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EPC Purpose
The Educational Policy Committee shall be responsible for studying and making recommendations to the Dean regarding modification of or additions to the School of Public Health Educational Policies and education issues of school-wide importance, including but not limited to periodic review of core area education requirements for the School of Public Health, review and monitoring of existing courses, approval of proposed courses, review of proposed degree programs and providing a forum for negotiating course requirement issues.
Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month, from 12:00pm to 1:30pm via Zoom.
Committee Composition
The membership shall consist of one faculty member for each cluster of School of Public health and Graduate School programs plus one student representative. Other significant educational activities may be represented as the Educational Policy Committee shall decide. Vacancies will be filled through appointment by the Dean upon recommendation of the respective program director, directors of graduate studies, and a student senate representative.
Current Committee Membership
Voting Members
- Silvia Balbo (Environmental Health Sciences MS & PhD)
- Jeff Bender (Public Health Practice MPH)
- Zobeida Bonilla (Maternal and Child Health MPH)
- Stuart Grande (Public Health Administration and Policy MPH)
- Weihua Guan (Biostatistics MS/PhD)
- Karen Kuntz (Health Services Research, Policy & Administration MS & PhD)
- Kamakshi Lakshminarayan (Clincial Research MS)
- Jennifer Linde (Community Health Promotion MPH, Vice chair)
- Susan Mason (Epidemiology PhD)
- Ruby Nguyen (Public Health BA)
- Pete Raynor (Occupational Hygiene MS and PhD)
- Matt Simcik (Environmental Health MPH, Chair)
- Jamie Stang (Public Health Nutrition MPH)
- Katie White (Healthcare Administration MHA)
- Rachel Widome (Epidemiology MPH)
- Julian Wolfson (Public Health Data Science MPH)
- Rebecca Wurtz (Public Health Administration and Policy MPH)
Ex Officio Members
- Ellyn Buchanan, Director of E-Learning Services
- Ellen Demerath, EpiCH Division Training Committee Chair
- Emily Dunsworth, Assistant Dean for Recruitment & Enrollment
- Anne Marie Hotop, CEPH Accreditation Coordinator
- Sara Hurley, Assistant Dean for Learning Innovations
- Lauren Jones, Director of Diversity, Equity& Inclusion
- Quin Nelson, SPH Student Senate
- Jennifer Porter, Assistant Dean for Enrolled Student Experience
- Drew Smith, Scholarship Coordinator
- Sarah Summerbell, GPC Representative
- Mercedes Taneja, Applied Practice Coordinator
- Elizabeth Wattenberg, Associate Dean for Education & Student Engagement
- Stefanie Wiesneski, Director of Student Records, Curriculum, and Compliance
EPC Curriculum Subcommittee
The Curriculum Subcommittee is charged with providing leadership for the development and implementation of all new undergraduate and graduate courses and programs. The subcommittee will review program and course proposals for learning objectives to meet educational goals, content, instructional hours, competencies, integration of themes, provide oversight to ensure academic standards are met, review for overlap and redundancy, etc. The subcommittee serves in an advisory capacity to the SPH Educational Policy Committee to recommend approval, concerns, additional recommendations, etc.
Meetings are held on the first Monday of the month, from 9:30am to 11:00am via Zoom.
Subcommittee Composition
The Curriculum Subcommittee consists of program directors and directors of graduate studies representing the various programs, and SPH staff appropriate to the subcommittee’s responsibility.
Current Subcommittee Membership
- Zobeida Bonilla, Program Director, Maternal and Child Health MPH
- Sara Hurley, Assistant Dean for Learning Innovations
- Jennifer Linde, EPC Vice Chair and Program Director, Community Health Promotion MPH
- Quin Nelson, SPH Student Senate
- Sally Olander, Biostatistics MS and PhD Program Coordinator
- Matt Simcik, EPC Chair and Program Director, Environmental Health MPH
- Stefanie Wiesneski, Director of Student Records, Curriculum, and Compliance
- Julian Wolfson, Program Director, Public Health Data Science MPH
- Rebecca Wurtz, Program Director, Executive Public Health Administration and Policy MPH
- Kristin Chalberg, MHA Program Coordinator
