The Faculty of Medicine is one of six faculties within the School of Health Sciences at the University of Iceland. The Head of Faculty is its director and works under the authority of the Dean of the School of Health Sciences. Administration of the Faculty of Medicine is in the hands of the Head of Faculty and the Faculty meeting. The Head of Faculty is elected by the Faculty meeting and hired by the Dean of the School of Health Sciences for two years at a time. The Head of Faculty sits on the Governing Board of the School. The Head of Faculty is the academic leader of the Faculty and is responsible, in consultation with the Dean of the School, for formulation of faculty policy, organisation of study, quality of teaching and research, relations with collaborating partners and ensuring that the Faculty and its units operate in conformity with the School's budget. The Head of Faculty calls for Faculty meetings 2-4 times a year. Administrators Head of Faculty: Engilbert SigurðssonProfessor5254879es [at] hi.is Vice Head of Faculty: Ingibjörg HarðardóttirProfessor5254885ih [at] hi.is Faculty Administrative Officer: Erna SigurðardóttirAdministrative Officer5255889ernas [at] hi.is Head of the Department of Biomedical Science: Martha Ásdís HjálmarsdóttirProfessor5254898hjalmars [at] hi.is Head of the Department of Radiography: Guðlaug BjörnsdóttirLecturer (UK) - Assistant Professor (USA)5255996gub [at] hi.is Head of the Department of Physiotherapy: Kristín BriemProfessor5254096kbriem [at] hi.is Head of the Speech Pathology programme: Þóra MásdóttirLecturer (UK) - Assistant Professor (USA)5255506tm [at] hi.is Faculty Board The Faculty Board is elected at the Faculty meeting in May and sits for one year. Teacher representatives for the Faculty Board should be chosen so that they teach on as many levels of the programme as possible. The Icelandic Medical Student's Association elects two representatives for the Board. No board member should sit longer than six years in a row. Two faculty board meetings should be held each month, except for in July. Permanent representatives: Head of the Faculty of Medicine: Engilbert Sigurðsson Executive Director of Medical Education: Þórdís Jóna Hrafnkelsdóttir The Head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences: Martha Á. Hjálmarsdóttir The Head of the Department of Physical Therapy: Kristín Briem The Head of the Department of Radiography: Guðlaug Björnsdóttir Permanent members 2019-2020: Arna Hauksdóttir Elsa Björk Valsdóttir Karl Konráð Andersen Margrét Ólafía Tómasdóttir Runólfur Pálsson Students nominate two representatives Alternate members 2019-2020: Sveinn Hákon Harðarsson Observing representatives: The Chairmen of the Postgraduate Committee and Science Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, the educational managers for undergraduate studies, and the Director of Education, Research and Development at the Landspítali University Hospital. Curriculum Council The Curriculum Council is one of the permanent committees of the Faculty of Medicine and takes care of the implementation and supervision of medical education in the Faculty. The Council is an independent entity and combines the forces of employees who have been involved in parts of this project in different places. The Council is expected to coordinate the operation of other committees and councils that work on related projects, e.g. the Postgraduate Council and the Postgraduate Committee. General policy-making council meetings are held twice a year. The Curriculum Council is the executive of approved changes in the teaching arrangement of the Faculty. The Chairman of the Curriculum Council: Þórdís Jóna HrafnkelsdóttirSenior Lecturer (UK) - Associate Professor (USA)8245762tjonah [at] hi.is Other Curriculum Council members: Elsa Björk Valsdóttir, representative of years 4-6 Engilbert Sigurðsson, dean Ingibjörg Harðardóttir, vice dean Inga Sif Ólafsdóttir Kristín Ólafsdóttir, representative of years 1-3 Kristján Erlendsson Marta Guðjónsdóttir, representative of years 1-3 Runólfur Pálsson, representative of years 4-6 Six Students, one from each year Committee for BSc Research Projects The Committee for BSc Research Projects (NURL) is appointed for two years at a time (last on 20 April 2016). The role of the Committee is to evaluate propositions/applications for 3rd-year research projects in Medicine. The committee is made up of a chairman and five other committee members. Current committee members: Bjarni Agnar Agnarsson, professor Helga Erlendsdóttir, chairman Ragnar Grímur Bjarnason, professor Sigurður Guðmundsson, professor Sigurður Ingvarsson, professor Þórdís Jóna Hrafnkelsdóttir Postgraduate Committee The Postgraduate Committee (RNN) serves two faculties: the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Odontology. Chairman of the Postgraduate Committee: Ingibjörg HarðardóttirProfessor5254885ih [at] hi.is Other members of the Postgraduate Committee: Medicine representative: Ragnar Grímur Bjarnason, Margrét Helga Ögmundsdóttir, Martin Ingi Sigurðsson og Jóna Freysdóttir Physical Therapy representative: Árni Árnason Biomedical Sciences and Radiography representative: Helga Erlendsdóttir Odontology representative: Ingólfur Árni Eldjárn Public Health Sciences representative: Gunnar Tómasson Master's and doctoral student representative: Sæmundur Rögnvaldsson (Hrafnhildur Linnet Runólfsdóttir) Project Manager for Postgraduate Studies: Heiðrún HlöðversdóttirProject Manager5254864heidrunh [at] hi.is Science Committee The Science Committee works under the authority of the Head of Faculty and the Faculty Board. It shapes policy about the structure, development, and conduct of science within the Faculty and consults the Head of Faculty and the Faculty Board in matters relating to research. Chairman of the Science Committee: Þórarinn GuðjónssonProfessor5254827tgudjons [at] hi.is Other members of the Science Committee: Erna Magnúsdóttir - Biomedical Science Helga Zoega (Arna Hauksdóttir) – Public Health Sciences/Epidemiology Kristín Briem – Physical Therapy Gunnar Tómasson – Clinical Sciences Ari Jón Arason - Postdoctoral student Óskar Örn Hálfdánarson - PhD student emailfacebooklinkedintwitter
