Director, Qatar Metabolic Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). Submitted by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer. HMC is a close partner of Weill Cornell Medical College at Qatar WCMC-Q. ELUMs at Weill Cornell Medical College are Barbara Hempstead, Madhu Mazumdar, Susan Pannullo, and Rache Simmons.

Medical Director for Population Health and Clinical Integration, University of Iowa Health Care. Submitted by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer. ELUMs at the university are Lois Geist, Donna Hammond, Loreen Herwaldt, Susan Johnson, Sue O'Dorisio, Debra Schwinn, Debra Waldron, Patricia Winokur, and Catherine Woodman (COM); Lily Garcia (COD); Corinne Peek-Asa (COPH).

Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Evie Alessandrini, Maria Britto, Janni Collins, Melanie Cushion, Sandra Degen, Mercedes Falciglia, Neeru Hershey, Mei Ho, Uma Kotagal, Ardythe Morrow, Lori Stark, and Laura Wexler (COM).

Founding Head, Medical Genetic Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). Submitted by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer. See above for ELUMs at Weill Cornell Medical College - a close partner of HMC.

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at Duke are Ann Brown, Helen Egger, Sharon Hull, Mary Klotman, Catherine Kuhn, Holly Lisanby, Chris Marx, Vicki Seewaldt, Marilyn Telen, Debara Tucci, and Terri Young (SOM).

Chair, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at The State University of New York at Buffalo. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are

Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Submitted by ELUM Gyongyi Szabo. Other ELUMs at the university are Joanna Cain, Debbie DeMarco, Ellen Gravallese, Julia Johnson, Jean King, Katherine Luzuriaga, Michele Pugnaire, Luanne Thorndyke (Medical School).

Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at UCLA are Barbara Vickrey (SOM); Kathryn Atchison and Diana Messadi (SOD).

Founding Chair, Department of Population Health, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Submitted by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer.

Director (Chair), Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at Johns Hopkins are Joann Bodurtha and Martha Zeiger (SOM); Marsha Wills-Karp (SOPH).

Dean, School of Public Health, Boston University. Submitted by the ELUM Lisa Sullivan. Other ELUMs at the university are Deborah Bowen and Lisa Sullivan (SOPH); Emelia Benjamin, Deborah Cotton and Sharon Levine (SOM); Judith Jones and Leslie Will (SODM).

Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine. An ELUM at the university is Dee Wing.

Vice President for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Submitted by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer. ELUMs at the university are Robin Brey, Sandra Burge, Carlayne Jackson, Jan Patterson, Paula Shireman, Gail Tomlinson, and Janet Williams (SOM).

President, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ. Submitted by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center submitted a number of available positions - see below. ELUMs at the university are Robin Jarrett, Shawna Nesbitt, Joan Schiller, and Helen Yin.

Director, Epilepsy Section, Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics

Director of Pediatric Hepatology and Transplant Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Chief of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine

Clinical Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine

Chief of Acute Care Surgery Services, Department of Surgery

Chief, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Sciences

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine

Chief, Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology

Director, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics

Director, Center for Human Nutrition

Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Chair, Department of Physiology

Please send position announcements to Elamjobs@Drexelmed.edu.

ELUM News

Joanne Conroy, M.D. (ELAM '98), chief health care officer for the Association of American Medical Colleges, is one of three final candidates for the presidency of the Medical University of South Carolina.

Mary Dankoski, Ph.D. (ELAM '11), was awarded with the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Outstanding Woman Leader Award. This award from the campus Office for Women is given annually as part of Women's History Month to recognize women who have demonstrated exemplary leadership at the campus, community, national and/or international level. The awards ceremony was March 26, 2014.

Sylvia Daunert, Ph.D. (ELAM '12) Professor and Lucille P. Markey Chair, Associate Director, Dr. JT Macdonald Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Editor, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry and Executive Editor, Analytical Biochemistry has recently been awarded three very prestigious honors:

2014 Provost Award for Scholarly Achievements, University of Miami.
Elected member of the Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia of Spain, 2013.
Elected Academic D'Honor of the Reial Acadčmia de Farmŕcia de Catalunya, 2014 (only woman out of 3 scientists in 60 years to receive that honor, the other two Federico Mayor Zaragoza, President of Unesco and Joan Massagué, Scientific Director of Memorial Sloan Kettering).

