clifford Hale, CHM
    • Kathy Keller, Family Med
    • Michael Madura, Gastroent
    • Joel Maurer, OB/GYN
    • John Maurer, Internal Med
    • Emily Miller, Peds
    • Al Moeller, Surgery
    • Patricia Nakfoor, CHM
    • Anthony Paganini, Physiology (sub)
    • Martin Romero, Emergency
    • Anju Sawni, Pediatrics
    • Jana Simmons, Biochem
    • Meredith Sprince, Emergency Medicine
    • William Stratbucker, Peds
    • Yuan Yuan Sun, Internal Med
    • Kripa Thakur, Pediatrics
    • Ryan Tubbs, Anatomy
  • Staff Representatives
    • Heather Laird-Fick, MD, Director of Assessment in the Shared Discovery Curriculum
    • Rob Malinowski, PhD/DVM, Associate Director of Assessment in the Shared Discovery Curriculum
    • Robin DeMuth, MD, Assistant Dean, Clinical Experiences