Pre-Health Professions Advisory Committee
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Pre-Health Professions Program
216D Phillips Hall, CPO #1411
One University Heights
Asheville, NC 28804
828.232.5167
The Pre-Health Professions Advisory Committee is responsible for coordinating advising and writing a committee letter of recommendation for students interested in seeking an advanced degree at a Health Professional School (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, etc).
The committee will be composed of seven members, three of whom will be permanent based upon their regular duties. The members are as follows:
- Director of the Pre-Health Professions Advisory Committee (appointed for a five-year term by the Provost and VCAA in consultation with the Deans). This person must be a member of the faculty.
- The campus physician or another health professional who is deeply interested in UNC Asheville (appointed annually by the Provost and VCAA).
- Coordinator of the Pre-Health Professions.
- Four faculty serving staggered four-year terms (appointed by FWDC in consultation with the Provost and VCAA).
Please send recommendations to the Director of the Pre-Health Advisory Committee who reports to the Provost and VCAA.
Committee Members
Amanda Rollins Maxwell, M.D.
Director of Pre-Health Professions Program, Lecturer for Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Office: 112 Zeis Hall
Email: amaxwell@unca.edu
Patrick Foo, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Office: 234 Delany Hall
Phone: 251-6830
Email: pfoo@unca.edu
Melinda Grosser, Ph.D.
Steve and Frosene Zeis Professor, Assistant Professor of Biology
Office: 312 Zeis Hall
Phone: 255-7131
Email: mgrosser@unca.edu
Caitlin McMahon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Organic and Biochemistry
Office: 104 Zeis Hall
Phone: 251-6299
Email: cmcm@unca.edu
Ted Meigs, Ph.D.
GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor, Professor of Biology
Office: 305 Zeis Hall
Phone: 232-5155
Email: tmeigs@unca.edu
Ryan Steed, Ph.D.
Glaxo Wellcome Distinguished Professor, Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Office: 110 Zeis Hall
Phone: 232-5122
Email: psteed@unca.edu