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Coordinating Committee

The Coordinating Committee serves as a joint committee for the Bridge Program and the Centre for Health and Environmental Research. It includes all faculty mentors, fellows,staff and a member of the External Advisory Committe, and meets annually.

It is responsible for the overall management of the programs, admissions policies, establishing and maintaining program requirements, and recruitment of fellows and public and private sector partners. The Program directors, associate directors, and staff are responsible for day-to-day administration, and report to the Coordinating Committee.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee serves as a joint advisory committee for the Bridge Program and the Centre for Health and Environmental Research (CHER). It meets to guide the operation of the Program between meetings of the Coordinating Committee.

Members include both Program directors, other faculty mentors, including the Associate Directors from each of the three Bridge areas and two representatives of the fellows (one from the incoming class the other from a previous year's. One rep will be a Masters fellow, the other will be a PhD).

Committee Member	Position	Department
Michael Brauer	Director, Bridge Program	School of Population and Public Health
Hadi Dowlatabadi	Associate Director - Policy	Institute of Resources and Environment
Murray Hodgson	Representative - Engineering	Mechanical Engineering, School of Population and Public Health
Tim McDaniels	Associate Program Director	Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability & School of Community and Regional Planning
John Meech	Associate Director - Engineering	Mining Engineering
Mieke Koehoorn	Associate Director - Health	School of Population and Public Health
Linda Bonamis	Bridge Program Manager	School of Population and Public Health
Jason Curran	Associate Director, Bridge Program - 2nd year Fellows	School of Population and Public Health
Sarah Partanen	Associate Director, Bridge Program - 1st year Fellows	Civil Engineering

Admissions and Progress Committee

The Admission and Progress Committee includes a minimum of three faculty members (one representing each of the three core areas), a practitioner with a faculty appointment, and a representative of the fellows.

It meets shortly after the Admissions Deadline to review applications to the Program. It also meets in May to review the Annual Progress Reports of current fellows, and to consider any requests for extension of fellowship funding by current students.

Committee Member	Position	Department
Hugh Davies	Chair	School of Population and Public Health
Tony Bi	Representative - Engineering	Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Michael Brauer	Representative - Health	School of Population and Public Health
Negar Elmieh	Representative - Practitioners	Quest University
Milind Kandlikar (on sabbatical)	Representative - Policy	Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Don Mavinic	Representative - Engineering	Civil Engineering
Steven Rogak	Representative - Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Annalee Yassi	Representative - Health	School of Population and Public Health
Hisham Zerriffi	Representative - Policy	Liu Institute for Global Issues Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Linda Bonamis	Bridge Program Manager	School of Population and Public Health
Rodney Knight	Representative - Fellows	Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program

Evaluation Committee

The Evaluation Committee is comprised of one faculty member and a representative of the fellows.

The Committee will meet with the fellows at least twice per year (once at the end of each term) to discuss and document any problems with and successes of the program. It will also review course evaluations, and make recommendations to the Coordinating and Executive Committees, and where appropriate, to individual faculty mentors, about means to improve the Program.

Current members are:

Committee Member	Position	Department
David Patrick	Chair Representative - Mentors	BC Centre for Disease Control
Jason Curran	Representative - Fellows	School of Population and Public Health

External Advisory Committee

The External Advisory Committee includes representatives of internship settings, agencies likely to use research results, and collaborating research institutions. It provides advice on the strategic direction of the program, the utility of research programs, the value of student contributions in research internships, and the knowledge, skills and abilities of graduates.