The Health Professions Advisory Committee

The Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC) is made up of faculty and staff from a variety of backgrounds who help students prepare to apply to graduate-level health professions programs.

Most medical, dental, and optometry schools require that a committee letter of recommendation from the home institution accompany a student’s application for admission. To seek such endorsement students must provide the Health Professions Advisory Committee with a dossier including four or five letters of recommendation (two from science faculty) by February 15 of the calendar prior to the year in which they would commence their program (16-18 months prior to entry).

Current committee members

Jessica Alber
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences & the Ryan Institute for Neuroscience
E-mail: jalber@uri.edu | Webpage>>

Alana Bibeau
Teaching Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
E-mail: abibeau@uri.edu | Webpage>>

Jodi Camberg
Associate Professor
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
E-mail: cambergj@uri.edu | Webpage>>

Aura Grandidge
Interim Assistant Dean, Diversity & Student Success
College of the Environment and Life Sciences
E-mail: afgrandidge@uri.edu | Webpage>>

Matthew Kiesewetter
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
E-mail: mkiesewetter@uri.edu | Webpage>>

Jason Kolbe
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
E-mail: jkolbe@uri.edu | Webpage>>

Aysha Moreino
Advisor
Pre-Health and Honors Program
E-mail: aysha_morein o @uri.edu | Webpage>>

Andrea A. Rusnock
Professor
Department of History
E-mail: rusnock@uri.edu | Webpage>>

Andrew Simmons
Chair, Health Professions Advisory Committee
Director, Pre-Health Professions Advising
E-mail: ansimmons@uri.edu | Webpage>>

Christie Ward-Ritacco
Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology
E-mail: christieward@uri.edu | Webpage>>