Five faculty members have been elected to serve on the University's search committee for a dean of the School of Medicine. They are:

• Robert N. Frank, M.D., professor (with tenure) of ophthalmology;
• David Kessel, Ph.D., professor (with tenure) of pharmacology;
• Stephen Migdal, M.D., professor (clinician-educator) of internal medicine;
• Jack Sobel, M.D., professor (with tenure) of internal medicine; and
• Judith Whittum-Hudson, Ph.D., professor (with tenure) of immunology and microbiology.

Ballots, which were distributed to all AAUP-AFT faculty, were collected Monday. Faculty were instructed to vote for five members: two from basic science departments; one clinician-educator from a clinical department; and two research-educators from clinical departments.

Other committee members will include appointees from Wayne State University and the School of Medicine's affiliated partners, including the Detroit Medical Center. Further details about the committee's composition and its work will be posted in Prognosis throughout the search process.