UICOMP Special Committees

Institutional Biosafety

  • Chris Gondi, PhD, Chair – Medicine
  • Michael Appell, PhD – USDA
  • Manu Gnanamony, PhD – Pediatrics
  • Krishna Kumar Veeravalli, PhD – CBP
  • Sergey Malchenko, MD, PhD – CBP
  • Shoji Samson, DO – Pediatrics
  • Kiran Velpula, PhD – CBP
  • Naomi Stover, PhD – Bradley Univ.
  • Kristin Grubb – Support

Laboratory Chemical Safety

  • Swapna Asuthkar, PhD, Chair – CBP
  • Indira Danturti, MD – Surgery
  • Ken-ichiro Fukuchi, MD, PhD – CBP
  • Christopher Gondi, PhD – Medicine
  • Manu Gnanamony, PhD – Pediatrics
  • Kristin Grubb – Support
  • Bill Sandy – Phys Plant
  • Krishna Veeravalli, PhD – CBP
  • Neil Price, PhD – CBP

Safety

  • Brittney Clark, Chair – Admin Affairs
  • Swapna Asuthkar, PhD – CBP
  • Shruti Chakravarthy, MD
  • Kelly Ciocca – Dean’s Office
  • Eileen Doherty, PhD – Academic Affairs
  • Manu Gnanamony, PhD – Pediatrics
  • Chris Gondi, PhD – Medicine
  • Lisa Roeder – Admin Affairs
  • Lynne Keeton – HR
  • Mindy Reeter – IRB
  • William Sandy – Physical Plant
  • Bento Soares, PhD – CBP
  • Tracy Soltesz, PhD – HSEP
  • Robert Tapp – CIS
  • Monzurul Roni, PhD – HSEP
  • Indira Danturti, MD – Anesthesiology
  • Manasa Kandula, MD

Institutional Animal Care and Use

  • Krishna Kumar Veeravalli, PhD, Chair – CBP
  • Wendy Bucklin, (Ex-Officio) – Research Services
  • Angela Daniels (Ex-Officio) – LACF
  • Sarah Dononhue, PhD – Research Services
  • Jenna Regan, PhD – HSEP
  • Emily Dawson, MS, Ed (Non-Affiliated Member)
  • Sergey Malchenko, MD, PhD – CBP
  • Mindy Reeter – IRB
  • Stephanie Sampson (Ex-Officio) – LACF
  • Rima Shrestha, PhD (Alternate Science Member) – Medicine
  • Junling Yang, PhD (Alternate Scientist Member) – CBP
  • Kiran Kumar Velpula, PhD – CBP
  • Emily Johnson-Barlow, MLIS (Non-Scientist Member) – Library of Health Sciences
  • Manu Gnanamony, PhD – Pediatrics
  • Lorissa Lamoureux, DVM (Alternate Attending Veterinarian) – UIC Chicago Campus
  • David Pinson, DVM, PhD – Attending Veterinarian Member – HSEP

Library

  • Michael Frasca, MD, Chair – Medicine
  • Swapna Asuthkar, PhD – CBP
  • Jim Ausfahl, MD – DFCM
  • Allan Campbell, MD – HSEP
  • Subramanyam Chittivelu, MD – Pediatrics
  • Aaron Costerisan, MD – DFCM
  • Joshua Croland, MD – OB/GYN
  • Jacqueline Fischer, MD – Medicine
  • Dominique Fons, MD – DFCM
  • Jon Fisher, PhD – HSEP
  • Chris Gondi, PhD – Medicine
  • Nitin Das Kunnathu Puthanveedu, MD – Medicine
  • Deborah Lauseng, AMLS – Library
  • Alfonse Masi, MD – Medicine
  • Glenn Miller, MD – Academic Affairs
  • Timothy Schaefer, MD – EM
  • Tracy Soltesz, PhD – HSEP
  • Bret Olson-Class of 2025 – Student
  • Basil Zakkar-Class of 2026 – Student
  • Zoe Demko-Class of 2027 – Student
  • Liam McCarthy-Class of 2028 – Student

James Scholar

  • Sara Donohue, PhD, Chair – Administration
  • Lisa Barker, MD – EM
  • Brian Bamberger, MD – Medicine
  • Amy Christison, MD – Pediatrics
  • James Crane, MD, MPH – OB/GYN
  • Pedro de Alarcon, MD – Pediatrics
  • James Flippin, MD – Surgery
  • Christopher Gondi, PhD – Medicine
  • Jessica Hanks, MD (Ex-Officio) – Medicine
  • Praveen Kumar, MBBS – Pediatrics
  • Lusine Demirkhanyan, PhD – Medicine
  • Sergey Malchenko, MD, PhD – CBP
  • Alfonse Masi, MD – Medicine
  • Kalyani Nair, PhD – Medicine
  • Jenna Regan, PhD, Secretary – HSEP
  • Bento Soares, PhD – CBP
  • Sandeep Tripathi, MD – Pediatrics
  • Kiran Velpula, PhD – CBP
  • Neelam Verma, MD – OB/GYN
  • Kevin Wombacher, PhD – Academic Affairs
  • Manu Gnanamony, PhD – Pediatrics

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