The University's Academic Council is responsible for addressing academic issues that affect the seven UTHealth Houston schools.
2024-2025 Members
Chair
Dr. Susan Fenton, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
Representatives
McWILLIAMS SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS
Dr. Susan Fenton, Vice Dean for Education (voting member)
- Chelsea Overstreet, Assistant Director, Academic Affairs and Communication (interim alternate member)
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Dr. Robert D. Spears, Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs (voting member)
Tala Hasbini, Director, Education and Assessment (voting designee)
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Dr. Jeffrey Frost, Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs (voting member)
Dr. Natalie Sirisaengtaksin, Assistant Director, Academic Affairs
McGOVERN MEDICAL SCHOOL
Dr. Mark Hormann, Vice Dean of Educational Programs (voting member)
Dr. Allison Ownby, Associate Dean for Educational Programs
Dr. Sam Neher, Director of Accreditation & Continuous Quality Improvement
- Elizabeth Green, Manager, Curriculum Support (alternate member)
CIZIK SCHOOL OF NURSING
Dr. Cathy Rozmus, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs (voting member)
Dr. Susan Ruppert, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Dr. Teng-Yuan (Erica) Yu, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Dr. Constance Johnson, Associate Dean for Research
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Dr. Susan Tortolero-Emery, Sr. Associate Dean for Academic and Research Affairs (voting member)
Sarah Donahue, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, and Student Services (voting designee)
Kathryn (Kate) McMillan, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs
SCHOOL OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SCIENCES
Dr. Scott Lane, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs (voting member)
Christina Haigler, Assistant Director, Academic Affairs (alternate member)
Student InterCouncil Representative (non-voting member)
Paula Bender, SIC Vice-President and GSBS Representative
UTHealth Houston Ex-Officio and Ad-Hoc Members (non-voting members):
Dr. Kevin Morano, Senior Vice President for Academic and Faculty Affairs (ex-officio)
Deanne M. Hernandez, Assistant Vice President, Institutional Research, Assessment and Accreditation (ex-officio)
Dr. Diana Keosayian, Director, Institutional Research and Effectiveness (ex-officio)
Nesh Aqrawi, Associate Director, Academic Administration (ex-officio)
Leslie Beckman, Director, Office of Postdoctoral Fellows (ad-hoc)
Dr. Sandra McKay, Co-Director, Quality Enhancement Plan (ad-hoc)
Dr. Angela Gomez, Co-Director, Quality Enhancement Plan (ad-hoc)
