{"id":188830,"date":"2020-12-22T14:47:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T19:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?page_id=188830"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:17:03","slug":"doctoral-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/faculty-staff\/teaching-and-learning\/doctoral-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral Programs Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW170303933 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170303933 BCX8\">The<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW170303933 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170303933 BCX8\">\u00a0Doctoral Programs Committee<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW170303933 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170303933 BCX8\"> oversees marketing, admissions, recruitment, retention, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170303933 BCX8\">curriculum<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170303933 BCX8\"> and satisfactory student progress to ensure that doctoral programs meet compliance and quality standards. It is chaired by the Research Master\u2019s and Doctoral Programs <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW170303933 BCX8\">Director, and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170303933 BCX8\"> includes the faculty directors of each PhD program, faculty representatives from departments who do not have PhD programs, as well as key staff from the admissions and ed<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170303933 BCX8\">ucation offices.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW170303933 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Committee membership includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/caitlin-brand\/\">Caitlin Brand<\/a>, Director, On-campus Educational Programs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/birgit-claus-henn\/\">Birgit Claus Henn<\/a>, Associate Professor of Environmental Health<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/marie-daniel\/\">Marie Daniel<\/a>, Director, Advising &amp; Employer Engagement<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/jaimie-gradus\/\">Jaimie Gradus<\/a>, Chair, Professor of Epidemiology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/kevin-lane\/\">Kevin Lane<\/a>, Associate Professor of Environmental Health<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/ann-marie-larese\/\">Ann Marie Larese<\/a>, Assistant Dean of Admissions<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/dolapo-longe\/\">Nikki Longe<\/a>, Registrar<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/kathryn-lunetta\/\">Kathryn Lunetta<\/a>, Professor of Biostatistics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/mary-murphy-phillips\/\">Mary Murphy-Phillips<\/a>, Assistant Dean of Students<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/kimberly-nelson\/\">Kimberly Nelson<\/a>, Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/steven-pizer\/\">Steven Pizer<\/a>, Professor of Health Law, Policy, and Management<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/allison-portnoy\/\">Allison Portnoy<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Global Health<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/yorghos-tripodis\/\">Yorghos Tripodis<\/a>, Professor of Biostatistics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Meeting Minutes<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2026\/03\/Doctoral-Committee-Minutes-1.30.26.pdf\">January 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2026\/03\/Doctoral-Committee-Minutes-12.11.25.docx\">December 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/11\/Doctoral-Committee-Minutes-10.23.25.pdf\">October 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/11\/Doctoral-Committee-Minutes-8.28.25.pdf\">August 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/11\/Doctoral-Committee-Minutes-7.24.25.pdf\">July 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/07\/Doctoral-Committee-Minutes_6.26.25.pdf\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/07\/Doctoral-Committee-5_22.pdf\">May 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/07\/Doctoral-Programs-Committee-3_27.pdf\">March 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/07\/Doctoral-Committee-Minutes-2_27-1.pdf\">February 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sph\/files\/__restricted\/entire-bu-community\/Doctoral-Committee-Meeting-Minutes-1.18.24.pdf\">January 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Doctoral Programs Committee oversees marketing, admissions, recruitment, retention, curriculum and satisfactory student progress to ensure that doctoral programs meet compliance and quality standards. 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