Western University of Health Sciences
2021-2022 University Committee Roster
Elected Committees
Faculty Senate: 3 year term, 2 members per college
| Members | Length of Term | Colleges |
| Chair– Raj Kandpal | 2021-2023 | COMP |
| Past Chair– Malika Kachani | 2021-2023 | CVM |
| Vice Chair– Hyma Gogineni | 2021-2023 | COP |
| Steven Snyder | 2019-2022 | CHS |
| Janet Konecne | 2021-2024 | CHS |
| Linda Flores | 2019-2022 | CGN |
| Khoa (Joey) Dang | 2021-2024 | CGN |
| Arbi Nazarian | 2020-2023 | COP |
| Menmeet Singh | 2021-2024 | CDM |
| Christopher Nosrat | 2020-2023 | CDM |
| Beatrice Saviola | 2020-2023 | COMP |
| Craig Kuehn | 2019-2022 | COMP |
| Joe Bertone | 2020-2023 | CVM |
| Yvonne Drechsler | 2019-2022 | CVM |
| Pinakin Davey | 2020-2023 | CO |
| Joshua Cameron | 2021-2022 | CO |
| Saba Sadra | 2021-2024 | CPM |
| Matthew Wedel | 2020-2023 | CPM |
| Nicole Biltz | 2020-2023 | CHS LEBANON |
| Brion Benninger | 2021-2022 | COMP-NW |
| +Kelly Park/Rebecca Moellmer | CPM | |
| +Maisie Dawes | CVM | |
| +Jasmine Yumori | CO | |
| +Rosanna Bravo | CHS | |
| +TBD | CGN | |
| +TBD | COP | |
| +TBD | CDM | |
| +TBD | COMP |
+ ALTERNATES
Senate Committees
| Members | University Faculty Affairs | Academic Standards and Policy | Academic Support Services and Planning |
| 1 | Raj Kandpal | Hyma Gogineni* | Yvonne Drechsler* |
| 2 | Malika Kachani | Craig Kuehn | Brion Benninger |
| 3 | Joshua Cameron | Christopher Nosrat | Linda Flores |
| 4 | Beatrice Saviola* | Joe Bertone | Pinakin Davey |
| 5 | Arbi Nazarian | Steven Snyder | Janet Konecne |
| 6 | Matthew Wedel | Saba Sadra | Menmeet Singh |
| 7 | Khoa (Joey) Dang | Nicole Biltz | |
| 8 | |||
| 9 | Elizabeth Rega** | David Dikter** | Jonathan Daitch** |
*Denotes Committee Chair; **Denotes Ex-officio (Provost’s nominees)
Library Committee: 2 year term, 1 per college
| Members | Length of Term | Colleges |
| Adrienne Estes | 2021-2023 | CPM |
| Katherine Mitsouras | 2020-2022 | COMP |
| Meghna Patel | 2020-2022 | CHS |
| Ruth Trudgeon | 2020-2022 | CGN |
| Josep Rutllant | 2020-2022 | CVM |
| Nataly Fahim | 2021-2023 | CO |
| Jamie Prado | 2021-2023 | CDM |
| Anne Kugler | 2021-2023 | COP |
| Brion Benninger | 2021-2023 | COMPNW |
| Nicole Biltz | 2021-2023 | CHS-Ore |
*Denotes Chair
Research Committee: 3-year term, 1 per college, 3 at-large
| Members | Length of Term | Colleges |
| Harshavardhan Deoghare | 2021-2024 | CHS |
| Hendrik Szurmant | 2019-2022 | COMP |
| Simon Bulley | 2019-2022 | COP |
| Yvonne Drechsler | 2021-2024 | CVM |
| Patricia Shakhshir | 2021-2024 | CGN |
| Naveen Yadav | 2020-2023 | CO |
| Zohra Tumur | 2021-2024 | CDM |
| Yixi (Kevin) Lu | 2021-2024 | CPM |
| Vishwanath Venketaraman | 2020-2023 | AT LARGE |
| Yiling Hong | 2019-2022 | AT LARGE |
| Anu Raisanen | 2021-2024 | CHS-Ore |
*Denotes Committee Chair
Grievance Committee: 3-year term, 5 members elected at large
| Members | Length of Term | |
| Rebecca Moellmer, CPM | Assistant Professor | 2020-2023 |
| Peter Oelschlaeger, COP | Associate Professor (TENURED) | 2020-2023 |
| Mihai Covasa, COMP | Associate Professor (TENURED) | 2019-2022 |
| Mohammed Elsalanty, COMP | Professor (TENURED) | 2021-2024 |
| Joe Bertone, CVM | Professor (TENURED) | 2019-2022 |
*Denotes Committee Chair