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ELAM Edge September 22, 2011 |
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Registration is now open for ELAM's Alumnae Development Program! Visit our website to register today! Please note that the early bird registration discount ends on October 31!
REGISTER NOW for ELAM's first
ever advanced-level professional development for all ELUMs December 8-11,
2011 at The Hutton Hotel in Nashville, TN.
Catherine Morrison, JD, will
be the featured facilitator for
the topics of Conflict
Management and Negotiation. There will also be a limited
number of optional career consultations available.
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ELAM News to Know
Farewell and thank you...
Richard V. Homan MD, President and Annenberg Dean at Drexel University College of Medicine, announced that he'll be leaving Drexel, after more than five years, to become Provost and Dean at Eastern Virginia Medical School on November 1, 2011. Diane, Page, and all of us feel truly fortunate to have worked under Dean Homan. From the time he arrived in 2005, Rick made clear that ELAM held a special place in his heart and he often mentioned the ELAM Program in his remarks both within and outside of the school. He nominated Drexel women faculty for ELAM, mentored them, and attended the Forum for each. He also served proudly as a member of the "Ann Preston School of Medicine" panel for the fellows' presentations of their cases. Many ELAMs have met Rick and others have seen him in the ELAM video on our website.
In the last Strategic Plan for Drexel Medicine, ELAM (as part of the Institute for Women's Health and Leadership) was one of the five "pillars" of the plan. The new ELATE program (Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering), which is about to launch the application process for its inaugural class, is a direct outcome of the strategic plan and Dean Homan's vision. Even before Rick came to Drexel, he was a staunch ELAM advocate, having nominated several candidates in his former position as Dean at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's medical school.
We deeply appreciate the many ways our Dean has supported us and wish Rick all the best in his new position. And we know that there are several ELUMs at EVMS who will welcome him warmly.
At the same time, we extend a welcome to Daniel V. Schidlow MD as our new interim Dean. Dr. Schidlow is Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Physiology; Chair of the College of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics; and, Physician in Chief at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. He, too, has been an ELAM supporter for many years and has sponsored the nomination of several Pediatrics faculty to ELAM. Daniel Schidlow also has another link to the ELAM Program: His wife, Sally Rosen, has been ELAM faculty for many years and was named the inaugural ELAM Senior Scholar some years ago.
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Congratulations to the class of 2011-2012 for making it through the first session of ELAM! We had an excellent week getting to know the new Fellows and reconnecting with the numerous ELUMs who returned as facilitators and advisors. We look forward to bringing the class together again in December!
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Quote of the Day
Many receive advice; only the wise profit from it. - Harper Lee
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Positions
Chair, Department of Anatomy, Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica. Submitted by ELUM Kristine Lohr.
Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ross University School of Medicine. Submitted by ELUM Kristine Lohr.
Chair, Department of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine. Submitted by ELUM Ellen Tedaldi. Other ELUMs at Temple are Elizabeth Drum and Amy Goldberg.
Director, Curriculum Development, Indiana University School of Medicine. Submitted by ELUM Kristine Lohr. ELUMs at Indiana are Mary Dankoski, Maryellen Gusic, Abigail Klemsz, and Aina Puce.
Assistant Dean, Center for Teaching and Learning, Ross University School of Medicine. Submitted by ELUM Kristine Lohr.
Assistant/Associate Dean for Cultural Affairs and Diversity Initiatives, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the college are Kimberly Ephgrave, Lois Geist, Donna Hammond, Loreen Herwaldt, Susan Johnson, Sue O'Dorisio, Patricia Winokur, and Catherine Woodman.
Senior Associate Dean for Research, Temple University School of Medicine. Submitted by ELUM Ellen Tedaldi. See above for other ELUMs at Temple.
Director, Health Disparities and Quality Research, Association of American Medical Colleges. ELUMs at the AAMC are Ann Bonham and Joanne Conroy.
Chief Medical Officer - Health Networks, Trinity Health, Novi, Michigan. Submitted by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer.
Please send position announcements to elamjobs@Drexelmed.edu.
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ELUM News
Judith Buchanan (ELAM 2002) was named interim Dean, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, in August. When she was appointed Associate Dean there, she was the school's first woman in an associate dean role and now has become its first woman dean. ADEA's Bulletin of Dental Education for September included this announcement.
ELAM LinkedIn:
Baretta Casey (ELAM '08) has moved into a new position at the University of Kentucky's College of Public Health in the departments of Health Behavior, Health Systems Management, and Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health.
