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Alison K. Hall, Ph.D. is Director of Graduate Education at the School of Medicine as well as an active
Associate Professor with a laboratory in Neurosciences. She has extensive experience mentoring high school,
undergraduate and graduate students as well as teachers in laboratory research, and she has been active nationally
in fostering graduate education through service in the Association of Neuroscience Departments and Programs. She
has served as a member of Neurobiology review panels of the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute and currently serves as a panel member of an NINDS study section. She is the recipient of several
teaching awards including the Kaiser Permanente Teaching Award (the highest teaching award offered at the SOM)
and the Gender Equity Award from the American Medical Women's Association. Dr. Hall has a long-standing commitment
to research training at all stages of a scientific career.
Martin Snider, Ph.D. is Director of the Case Biomedical Sciences Training Program (BSTP) and Associate
Professor of Biochemistry. He has almost five years directing the BSTP and oversees the graduate admissions
committee. Since 2000, Dr. Snider has been a member of the Advisory Committee for the HCEM at Case Medical School.
Debbie Noureddine is Administrative Coordinator for the BSTP program. She has been with BSTP for 9 years
and with Case for 24 years. Her previous
experience in Graduate Studies at Case has proved an enormous asset in working with students at the SOM.
She looks forward to helping trainees who come to Case.
Joseph T. Williams, M.P.A. is the Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the SOM and has a
long-standing commitment to the development of underrepresented minority students in biomedical sciences. He
leads our Health Careers Enhancement Program for Medicine, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, that
attracts some 100 mostly minority undergraduate students to the campus for an intensive 6 week summer program
directed toward careers in medicine. Mr. Williams also works closely with Dr. Hall in minority program development
and recruiting efforts for graduate programs. Mr. Williams serves as advisor and counselor to medical students
and graduate students, and cosponsors with Dr. Hall the Minority Graduate Student Organization (MGSO).
Carole M. Liedtke, Ph.D., M.B.A. is Director of the Postdoctoral Mentoring Program under the Office of Graduate Education at
the School of Medicine. She is a Professor of Pediatrics with a dual appointment in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics.
Her research focuses on the signal transduction in the regulation of chloride transport proteins in epithelia. She received her
postdoctoral training in the Department of Pediatrics as a Pulmonary Fellow and was promoted to a faculty-level position upon
award of her first NIH grant. She has mentored fellows, graduate and undergraduate students and staff on laboratory skills and
professional development. As chair of the Women in Physiology Committee of the American Physiological Society, she developed a
series of mentoring workshops at national meetings and assisted with a Professional Skills document published by the American
Physiological Society in collaboration with the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology. She has served on NIH
study sections, American Heart Association review committees and the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Committee
and on the editorial board of the American Journal of Physiology, Cell Physiology. Dr. Liedtke is committed to mentoring of
young scientists and acquisition of professional skills for career scientists.
Sarah O'Keeffe is the Administrative Assistant for the Graduate Education Office.
Pete Spanos is the Technology Specialist for the Graduate Education Office. Pete's prior experience supporting
electronic initiatives in Pre-Doc education at the SOM is an important advantage in building similar programs for Graduate Education.
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