The University's Academic Council is responsible for addressing academic issues that affect the seven UTHealth Houston schools.
2025-2026 Members
Chair
- Dr. Robert D. Spears, School of Dentistry
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. Francesca Cole, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs (voting designee)
- Dr. Natalie Sirisaengtaksin, Assistant Director, Academic Affairs
- Dr. Wassim Chehab, Director, Curriculum and Faculty Development
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
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)
- Mya Rodriguez, SIC Vice-President and GSBS Representative
UTHealth Houston Ex-Officio and Ad-Hoc Members (non-voting members):
- Dr. LaTanya Love, Executive Vice President, University Affairs (ex-officio)
- 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)
- Kevin Sanchez, Program Manager, Institutional Research & Effectiveness (ex-officio)
- Dr. Sandra McKay, Co-Director, Quality Enhancement Plan (ad-hoc)
- Dr. Angela Gomez, Co-Director, Quality Enhancement Plan (ad-hoc)