Health Sciences Center Council

Per FHB A64: Health Sciences Center Council the purpose of the HSC Council is to enhance the role and visibility of the HSC faculty in shared governance, particularly as it relates to the HSC, and to deliberate and act on behalf of the UNM Faculty Senate in all matters relating to faculty governance and shared governance of the HSC, consistent with the UNM Faculty Constitution, Faculty Handbook, Faculty Senate Bylaws, and with the policies of the Board of Regents and UNM.

HSC Council By-laws_2024-10-24 amendment.pdf

Meetings

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Roster

today

March 26, 2025

Chair

Roberta Lavin

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

Chair-Elect

Natalie Adolphi

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

Past Chair

Vacant

Support staff

Candace Lounsbury

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Started Jun 26, 2023

HSC Faculty Senators

March 26, 2025

College of Nursing

March 26, 2025

Voting

Roberta Lavin

Professor
College of Nursing

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

College of Nursing

March 26, 2025

Voting

Grace Murphy

Lecturer I
College of Nursing

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Jan 2, 2025 - Jun 30, 2025

College of Pharmacy

March 26, 2025

Voting

Krystal Ward

Lecturer II
Pharmacy Deans Office
College of Pharmacy

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

College of Population Health

March 26, 2025

Voting

Laura Tomedi

Assistant Professor
College of Population Health

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center

March 26, 2025

Voting

Deborah Rhue

Lecturer III
HS Library
Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center

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Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Natalie Adolphi

Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Akshu Balwan

Clinician Educator - Associate Professor
IM Pulm/Sleep/CC/Allergy
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Brandon Behrens

Clinician Educator - Assistant Professor
Acute Care Surgery
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Angela Cook

Assistant Professor
Dental Hygiene
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Michael Davis

Clinician Educator - Professor
Surgery Urology
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Eve Espey

Professor
OB GYN Reproductive Health and Family Planning
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Ramesh Gopal

Clinician Educator - Associate Professor
Radiation Oncology
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Pramod Panikkath

Clinician Educator - Professor
Anesthesiology
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Euriko G. Torrazza Perez

Clinician Educator - Associate Professor
IM Gastroentrology
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Mark Polhemus

Clinician Educator - Assistant Professor
IM Infectious Disease
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Kathleen Reyes

Clinician Educator - Associate Professor
Anesthesiology
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Patricia Siegel

Associate Professor
Pediatrics Occupational Therapy
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Codruta Soneru

Clinician Educator - Professor
Anesthesiology
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Rawan Tarawneh

Associate Professor
Neurology Adult
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Daniel F. Gallego Umana

Clinician Educator - Assistant Professor
Pathology
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Erik Watson

Clinician Educator - Assistant Professor
Dental Services
School of Medicine

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Aug 2, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

MingAn Yang

Associate Professor
IM Epi
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Xuexian Yang

Associate Professor
Molecular Genetics Microbiology
School of Medicine

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Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Vacant

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Vacant

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

Vacant

At-large

March 26, 2025

College of Nursing

March 26, 2025

Voting

Michele Head

Clinician Educator - Assistant Professor
College of Nursing

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Nov 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025

College of Nursing

March 26, 2025

Voting

Stephen Hernandez

Associate Professor
College of Nursing

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Nov 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025

College of Pharmacy

March 26, 2025

Voting

Linda Felton

Professor
Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy

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Jan 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2027

College of Pharmacy

March 26, 2025

Voting

Azizi Ray

Assistant Professor
Pharmacy Practice and Admin Scien
College of Pharmacy

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Aug 20, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

College of Population Health

March 26, 2025

Voting

Acadia Buro

Assistant Professor
College of Population Health

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Sep 4, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

College of Population Health

March 26, 2025

Voting

Elise Trott Jaramillo

Assistant Professor
College of Population Health

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Sep 4, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center

March 26, 2025

Voting

Deirdre Caparoso

Assistant Professor
HS Library
Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center

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Aug 26, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

David Savage

Assistant Professor
Medical Oncology
School of Medicine

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Oct 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

School of Medicine

March 26, 2025

Voting

John Scariano

Principal Lecturer III
Pathology Medical Lab Sciences
School of Medicine

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Oct 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2026

Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center

March 26, 2025

Voting

Vacant

Ex-officio

March 26, 2025

Faculty Senate President

March 26, 2025

Ex-officio

Non-voting

Cristyn Elder

Associate Professor
English
College of Arts and Sciences

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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025

HSC EVP

March 26, 2025

Ex-officio

Non-voting

Michael Richards

Interim Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
Clinician Educator - Professor
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine

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Started Aug 28, 2024

HSC Vice President for Academic Affairs

March 26, 2025

Ex-officio

Non-voting

Akshay Sood

Professor
IM Pulm/Sleep/CC/Allergy
School of Medicine

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Started Jan 12, 2023

HSC Vice President for Student Affairs

March 26, 2025

Ex-officio

Non-voting

Shelly McLaughlin

Interim HSC Vice President for Student Affairs
Senior Lecturer III of Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine

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Started Jan 10, 2023

Provost and EVP for Academic Affairs

March 26, 2025

Ex-officio

Non-voting

James Holloway

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Nuclear Engineering
School of Engineering

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Started Jul 1, 2019

Faculty Governance

Health Sciences Center Council

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March 20, 2025 HSC Council meeting
February 20, 2025 HSC Council meeting