Deb Fowell, DPhil (PhD)
Professor of Immunology
djf273@cornell.edu

Jackie Creque
Assistant to the Department Chair
jackie.creque@cornell.edu

• Support for Dept Chair including calendaring and initiatives such as the Friedman Center for Nutrition and Inflammation
• Faculty Meetings
• Faculty Performance Dialogs
• Faculty Searches
• Dossier & Promotion Packages
• Department Webpages

Angela Downing
Department Manager
ald26@cornell.edu

• Overall management of Department operations
• Supervise administrative and teaching support staff
• Assist in all HR and Workday processes, such as hiring, promotion, reclassifications and reappointments
• Onboarding and orientation for new students, faculty and staff
• Oversight of academic programs and classes for University and NYSED compliance

Bonnie Coffin
Finance Specialist
blc1@cornell.edu

• Overall management of Department finances
• Grant management, monthly reporting and forecasting for individual faculty
• Post award reporting such as NCE and budget modifications
• Departmental Budget, capital asset inventory, space inventory, effort certification
• Appointing graduate students and posting tuition and health insurance

Karen Hollenbeck
Research Administrator
ksh10@cornell.edu

• Grant Pre-award proposal prep for submission
• Post award RPPR reports
• Subaward/subcontracts set up
• MTA/NFA guidance
• Contract/Service Agreements
• Post award account forecasting for select PIs

Cindy Whittaker
Administrative Assistant
caw349@cornell.edu

• General administrative support for the department
• Seminars & Journal Club support
• Equipment (billings, arrange for repairs/servicing, service contracts)
• CVM building and lab access
  • Assign keys to office/lab space
  • Grant access to BSL 3 and confocal labs
• Arrange travel and expense reports through Concur
• Coordinating Department events

Eric Lavin
MPS and M&I Teaching Coordinator
el527@cornell.edu

• Serve as primary contact for the MPS program, update webpage, and serve as GFA for the program
• Prescreen applicants for MPS, enter admission/rejection letters
• Main administrative support for grad and undergraduate teaching support: scheduling rooms, record grades, scheduling exams
• Main administrative support for Block IV: schedule exams, reserve lecture halls, maintain Canvas, record grades

Tim Dal Cero
Department Technician
td322@cornell.edu

• Serve as department safety rep
• Monitor and maintain adequate levels of LN2
• Retrieve and deliver mail and packages
• Wash glassware
• Assist with lab moves and office set ups

Dwight Bowman, PhD
Professor of Parasitology, MPS Program Director
ddb3@cornell.edu

Eric Lavin
MPS and M&I Teaching Coordinator
el527@cornell.edu

Brian Downing
MPS Assistant & Captioner
bnd28@cornell.edu

Gary Whittaker, PhD
Professor of Virology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Concentration Chief
grw7@cornell.edu

Yihong Li, DrPH, MPH, DDS
Senior Lecturer
yihong.li@cornell.edu

Cynthia Leifer, PhD
Professor of Immunology, PACE Program Director
cal59@cornell.edu

Hector Aguilar-Carreno, PhD
Associate Professor of Virology, PACE Program Director
ha363@cornell.edu

Valerie Foster Githinji, PhD
PACE Program Coordinator
vef9@cornell.edu