Alison K. Hall, Ph.D. is the PREP Program Director, Director of Graduate Education at the School of Medicine, and 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.
Joseph T. Williams, M.P.A. is the PREP Program Coordinator and the Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the SOM. Mr. Williams 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).
Sarah O'Keeffe is the PREP Administrative Coordinator.
Pete Spanos is the PREP Technology Coordinator.
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