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Admissions Committee
This committee shall review and recommend admission of medical students to MSM. This committee shall be exempt from the rule limiting committee membership to two consecutive three-year terms.

Bylaws Committee
All matters relating to modification of the bylaws of the faculty shall be referred by the APC to this committee which, in turn, shall draft a recommended statement for consideration by the APC.

Committee on Committees
The committee shall be comprised of the chairperson of the APC and four members of the APC elected by the APC, one of whom shall be elected chairperson of this committee. One of the members shall be a second-year representative of the faculty assembly who serves on the APC. The committee shall review the composition of all committees of the APC and shall recommend the persons to be appointed to those committees. It shall also recommend annually the person who shall chair each committee.

Continuing Medical Education Committee
This committee shall review all aspects of MSM's participation in directly sponsored and jointly sponsored continuing medical education activities.

Curriculum and Evaluation Committee
The Curriculum Committee has the integrated institutional responsibility for the overall design, management, implementation, and evaluation of a coherent and coordinated curriculum leading to the MD degree. It is charged:

• To develop a curriculum that will lead to the fulfillment of the objectives and mission of Morehouse School of Medicine
• To examine and evaluate the objectives, content, and pedagogy of each segment of the curriculum, as well as the curriculum as a whole, through continuing review of curriculum design, organization, and teaching.
• To evaluate the effectiveness of the educational program by documenting the extent to which its objectives have been met using an appropriate variety of outcome measures, including student evaluations of their courses and teachers
• To develop and recommend to the Academic Policy council policies regarding the amount of time students spend in required activities, including the total required hours spent in clinical and educational activities during clinical clerkships
• To approve required and elective courses and clerkships, including those continuing and those proposed
• To evaluate the resources needed and available for the implementation of the curriculum, set priorities, and make recommendations for the allocation of those resources.

Faculty Appointment and Promotion Committee (FAPC)
This committee shall be comprised of seven full professors and the dean (ex-officio non-voting). Three members shall be appointed from the basic medical sciences departments, and three shall be appointed from the clinical sciences departments. The seventh member may be from either a basic science or a clinical science department. This committee shall review recommendations for appointment, reappointment, and promotion of members of the faculty as required by these bylaws.

This committee, together with the dean and the president, also shall conduct an annual review of the number of series I and series II full-time professorships, associate professorships, assistant professorships and instructorships within the total faculty and the distribution of these ranks within each department. The number of such senior faculty (associate professors and professors) should not exceed 60 percent to 65 percent of the total.

This committee shall make its report to the APC together with its estimate of the number of new series I and series II full-time associate professors and/or professors it believes should be made available in the next academic year. When this report has been approved by the APC, the dean and the president, it shall be used by the FAPC and the APC to guide its recommendations with respect to appointments and/or promotions.

Graduate Education in Biomedical Sciences Committee
This committee shall oversee the program of study leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biomedical Sciences as well as the Masters of Science in Clinical Research. It is the responsibility of the GEBSC to make policy recommendations concerning admissions, curriculum, graduation, the assignment of research advisors and the possible waiver of course work towards awarding of the Ph.D. and Masters in Clinical Research (MSCR) degrees. It shall also recommend individuals to the APC to be awarded these degrees.

Graduate Medical Education Committee
The Graduate Medical Education Committee shall provide governance of graduate medical education programs on behalf of the institution. This committee will be assigned the tasks of institutional policy development, program review and the investigation of administrative and academic functioning of residency programs and support of the residency/GME programs in adherence to ACGME requirements and accreditation policies.

Library Committee
This committee, of which the director of the library shall be a member (ex-officio non-voting), shall develop and recommend policies for the provision of effective library services for students and faculty. It shall serve also as an advisory committee to the director of the library with respect to procedures, selection of monographs and periodicals, and such other matters as the director may bring to its attention.

MPH Admissions Committee
The Committee on MPH Admissions is responsible for the acceptance of all students entering the MPH program at MSM. Members are selected for a three-year term, with a maximum of two consecutive terms allowed. One-third of the membership rotates off the committee annually. One student representative, elected by the MPH Student Government, serves for a one-year term.

MSM encourages applications from and gives full consideration to all applicants for admissions and financial aid without regard to sex, race, handicap, color, creed, nationality, or ethnic origin. The committee selects students who are most likely, in its opinion, to become the best students and public health professionals. Selection of students by the MPH Admissions Committee is made after considering many factors, including academic readiness, motivation, aptitude, and public health experience and exposure. Other criteria for admission are established by MPH Advisory Committee Program, Faculty, and implemented by the committee.

MPH Curriculum and Evaluation Committee
The charge to the Curriculum Committee is to develop a curriculum that will lead to the fulfillment of the objectives of the MPH program. The committee is responsible for planning the academic calendar, class schedules, and the determination of core, integrated, and elective course offerings. The Committee also evaluates all segments of the curriculum, including student evaluations, to identify potentially ineffective sequences, unnecessary repetitions, and subject areas that may require more emphasis. The Committee is charged with conducting a continuing review of curriculum design, course organization, and teaching performance to formulate specific recommendations for modifying courses in the interest of improving the curriculum. In addition, the Committee is expected to review the descriptive outline of each course prior to incorporation in the curriculum. Each course is reviewed every two years. Annual report is made by the Program Director to the APC.