Jane Clifford (ELAM '02) recently was named Associate Dean for Medical Student Research. She continues in her role as Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
ASPH Friday Letter #1690 9/9/11:
Drexel University Welcomes New Director of Global Public Health Initiatives and Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Drexel University School of Public Health announced the appointment of Dr. Shannon Marquez (ELAM '11) to the position(s) of director of global public health initiatives and interim associate dean for academic affairs. Her faculty appointment is associate professor for the department of Environmental and Occupational Health.
ASPH Friday Letter #1691 9/16/11:
Columbia Dean Honored for Aging Research and Advocacy
In a September 13 ceremony attended by approximately 300 members of Congress and key Executive Branch figures, the Alliance for Aging Research honored Dean Linda Fried (ELAM '97) of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and two others at its 25th Anniversary Bipartisan Congressional Awards Gala held in Washington, DC. Dean Fried was presented with the organization's Silver Innovator Award for her work as a powerful advocate for research and medical technology to improve the health and independence of aging Americans.
AAMC CAS-Chairs 9/11/11:
The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and the Educational Testing Service (ETS) have announced the formation of a "Commission on Pathways through Graduate School and into Careers." According to a CGS press release, "The new commission will focus on a major unmet need identified by the landmark 2010 report 'The Path Forward: The Future of Graduate Education in the United States,' that of understanding pathways students take through graduate school into the world of professional occupations." A report is expected in the spring. Dr. Patrick Osmer, Vice Provost/Dean, Graduate School, The Ohio State University, will chair the Commission. Lisa Tedesco (ELAM '97) is a member of the Commission.
Over the past few months, a new direction in leadership has been in the works at the Chicago Medical School (CMS) at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, led by Russell G. Robertson MD, the new Vice President of Medical Affairs and Dean, with the support of President Michael Welch. To help advance this effort, CMS has appointed several faculty members to key leadership positions, including: Marjorie A. Ariano, PhD (ELAM '06), Professor of Neuroscience and Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies.
AAMC CAS-Chairs 9/20/11:
The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees appointed Hughes Evans, M.D., Ph.D. (ELAM '09) to chair the Department of Medical Education in the UAB School of Medicine during its meeting Sept. 16, 2011. Dr. Evans joined the UAB faculty in 1988.
AAMC CAS-Chairs 9/18/11:
Eve J. Higginbotham, M.D., has stepped down as Senior Vice President and Executive Dean for Health Sciences at Howard University.
AAMC CAS-Chairs 9/22/11:
Jeanne Heard, M.D., Ph.D. (ELAM '00), has been named vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Dr. Heard will serve as chief academic officer, working in partnership with UAMS' five college deans and other leaders across the institution to enrich the campus' intellectual environment. She succeeds Larry Milne, Ph.D., who announced last September that he would return to teaching in the College of Pharmacy. Dr. Heard, a former associate dean for graduate medical education and professor of internal medicine in the UAMS College of Medicine, returns to UAMS from Chicago, where she helped lead the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education since 2004. She is a former chair of the AAMC Group on Resident Affairs.
We learned from Brenda Bucklin that The Sassy Lasses Learning Community from the Class of 2010 met for a long weekend (Sept. 9-11) in Frisco, CO. On Saturday, (front, l to r) Meenakshy Aiyer, Yolanda Becker, (rear, l to r) Pauline Maki, Liz Kovacs, Lu DiPietro, and Brenda Bucklin joined in a hike to Shrine Ridge outside of Frisco. [Note from Roz: ELUMs, ever seeking higher ground!]
Share your updates and successes with us and the ELAM community by sending them to ELAM@DrexelMed.edu.
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ELUM Articles
Journal of Women's Health, Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2011:
Perinatal Depressive Symptoms in HIV-Infected Versus HIV-Uninfected Women: A Prospective Study from Preconception to Postpartum
Leah H. Rubin, Judith A. Cook, Dennis D. Grey, Kathleen Weber, Christina Wells, Elizabeth T. Golub, Rodney L. Wright, Rebecca M. Schwartz, Lakshmi Goparaju, Deborah Cohan, Melissa L. Wilson, and Pauline M. Maki
Drexel University College of Medicine Alumni News Summer/Fall 2011:
Carol Lippa and the Clinical Memory Disorders Program she founded and runs at Drexel Med are featured.
SELAM Spotlights vol 4 no 3, July-August:
Time Management for Leaders, by Susan Johnson, is a masterful summary of various tools and techniques. Susan, who has lectured and written extensively on this topic, now has branched out into coaching as well (while maintaining her position as University Ombudsperson at the University of Iowa).
