The Faculty Senate consists of 32 faculty members: 28 senators and four officers. Nine senators from clinical departments, nine senators from basic science departments, and two senators from faculty not billeted to USU represent the School of Medicine (SOM). Three senators represent the Graduate School of Nursing (GSN), three senators represent the Postgraduate Dental College (PDC), and two senators represent the College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS). Senators serve three-year terms and are expected to represent the common good of the university rather than individual constituencies. The senate officers are the President, the President-Elect, the immediate Past President, and the Secretary-Treasurer. Each presidential officer serves a one-year term. A new President-Elect is chosen each year, and after serving in that capacity for one year, becomes the Senate President. Following that, a one-year term as immediate Past president is served. Thus, it is a three year commitment. Beginning with the 2015 election, the Secretary-Treasurer will serve a two-year term. Senate elections are held each May, and terms of office begin in July.
2017-2018 Roster
Officers
President
COL Ellen Chung, MD RAD-SOM
President-Elect
Sara Contente, PhD PAT-SOM
Past President
Tracy Sbrocco, PhD MPS-SOM
Secretary-Treasurer
COL Anne Warwick, MD, MPH PED-SOM
SOM Basic Science Senators (9)
Name | Department | Term Ends |
Celia Byrne, PhD | PMB-SOM | 2018 |
LT Brian Kupchak, PhD | MEM-SOM | 2018 |
Jennifer Rusiecki, PhD | PMB-SOM | 2018 |
Pushpa Sharma, MD, PhD | ANE-SOM | 2018 |
Thomas Flagg, PhD | APG-SOM | 2019 |
Maj Kevin Semelrath, MD | MEM-SOM | 2019 |
COL John Barrett, MD, MPH | PMB-SOM | 2020 |
Natasha Schvey, PhD | MPS-SOM | 2020 |
LtCol Michael Stone, MBA, MIS | MEM-SOM | 2020 |
SOM Clinical Science Senators (9)
Name | Department | Term Ends |
Maj John Lichtenberger, III, MD | RAD-SOM | 2018 |
Maj Brian Neubauer, MD | MED-SOM | 2018 |
Simon Auster, MD, JD | FAM-SOM | 2019 |
Jeff C. Leggit, MD | FAM-SOM | 2019 |
Lou Clark, MFA, PhD | SIM-SOM | 2020 |
Bernard Dardzinski, PhD | RAD-SOM | 2020 |
He Li, MD, PhD | PSY-SOM | 2020 |
Minnie Malik, PhD | OBG-SOM | 2020 |
Viqar Syed, PhD | OBG-SOM | 2020 |
SOM Non-Billeted Senators (2)
Name | Department | Term Ends |
COL Sidney Hinds, MD | RAD-SOM | 2019 |
CDR Thomas Herndon, MD | MED-SOM | 2020 |
Graduate School of Nursing (3)
Name | Department | Term Ends |
Penny Pierce, PhD | GSN | 2018 |
Elizabeth Kostas-Polston, PhD | GSN | 2019 |
To Be Appointed | GSN | 2018 |
Post-Graduate Dental College (3)
Name | Department | Term Ends |
LCDR Gregory Ringler, DMD | NVD-PDC | 2019 |
CDR Jeffrey Wessel, DDS, MS | NVD-PDC | 2020 |
Col Nancy Motyka, DDS | AFD-PDC | 2018 |
College of Allied Health Sciences (2)
Name | Department | Term Ends |
To be appointed | CAHS | 2018 |
To be appointed | CAHS | 2018 |