The Committee membership and Chairperson are selected by the APC following the recommendation of the Committee on Committees. Members serve for a three year term, with a maximum of two consecutive terms allowed. One-third of the membership rotates off the committee annually. One student representative, elected by the MPH Student Government, serves for a one year term.

MPH Students Academic Progress and Promotion Committee (SAPC)
The MPH SAPC is a standing committee of the APC. Its membership and Chairperson are selected by the APC following the recommendation of the Committee on Committees. The MPH Director submits recommendations of committee members to the Committee on Committees. Members are assigned for a three year term, with a maximum of two consecutive terms allowed. One-third of the membership rotates off the committee annually.

The Committee is charged with monitoring the academic performance of each MPH student. The Committee evaluates and makes recommendations for each student in accordance with the guidelines established and approved by the faculty. It evaluates unusual problems that students may encounter and assures that guidelines are applied in a fair and equitable manner. It determines satisfactory academic progress, probation, or dismissal for academic reasons.

The SAPC convenes at periodic intervals to monitor the personal and professional development of all MPH students and to make appropriate decisions and recommendations. The committee considers interim and final grades, qualitative evaluations, practical experiences, as well as additional evidence submitted by the student or others that might have a bearing on the student's progress.

The Committee also reviews and approves recommendations for remediation submitted by the Track Coordinators. Student's progress in the curriculum is tracked by the SAPC to determine students eligible to enter degree candidacy. Students who have met all the requirements are recommended by the Vice President of Student Affairs to the APC (chaired by the Dean) as candidates for receipt of the MPH degree.

All committee decisions regarding student promotion, graduation and dismissal are communicated to the Vice President for Student Affairs, who in turn presents it to the APC for review and approval. The Associate Dean for Student Affairs communicates Committee decisions regarding graduation and dismissal to the student. All decisions are also communicated in writing to the MPH Program Director, the Track Coordinator, and others deemed appropriate by the Dean.

Research Development Committee
It shall be the responsibility of this committee to facilitate the development and maintenance of an institutional biomedical research capability of high quality.

Students Academic Progress and Promotion (SAPP) Committee
This committee shall be composed of faculty from basic and clinical sciences departments. It shall make decisions regarding student promotion, retention and dismissal. It shall also recommend individuals to APC to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

Student Fiscal Affairs Committee
This committee shall recommend to the APC the institutional policies, guidelines, and operating procedures covering all aspects of student fiscal affairs.

Other Committees

Institutional Review Board
This committee shall be comprised of members of the faculty and such other persons as may be required by federal, state or local regulations. It shall review all research protocols that propose any participation by human subjects in research activities. It shall require investigators to comply with all applicable federal, state or local requirements in any and all research activities in which human subjects are involved. Due to its regulatory activities, this committee shall be exempt from the rule limiting committee membership to two consecutive three-year terms.

IRB will be independent of the APC in its decision making, but will make an annual report to the APC. The assignment of MSM faculty members will remain the responsibility of the Committee on Committees, based on recommendations made by the IRB chairperson.

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
This committee, of which the Director of the Center for Laboratory Animal Resources shall be a member (ex-officio non-voting), shall review and make decisions on policies and procedures that will enable MSM and other AUC institutions included in the Presidents' Agreement to meet all applicable federal, state or local requirements for the safe and humane treatment of experimental animals. It shall review the costs for the care of animals and make recommendations regarding charges. It shall make recommendations regarding the security of animals against vandalism. Due to its regulatory activities, this committee shall be exempt from the rule limiting committee membership to two consecutive three-year terms.

Institutions receiving PHS funding are required to maintain an IACUC committee that includes a chair, veterinarian, practicing scientist(s), a non-scientist and a nonaffiliated member. Recommendations for MSM faculty members to serve on the MSM IACUC will be made by the IACUC chair for approval by the Committee on Committees.

IACUC will be independent of the APC in decision making, but will make an annual report to the APC. The assignment of MSM faculty members will remain the responsibility of the Committee on Committees.

Institutional Safety Committee
The Institutional Safety Committee will oversee all institutional environmental and health safety issues. It will oversee regulatory compliance with various agencies (EPA, OSHA, USDA, NRC, ATF, NIH, etc.). Membership will be comprised of a full time safety officer (staff), basic and clinical science researchers, clinicians, institutional administrators and community advocates. The full time staff of the Environmental and Infection Control Committee, Institutional Safety Committee and Radiation Safety Committee will serves as adhoc members.

Environmental and Infection Control Committee
This committee shall serve as a liaison between various departments, organizations and groups, both inside and outside of MSM, to provide education, information and guidelines on communicable infectious diseases that are of public health concern. The committee shall be composed of clinical and basic science faculty, other teaching and non-teaching employees, as well as student representatives from the medical, graduate and residency programs.

Institutional Biosafety Committee
This committee shall be composed of members of the faculty and such other persons as may be required by federal, state, or local regulations. It shall review all research protocols that propose the use of materials

Radiation Safety Committee
The Radiation Safety Committee (RSC) is the governing body for all aspects of radiation protection within Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and the Atlanta University Center (AUC), including all affiliated research, clinical, instructional and service units utilizing radiation sources in facilities owned or controlled by MSM and the AUC. The RSC will ensure that all possession, use and disposition of radiation sources by MSM/AUC personnel complies with pertinent federal and state regulations and with the specific conditions of licenses issued to MSM/AUC, and that all associated radiation exposures are maintained As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA).