Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee meets regularly together and in break out teams to make significant improvements in diversity, equity, and inclusion in our department and the Bioinformatics Graduate Program.
Our DEI Team
Faculty Representatives
Maureen Sartor - sartorma@umich.edu
DEI Interests: DEI lead, making DCMB and our Bioinformatics Graduate Program more diverse and inclusive overall by making DEI a top priority, serving as a faculty advocate for students who are marginalized in any way, and attending ABRCMS.
Alan Boyle - apboyle@umich.edu
DEI Interests: Increasing student diversity, helping first generation graduate students, and attending SACNAS.
Margit Burmeister - margit@umich.edu
DEI Interests: Retention and success for all students and helping student programs with outreach such as K-12 outreach to underrepresented communities
Peter Freddolino - petefred@umich.edu
DEI Interests: Ensuring a safe, inclusive department for everyone; diversifying faculty recruitment.
Alla Karnovsky - akarnovs@umich.edu
DEI Interests: Diversifying student recruitment, and helping students transition from undergraduate programs to the Master’s level.
DEI Interests: Increasing diversity in academia.
Cristina Mitrea - mitrea@umich.edu
DEI Interests: Promoting women in STEM. I serve as advisor for DCMB’s Girls Who Code
Student Representatives
Olivia Alge - oialge@med.umich.edu
DEI Interests: Supporting students from underrepresented backgrounds, and serving as a student advocate
Cathy Smith - smithcat@umich.edu
DEI Interests: serving as a student DEI advocate
Monica Holmes - mhholmes@umich.edu
DEI Interests: To help build a community among Bioinformatics graduate students and to act as a liaison between students and faculty/staff
Staff Representatives
Kati Ellis - katilou@umich.edu
DEI Interests: Anti-racism efforts, increase young women opportunities in STEM
Jane Wiesner – jwiesner@med.umich.edu
DEI Interests: Transparency of DEI information