This three day program focuses on how we as alumnae work together and for each other. As the alumnae numbers grow, we need to explore how working together in more and better ways can be possible. This year's program also features rewarding peer mentor work with the current ELAM fellows on their Institutional Actions Projects, and enlightening sessions with Anne Litwin and Suzanne Danhauer.

The cost for the program is only $150 (only $100 if registered before December 1^st) - travel and lodging is on your own. Look for more information soon, and for registration to begin in early November.

We hope to see you all there!

Quote of the Day

Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.

- Amos Bronson Alcott

Positions

Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Dermatology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Submitted by executive search firm Korn/Ferry International. ELUMs at the university are Susan Essock, Roberta Locko, Sue Rosenthal, Anne Taylor, and Carolyn Westhoff (College of Physicians and Surgeons); Vicky Evangelidis-Sakellson (CODM); Linda Fried (SOPH); Kathy Shear (School of Social Work).

Chair, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University. Submitted by ELUM Yogi Hernandez Suarez. Another ELUM at FIU is Karin Esposito (COM).

Chair, Department of Medicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University. Submitted by ELUM Yogi Hernandez Suarez. See above for ELUMs at FIU.

Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at UTHSC at San Antonio are Robin Brey, Sandra Burge, Carlayne Jackson, Jan Patterson, Paula Shireman, Gail Tomlinson, and Janet Williams (SOM).

Executive Director, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Mary Dankoski, Sara Grethlein, Cherri Hobgood, Abby Klemsz, and Aina Puce (SOM); Melanie Peterson (SOD).

Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Submitted by the institution. An ELUM at UTHSC is Owen Phillips.

Dean, College of Dentistry, University of Kentucky. Submitted by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer. ELUMs at the university are Cynthia Beeman, Reny de Leeuw, and Sharon Turner COD); Baretta Casey, Wendy Hansen, and Kristine Lohr (COM); Pamela Teaster (COPH).

Dean, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. ELUMs at the university are Claire Brindis, Marcelle Cedars, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, Linda Giudice, Jane Koehler, Catherine Lucey, Mary-Ann Shafer, and Jacqueline Tulsky (SOM); Caroline Shiboski (SOD).

Assistant Vice President for Education, Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research. Submitted by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer.

Chief Medical Officer, Lincoln Medical Center, New York, New York. Submitted by executive search firm Korn/Ferry International.

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.

Chief, Cancer Service Line, Parkland Health and Hospital Systems

Chief, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services, Children's Medical Center

Chief, Epidemiology Division, Department of Clinical Sciences

Chief, Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Internal Medicine

Chief, Pediatrics Division, Department of Urology

Chief, Pediatric Pathology Division, Department of Pathology

Director, Center for Human Nutrition

Director, Pediatric Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics

Chair, Department of Bioinformatics

Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Chair, Department of Physiology

Please send position announcements to elamjobs@drexelmed.edu.

ELUM News

AAMC CFAS News, October 3, 2014:

Ann C. Bonham, Ph.D. (ELAM '02), AAMC chief scientific officer, was interviewed for a story on NPR's Cleveland affiliate that highlights the decrease in federal funding to NIH and its impact on medical research universities such as Case Western Reserve. During the past two years, the university averaged about $180 million in grants, down from nearly a quarter billion dollars in 2002. "Lack of NIH funding is bigger than just job security for researchers.... In the end, really, this is about health," Bonham said. "This is about creating new drugs, new treatments, new approaches to therapy that can make a difference."

Lesley Regan, M.B.B.S., M.D. (ELAM '11) was interview in the Autumn/Winter 2014 edition of Medical Woman. You can view the magazine here and read her story on page 14.

ELUM Deb Houry sent us this photo of the Meritage Learning Community from the Class of 2014 reuniting with a relaxing weekend at the beach. Pictured are, left to right, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Shanta Zimmer, Digna Forbes, Deb Houry, Lori Boardman, and Janice Lee.

