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ELAM® Edge
February 19, 2015
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ELAM News to Know
Applications Are In
The applications for the 2015-2016 ELAM Fellowship year are in! We are thrilled to have 95 applications from 79 institutions in Europe, Canada, and across the United States. Applicants hail from institutions of medicine, dentistry, public health, and osteopathic medicine. Our review committee has a tough task ahead of them, but we look forward to announcing another stellar class of ELAM Fellows in April.
Good luck to all of our applicants!
Please Join Us
for our
American Dental Education Association (ADEA) ELUM Networking Workshop
Sunday, March 8
5 - 7 pm
Jamaica Pond Room of the Sheraton Boston Hotel
Whether you're attending ADEA, or an ELUM local to the area, we'd love to see you! ELAM is being awarded with a
2015 William J. Gies Award for
Vision, Innovation and Achievement,
so we'll be celebrating that as well!
Please RSVP by February 23 using this link: http://drexel.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5AOf76MfekgFJKR
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Quote of the Day
The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way in which we use them.
- Adriana Doyle
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Positions
Director, University Security Clinic, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Ruth Benca, Elizabeth Burnside, Mary Carnes, Valerie Gilchrist, Ellen Hartenbach, Patricia Kokotailo, Elizabeth Petty, Carla Pugh, Christie Seibert, Maureen Smith and Terri Young (SOPH); Naomi Chesler (ELATE - College of Engineering).
Associate Director of Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at Temple are Laura Goetzl, Amy Goldberg, Anuradha Paranjape and Ellen Tedaldi (SOM); Laura Siminoff (SOPH).
Surgical Director, Liver and Pancreas Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at the university.
Director, General Urology Services, University of California-Irvine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. An ELUM at the university is Debra Wing (SOM).
Founding Program Director, Family and Community Medicine, The Medical College of Wisconsin. ELUMs at the college are Diane Braza, Pat Donohoue, Beth Drolet, Judy Kersten, Karen Marcdante, Mary Otterson, Julie Panepinto, Ann Rosenthal and Earnestine Willis.
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at Wayne State are Tsveti Markova, Ambika Mathur, Kathleen McCarroll, Liz Puscheck, Maryjean Schenk, Roberta Sonnino and Suzanne White (SOM); Monica Brockmeyer and Guangzhao Mao (ELATE - College of Engineering); Ratna Naik (ELATE - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences).
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at Wayne State.
Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at Wayne State.
Program Director and Vice-Chair for Education, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (affiliated with Georgetown University). ELUMs at Georgetown are Lucile Adams-Campbell, Barbara Bayer, Barbara Bregman, Priscilla Furth, Bonnie Green, Kathryn Sandberg, and Shyrl Sistrunk (SOM).
Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences. ELUMs at the university are Marijo Tamburrino, Gretchen Tietjen and Linda Speer (COM).
Chair, Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Isaacson, Miller. ELUMs at the university are Ann Brown, Helen Egger, Sharon Hull, Mary Klotman, Catherine Kuhn, Holly Lisanby, Chris Marx, Amy Murtha, Ann Reed, Vicki Seewaldt, Marilyn Telen and Debara Tucci (SOM); Linda Franzoni and Lori Setton (ELATE -School of Engineering).
Head, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. Submitted by ELUM Karen Colley. Other ELUMs at the university are Karen Colley, Marian Fitzgibbon, Geri Fox, Stacie Geller, Denise Hynes, Pauline Maki, Usha Raj and Mary Stephenson (COM); Lorraine Conroy and Gerri Donenberg (SOPH); Luisa DiPietro (COD); Brooke Shipley (ELATE - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences).
Chair, Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Lois Geist, Donna Hammond, Loreen Herwaldt, Susan Johnson, Sue O'Dorisio, Susan Schultz, Debra Schwinn, Debra Waldron, Patricia Winokur and Catherine Woodman (COM), Lily Garcia (COD); Corinne Peek-Asa (COPH); Keri Hornbuckle (ELATE - College of Engineering).
Executive Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs and Dean, Washington University School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Jennifer Lodge (SOM); Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert (ELATE - School of Engineering and Applied Science).
Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, New York Institute of Technology. Submitted by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer.
