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<p class="MsoNormal">Good Afternoon PhD Students,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Graduate Program has been actively reviewing the program faculty and removing those no longer active within the program. Some of these faculty are now available as outside member for qualifying exam committee. These faculty’s profiles
have been removed from the <a href="https://biomed.ucr.edu/graduate-faculty">Graduate Program Faculty List</a>. We’ll continue to keep you posted if there are any additional changes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Scott N Currie<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor of Neuroscience<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Molecular, Cell & Systems Bio<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:scott.currie@ucr.edu">scott.currie@ucr.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Manuela Martins-Green<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Professor and Chair <br>
Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology <br>
Laboratory of Wound Healing Biology<br>
<a href="mailto:manuela.martins@ucr.edu">manuela.martins@ucr.edu</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Nicole Zur Nieden<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Molecular, Cell & Systems Bio<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:nicole.zurnieden@ucr.edu">nicole.zurnieden@ucr.edu</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The following individuals are not eligible for committees since they have left the university.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>David A Eastmond</b> – Retired July 2020<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor of Cell Biology & Toxicologist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Bio<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Kaustubh Gosh</b> – no longer at UCR, at UCLA since 2019<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor of Bioengineering<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hermila Torres</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
Student Services Advisor<br>
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program<br>
UCR School of Medicine<br>
<a href="mailto:hermila.torres@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">hermila.torres@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a><br>
<a href="mailto:biomedsci@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">biomedsci@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a><br>
Webber Hall 1143<br>
Office: (951) 827-4540<br>
Mobile: (619) 840-1505 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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