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Committees

Abridged Selection Committee for the Head, Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Queen’s Health Sciences

Lynne-Marie Postovit, Head, Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences (DBMS), will be concluding her first term as head on June 30, 2024. Dr. Postovit is willing to be considered for reappointment.

In accordance with the procedures of Article 41 of the Collective Agreement between Queen’s University Faculty Association and Queen’s University, Queen’s Health Sciences (QHS) has established an Abridged Selection Committee, formed to consider the present state and future prospects of the Department. The committee will be tasked to conclude if there is a clear departmental consensus in favour of renewal and will provide a recommendation to the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic).

The composition of the Committee is as follows:
•    Dr. Jane Philpott (Chair), Dean, QHS
•    Dr. Katrina Gee, Professor and Associate Head (Graduate), DBMS
•    Dr. John Allingham, Professor and Associate Head (Research), DBMS
•    Dr. Andrew Craig, Professor, DBMS and Director, Queen’s Cancer Research Institute (QCRI)
•    Dr. Sheela Abraham, Assistant Professor, DBMS
•    Dr. Chantelle Capicciotti, Assistant Professor, Departments of Chemistry, Surgery and Biomedical & Molecular Sciences
•    Dr. David Berman, Head & Professor, Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine
•    Dr. Harriet Richardson, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
•    Michael Ambra, 2nd Year Biochemistry Student, QHS
•    Jaxen Smith, MSc Student, QHS
•    Yat Tse, Manager, Research and Laboratories, DBMS
•    Kristy Lodewyks (Secretary), HR & Staffing Operations Manager, QHS

At this time, we continue to invite written comments on the present state and future prospects of the Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences and the degree of support for the reappointment of Dr. Postovit as Department Head by March 15, 2024, using the linked Microsoft Office form. 

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