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Articles of Note
USA Today 8/23/11:
Page Morahan pointed out an excellent column by Gail Sheehy, "Skilled, savvy women can rescue our sagging economy."
ADEA Charting Progress September 2011:
In this month's letter, Dr. Rick Valachovic, Executive Director of the American Dental Education Association, considers ways to diversify the faculty composition at dental schools, which have become increasingly reliant on former practitioners.
FastCompany.com Leadership Weekly 9/12/11:
Following up on the New York Times article included in a recent issue of the ELAM Edge, here's more commentary on "decision fatigue."
A Non-Exhaustive Read On Fighting Decision Fatigue
Being good, making decisions, thinking long--they sap you of the mental strength to do things like, say, read a long piece on decision fatigue. Here's the condensed primer.
The Crimson 9/12/11:
Remarks on gender inequality in the workplace, by Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard University President, in opening a symposium on "The New Majority? The Past, Present, and Future of Women in the Workplace" symposium...
AAMC CAS-Chairs 9/14/11:
Dr. Sally Rockey, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research has posted a data report on three of the NIH's most widely used mentored career development awards (the K01, K08, and K23). The report addresses whether the career awards are fulfilling their purpose. The answer appears to be: generally, yes.
FastCompany.com Leadership Weekly 9/19/11:
Workforce Shifts Demand A New Slate Of Questions About Work/Life Issues
The omission of "life" from questions about "work" is very Industrial Age. Twenty years ago, work and life were two separate and distinct spheres, at least in theory. Today, our contingent, global, on-demand virtual workforce has a whole new host of issues to consider, lest it flounder under the weight of misaligned personal obligations and circumstances.
InsideHigherEd.com 9/21/11:
Susan Resneck Pierce considers how search committees figure out whether there is a match between candidates to lead an institution and its values.
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Calls for Applications, Nominations, Etc.
AAMC STAT 9/19/11:
AAMC Calls for Proposals for Oral Health in Medicine Model Curriculum
In partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration, the AAMC announced a call for proposals for instructional resources to help develop a model curriculum for oral health in medicine. Available through MedEdPORTAL, the association's peer-reviewed educational resource and publication service, the resources are intended to help educators incorporate oral health practices into general health care and disease-prevention services. Accepted applicants also will receive a $2,000 award and travel support to attend a one-day training workshop on educational scholarship in Washington, D.C. The deadline for applications is Nov. 15.
AAMC Group on Faculty Affairs Listserv 9/7/11:
The Commonwealth Fund / Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy (CFHUF) is a one-year, degree-granting, full-time program starting July 2012, designed to prepare physicians for leadership roles in formulating and promoting health policies and practices that improve the access to high-quality care at the national, state, and /or local levels for minority, disadvantaged, and most vulnerable populations. Up to five one-year, degree-granting fellowships will be awarded per year. Fellows will: 1) complete academic work leading to a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree at the Harvard School of Public Health; and 2) be provided with core fellowship components such as seminars on leadership and health policy, practicum, leadership forums, conferences, site visits, mentoring, journal club, and shadowing. CFHUF also offers a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree at the Harvard Kennedy School to physicians already possessing an MPH. It is expected that CFHUF will support the development of a cadré of leaders in health policy and practice, well-trained academically and professionally in public health, health policy, health management, and clinical medicine, as well as actively committed to careers in public service.
Physicians who are U.S. citizens and who have completed residency, either Board Eligible or Board Certified in the U.S are eligible for the fellowship. We are seeking physicians with evidence of leadership and leadership potential; experience or interest in addressing and improving the health needs of minority, disadvantaged and vulnerable populations; and intention to pursue a career in policy, public health practice, or academia.
The application deadline for the 2012-2013 Fellowship is January 3, 2012.
For more information about the fellowship, please visit our website.
For application materials, information, and other training opportunities, please contact the CFHUF Program Coordinator by telephone at (617) 432-2922; by fax at 617-432-3834; or by e-mail at mfdp_cfhuf@hms.harvard.edu.
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The Last Word(s)
Women in Higher Education Newsletter
Interesting infographic. A snapshot of women's health shows many women still need to be more proactive about self-care.
A note from Roz: The English teacher in me just loves the new Lingua Franca blog I found on The Chronicle of Higher Education site!
Titles of posts I found there include: "But vs. Though: a Distinction That Matters" and "How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Spell Check."
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