Task Force Charter
The Health Education Accreditation Task Force for the merger of UTSA and UT Health San Antonio will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring compliance with all program-level accreditations at UT Health San Antonio through the integration. The Health Education Accreditation Task Force will oversee discovery efforts, recommendation development activities, the drafting of content for required notifications and submissions to relevant program-level accreditors. Additional members will be assigned to the task force (e.g., Deans, relevant accreditation liaison) reflecting each program-level accreditation and/or School that requires action in connection with the merger.
Two task forces will lead the accreditation processes, overseeing essential planning and application submissions. The full integration process will take three to five years.
Task Force Updates
November 15, 2024
Members have confirmed notification timelines and continue to coordinate with program directors and accrediting agencies on next steps in the process.
October 10, 2024
Members are reviewing and beginning to coordinate UT Health San Antonio’s multiple program-level accreditation requirements to ensure compliance through the merger.
Task Force Members
Task Force Co-Chairs
Heather Shipley, PhD
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs - UTSA
David Shelledy, PhD
Dean, School of Health Professions - UTHSA
Members
Francisco Cigarroa, MD
Acting Dean, Long School of Medicine
Sonya Hardin, PhD
Dean, School of Nursing
Peter Loomer, DDS
Dean, School of Dentistry
Jacqueline Mok, PhD
Vice President Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs - UTHSA
Vasan Ramachandran, MD
Dean, School of Public Health
Kasey Neece-Fielder, EdD
Associate Vice President, Strategic Planning & Assessment - UTSA
David Weiss, PhD
Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Working Group Leads
UT Health San Antonio Schools
Vice Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
Program Director, Deaf Education and Hearing Science Program
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Dean for Academics, Faculty and Student Affairs
Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy
Senior Associate Dean
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Chair, Department of Physician Assistant Studies
Chair, Department of Health Sciences
Histology Laboratory Supervisor
Chair, Department of Emergency Health Sciences
Program Director, Medical Laboratory Sciences
Program Director, Imaging Sciences
Chief, Division of Medical Physics
Chair, Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders
Chair, Department of Quantitative and Qualitative Health Sciences
Director, Research Imaging Institute
Chief, Division of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Chief, Division of Medical Physics
Task Force Work
Accreditation Organizations
These accrediting bodies are among those to be addressed as part of the Task Force’s work, with others to be added.
Timeline
Individual timelines will be developed according to the policies and procedures of each accrediting body.