Oversight Council

The Oversight Council reviews and considers issues related to the interinstitutional agreement between Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine.

Oversight Council Members

Rice University

  • Amy Dittmar Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor of Finance and Economics
  • Ramamoorthy Ramesh Executive Vice President for Research; Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
  • Seiichi Matsuda Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies; Professor of Chemistry
  • Fred Higgs Vice Provost for Academic Affairs; Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  • Omar Syed Vice President and General Counsel
  • Michael King E.D. Butcher Chair of Bioengineering & CPRIT Scholar; Special Advisor to the Provost on Life Science Collaborations with the Texas Medical Center
  • David Sholl Executive Vice President for Research and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Baylor College of Medicine

  • Carolyn Smith Sr Vice President and Dean of Research; Vice President for Education Affairs; Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Peter Hotez Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Professor, Pediatrics
  • Pavan Reddy Senior Associate Dean, Cancer Programs; Director and Professor, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Amy McGuire Director, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy; Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics
  • Bob Corrigan Sr Vice President and General Counsel
  • Benjamin Arenkiel Professor, Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics and Neuroscience