The MCIP Faculty Administrative Committee (FAC) is the program’s leadership and steering committee. The FAC is composed of eight MCIP faculty members. The Chair of the FAC is the MCIP Program Chair. Five members of the committee hold academic appointments in the David Geffen School of Medicine and three members hold academic appointments in the College of Letters & Science—Division of Life Sciences. The duties of the FAC are the following:
- Evaluates applications of faculty who wish to become affiliated with the MCIP PhD program
- Reviews admission applications, interviews applicants, and decides who will be admitted into the MCIP PhD program
- Advises and meets with first year rotation students
- Makes recommendations about changes to the course curriculum and program requirements
- Finalizes decisions for the Written Qualifying Exam
- Makes decisions and recommendations on student academic cases
Current FAC Members
![Mark Frye](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/11/221019_MED_0219-180x180.jpg)
Mark Frye
MCIP Chair
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)![Xia Yang](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/01/Yang-Xia--scaled-180x180.jpg)
Xia Yang
MCIP Vice Chair
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)![Chris Colwell](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/11/221019_MED_0501-180x180.jpg)
Chris Colwell
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)![Stephanie Correa](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/11/221020_MED_0570-180x180.jpg)
Stephanie Correa
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)![Andrea Hevener](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/12/221019_MED_0573_v2-180x180.jpg)
Andrea Hevener
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)![Elizabeta Nemeth](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/10/Nemeth-Elizabeta-1-180x180.jpg)
Elizabeta Nemeth
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)![Alapakkam Sampath](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/11/221019_MED_0595-180x180.jpg)
Alapakkam Sampath
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)![Thomas Vondriska](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/11/Vondriska-Thomas-180x180.jpg)
Thomas Vondriska
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)Former FAC Members
With our gratitude: these faculty served with distinction to form and evolve the program into a model of success.
![Mansoureh Eghbali](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/03/Eghbali-Mansoureh_lab-pic-180x180.jpg)
Mansoureh Eghbali
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)![David Glanzman](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/Glanzman-David--180x180.png)
David Glanzman
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)![Thomas O’Dell](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/01/ODell-Thomas-180x180.jpg)
Thomas O’Dell
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)![James Tidball](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/Tidball-James--180x180.png)
James Tidball
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)![Yibin Wang](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/01/Wang-Yibin-180x180.jpg)
Yibin Wang
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)![Nancy Wayne](https://wp.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcip/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/03/Wayne-Nancy-180x180.jpg)