Petra Kaufmann, M.D., M.Sc. (ELAM '12), will head the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Division of Clinical Innovation beginning May 4, 2014.

Tsveti Markova, MD, FAAFP, (ELAM '12) Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and DIO, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine has been appointed by the Dean to be the Interim Chair of the Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences Department, in addition to her GME Dean role.

Susan Pepin, M.D. (ELAM '11) has been named the next president and CEO of Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, effective July 28, 2014.

AAMC CFAS-News, April 3, 2014:

Duke University School of Medicine and Duke University Health System have announced several new leadership appointments. Ann Reed, M.D. (ELAM '11), will become the chair of pediatrics, effective Aug. 1. Reed currently is the chair of the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at Mayo Clinic.

If you have news about yourself, your ELAM Learning Community, or other ELUMs that you would like to share in the Edge, please send it to ELAM@DrexelMed.edu.

ELUM Articles

Journal of Women's Health, Vol. 23, No. 4, April 2014:

Community-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prevention to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk in Latina Women: A Pilot Program

Robin Altman, Jessica Nunez de Ybarra, and Amparo C. Villablanca

Articles of Note

Knowledge@Wharton, February 26, 2014:

How the Option to Do Nothing Can Help You Get Things Done

As makers of our own destiny, we like to think that our choices are endless. And if we stay on track, we believe we should accomplish our goals. However, the way we frame our choices can make a huge impact on how persistent we are on our chosen path.

Life Hacker, March 19, 2014:

Why You Should Keep a Journal (and How to Start Yours)

Some of the most influential people in history kept detailed journals of their lives. Those journals served two purposes: a permanent record for posterity, and cathartic release for the people writing them. Even if you don't think you need either, keeping a journal has great benefits you can enjoy immediately. Here's why you might want to sit down regularly to jot down your thoughts.

Knowledge@Wharton, April 2, 2014:

Why Fostering a Culture of Compassion in the Workplace Matters

According to new research by Wharton's Sigal Barsade, demonstrating "companionate love" in the workplace is vital to employee morale, teamwork and customer satisfaction.

Dan Ariely on The Honest Truth About Dishonesty

Everyone cheats a little from time to time. But most major betrayals within organizations start with a first step that crosses the line, according to Dan Ariely, author of 'The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty.'

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe Today, April 3, 2014:

Introducing 'Sexism Ed'

We're a long way from achieving gender equality in the academy. So let's start a conversation on discrimination, structural problems, and what needs to be done.

Inside Higher Ed, April 4, 2014:

Networks and the STEM Gender Gap

Colleges and universities can't leave it to change -- they must deliberately change a culture that often encourages female researchers to become isolated in their jobs, write Santa Ono and Valerie Gray Hardcastle.

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe Today, April 7, 2014:

Don't Fear Fund Raising, Part 1

The ins and outs of asking "friends" for money.

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe Today, April 11, 2014:

There Is a Gender Pay Gap in Academe, but It May Not Be the Gap That Matters

The gender-based wage gap is alive and well in higher education, and it may take years before it can be closed.

Fast Company, April 14, 2014:

7 Habits of Highly Emotionally Intelligent People

People with high emotional intelligence tend to do better at work. So what habits do they have that set them apart?

Calls for Application, Nomination, Etc.

Call for GWIMS Awards Nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 GWIMS Leadership Development Awards. The awards will be presented at the November AAMC Annual Meeting in Chicago. To learn more about the awards, visit the GWIMS Awards page. The deadline for nominations is June 2, 2014.

Call for GWIMS Steering Committee Nominations
The GWIMS Nominating Subcommittee is accepting nominations (and self-nominations) for the preparation of the election slate for a Chair-elect (a one-year term, 2014-2015, which is the beginning of a three year sequence)* and up to three Members-at-Large to serve on the GWIMS Steering Committee. *Note: Candidates for Chair-elect must be a current or past member of the GWIMS Steering Committee. The GWIMS Steering Committee is committed to ensuring that there is diversity (e.g. race/ethnicity, geographic location, educational background, rank/experience, etc.) on the steering committee. To view the instructions for submitting a nomination, please visit: Information on Submitting a Nomination. The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2014.

Questions?
Email gwims@aamc.org.