Graduate Program Leadership
Graduate Program Director
Byron Ford
207 School of Medicine Research Building
Email: byron.ford@medsch.ucr.edu
(951) 827-2473
Graduate Advisor
Martín I. García-Castro
203 School of Medicine Research Building
Email: martin.garcia-castro@ucr.edu
(951) 827-7251
Graduate student recruitment and applications.
Graduate Advisor
Seema Tiwari-Woodruff
205 School of Medicine Research Building
Email: seema.tiwari-woodruff@ucr.edu
(951) 827-7819
Academic progress of enrolled graduate students
Support Staff
Student Affairs Officer
Natalie Diaz
2675 SOM Education Building
Email: natalie.diaz@medsch.ucr.edu
Tel: (951) 827-4540
Provides assistance with class registration, program requirements, Graduate Division policies, and fellowship and employment matters (TA/GSR), oversees graduate student files and answers questions regarding graduate student policies and procedures.
Purchasing Assistant
Michael Bullock
SOM Purchasing - UC Intellicenter
Email: michael.bullock@ucr.edu
Tel: (951) 827-5706
All laboratory & departmental purchases and Fed-Ex shipments.
Laboratory security codes.
Travel vouchers and campus recharge applications.
Student Organizations
Biological Sciences Mini-Graduate Student Association (Mini-GSA)
President: Kelly Radecki
Email: kelly.radecki@email.ucr.edu
Vice President: Kelley Atkinson
Email: kelley.atkinson@email.ucr.edu
Treasurers: Edward Vizcarra & Allison Peterson
Email: edward.vizcarra@email.ucr.edu and allison.peterson@email.ucr.edu
Secretary: John Macbeth
Email: john.macbeth@email.ucr.edu
GSA Representative: Jeff Koury
Email: jeffrey.koury@email.ucr.edu
Social Event Chair: Maham Rais
Email: maham.rais@email.ucr.edu
School of Medicine Representative: John Macbeth
Email: john.macbeth@email.ucr.edu