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

Members of the Archigia Divas Learning Community from the class of 2006 are coauthors in an August 27, 2014 article in Science Translational Medicine, "Teaching Corporate in College": Hannah Valantine, Mary Beckerle, Kathryn Reed, Dena Towner, and Nancy Zahniser.

LGBT Health, September 2014, Volume 1, Issue 3:

Hispanic Medical Organizations' Support for LGBT Health Issues
Sánchez John Paul, Sola Orlando, Ramallo Jorge, Sánchez Nelson Felix, Dominguez Kenneth, and Romero-Leggott Valerie.

MedEdPORTAL, September 16, 2014:

Creating A Community of Practice Using Learning Circles: A unique design

Ahmed S, Morahan P, Wells R, Magrane D, Carvalho P, Shah H.

The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 127, Issue 10, October 2014:

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Update on Diagnosis and Treatment
Tracy L. Setji, Ann J. Brown

Journal of Dental Education, October 2014, Volume 78, Number 10:

Dental and Dental Hygiene Students' Perceptions of a Standardized Patient Instructor Conflict Resolution Program

Bridget E. Beattie, Janet Kinney, Mark Fitzgerald, Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch, Marilyn K. Guenther, Karen Ridley, Laurie Whitman, and Vidya Ramaswamy

Academic Medicine, Published Ahead-of-Print, October 7, 2014:

Characteristics, Satisfaction, and Engagement of Part-time Faculty at U.S. Medical Schools
Susan M. Pollart, MD, MSc, Valerie Dandar, MA, Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, Linda Chaudron, MD, MS, Leslie A. Morrison, MD, Shannon Fox, PhD, Elza Mylona, PhD, and Sarah A. Bunton, PhD

Articles of Note

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe Today, October 1, 2014:

Learning to Pitch (Make It Hard for Me to Say No)

Don't ask-make a pitch. Whenever we want to carry out change, it helps if we connect it to a story rather than just ask if we can do something.

Inside Higher Ed, October 6, 2014:

Standards for a Diversity Leader

Group aims to define the qualities needed in a position becoming more common in higher education.

National Public Radio, October 7, 2014:

Why Saying Is Believing - The Science Of Self-Talk

From the self-affirmations of Stuart Smalley on Saturday Night Live to countless videos on YouTube, saying nice things to your reflection in the mirror is a self-help trope that's been around for decades, and seems most often aimed at women. The practice, we're told, can help us like ourselves and our bodies more, and even make us more successful - allow us to chase our dreams! Impressed, but skeptical, I took this self-talk idea to one of the country's leading researchers on body image to see if it's actually part of clinical practice.

Fast Company Leadership, October 7, 2014:

Why Do Women Negotiate For Less Than They Deserve At Work?

Recent research has found that women aren't negotiating well. Here's how to up your game

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe Today, October 8, 2014:

The No-Matter-What Rule of Academic Motherhood

Being a mother and a scholar means being isolated and exhausted yet still working, no matter what.

Knowledge @ Wharton, October 8, 2014:

The Critical Steps to Integrating Work and Life

What do Michelle Obama, Bruce Springsteen and Sheryl Sandberg have in common? They have developed the skills to integrate their life and work successfully, according to Wharton's Stew Friedman. [Note that Stew Friedman is an ELAM Facilitator.]

The Chronicle of Higher Education Academe Today, October 15, 2014:

Bouncing Back After a Rough Patch

A dean deals with the fallout professionally from stress in her personal life.

Ideas Matter More Than Outfits, Right?

Consciously or not, we may discount certain people in academe because of the way they present themselves.

The Last Word

AAMC CFAS News, October 3, 2014:

And finally, consider the rat. Or if you'd rather not, at least consider what Stephen Suomi, Ph.D., chief of the laboratory of comparative ethology at the NIH's National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, said of the rat when asked by the Atlantic for its "Big Question" series, "What animal has most changed the course of human history?" In his mind, rats are the ultimate "twofer" in terms of both aiding and abetting the course of human health.

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