The Executive Committee

The role of the Executive Committee  

• To initiate and implement policy relating to the U21 Health Sciences group. 
• To oversee funding and expenditure relating to the U21 HS group's Secretariat.
• To monitor progress on projects and initiatives identified for action at U21 HS annual meetings. 
• In consultation with U21 HS Faculty, to develop a programme for each of the group's annual meetings.
• To consider and determine applications by member universities to host U21 HS annual meetings.
  

Composition

• The Dean of the Faculty (or equivalent) hosting the group's forthcoming annual meeting (Chair).
• The Dean of the Faculty (or equivalent) acting as immediate past host of the group's annual meeting.
• The Dean of the Faculty (or equivalent) hosting the group's annual meeting in the following year.
• The Dean of the Faculty (or equivalent) hosting the group's Secretariat.
• A nominated representative from Dentistry.
• A nominated representative from Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
• A nominated representative from Medicine.
  
•  A nominated representative from Nursing.
• A nominated representative from Pharmacy.
• A nominated representative from Public Health.
  

Current membership (September 2011-September 2012)

Chair: Prof. Iain Martin - Dean, Host University 2012, University of Auckland
Co-chair: Dr. Gavin Stuart - Dean, Host of Secretariat, University of British Columbia
Co-chair: Dr. Martin Hernández - Dean, past Host of Secretariat, Tecnológico de Monterrey
 Past Host: Prof. Jung Yul Park, Korea University, Host University 2011
Future Host: Prof. Bill Powderly, Dean, University College Dublin, Host University 2013
Representative from Dentistry: Prof. Damien Walmsley, University of Birmingham
Representative from Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Prof. Grahame Pope, University of Nottingham
Representative from Medicine: Prof. David Wilkinson, University of Queensland
Representative from Nursing: Dr. Derek Chambers, University of Nottingham
Representative from Pharmacy: Prof. Janie Sheridan, University of Auckland
Representative from Public Health: Dr. Robert Aseltine, University of Connecticut

Executive Committees in the past