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ELUM News
Margaret H. Baron, M.D., Ph.D. (ELAM '13), has been appointed Senior Associate Dean for Education and Director of the MD-PhD Program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Millicent King Channell, D.O., M.A. (ELAM '14) has been appointed to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Linda Chaudron, M.D., M.S. (ELAM '14) received the University of Rochester Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award for her work as a champion of women in science and medicine on February 7, 2015. In addition, on March 1, she will take on a new role as associate vice president and senior associate dean for Inclusion and Culture Development at the University of Rochester Medical Center and University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
AAMC CFAS News, February 6, 2015:
Marjorie Bowman, M.D., resigned this week as dean of Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine. Margaret Dunn, M.D. (ELAM '96), a professor of surgery and executive associate dean, was appointed as the school's new dean, effective Feb. 3.
Debra Romberger, M.D. (ELAM '01), has been selected as the Henry J. Lenhoff Professor and Chairperson for the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine.
We received the following update from Anu Paranjape on behalf of ELAM '14's CBA (Conceive, Believe, Achieve) Learning Community:
Just wanted to share a photograph of our Learning Community winter weekend away - we went to Canyon Ranch a few weekends ago for some R & R. We are really blessed to have been brought together through ELAM.
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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.
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ELUM Articles
Journal of Women's Health, Vol. 24, No. 2, February 2105:
Symptoms of Depressed Mood, Disturbed Sleep, and Sexual Problems in Midlife Women: Cross-Sectional Data from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation
Beth A. Prairie, Stephen R. Wisniewski, James Luther, Rachel Hess, Rebecca C. Thurston, Katherine L. Wisner, and Joyce T. Bromberger
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Articles of Note
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe Today, February 5, 2015:
What Are Your Favorite Faculty-Development Blogs?
As part of her shift from teaching into faculty development, Lee Skallerup Bessette sought out faculty development blogs to learn the voices and conventions of the field. Here are some of the best.
Inside Higher Ed, February 6, 2015:
Follow the Money
A Berkeley analysis of disparities by race and gender in faculty salaries raises key questions: Which gaps matter? Why do gaps vary? What can be done to eliminate them?
The New York Times, February 6, 2015:
Is the Professor Bossy or Brilliant? Much Depends on Gender
An interactive chart of words taken from millions of student reviews of their instructors offers a vivid illustration of unconscious gender bias.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe Today, February 11, 2015:
We Like Change Just Fine
People are going to resist your big solution if you haven't proved there's a problem.
Plexus Institute, Complexity Matters Blog, February 12, 2015:
What Makes a Better Team? More Women
The teams with the smartest members aren't necessarily the smartest teams.
Researchers who teamed up with Alex Pentland and Nada Hashmi of MIT grouped 697 volunteers into teams with two to five members and studied how they performed several short tasks that required such common skills as logical analysis, brainstorming, planning, coordination and moral reasoning. Volunteers took individual IQ tests, but teams with the highest average IQs weren't necessarily the most successful. Nor were the teams with most extroverts nor the most highly motivated members.
The most successful teams with the best collective intelligence, it turned out, had three characteristics.
Center for Creative Leadership, Leading Effectively e-Newsletter, February 17, 2015:
Are You Missing Half of the Change Equation?
Change is a top priority across all types of organizations, but change efforts are just as likely to fail as to succeed. Find out what you might be missing.
14 Signs Your Company has a Problem with Change
Lack of leadership is the downfall of countless change initiatives. It's time to step up your change leadership ability if you can spot these signs.
Emotions, Discomfort, Awkwardness: How to Have Tough Talks
"When people feel stuck or are resistant to change, work suffers. Good people leave. There is no innovation," says Marcia Reynolds.
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Calls for Application, Nomination, Etc.
AAMC CFAS News, February 6, 2015:
Nominations are open for a range of 2015 AAMC honors, including the Flexner Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Awards, the Nickens Award, and others. Nomination deadlines and submission details are available online.
The Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine
Call for Nominations
2015 Alma Dea Morani, MD Renaissance Woman Award
The Alma Dea Morani, M.D. Renaissance Woman Award recognizes an outstanding woman physician or scientist in North America who has furthered the practice and understanding of medicine and the medical sciences in our lifetime and made significant contributions outside of medicine; for example, in the humanities, arts or social sciences, whose determination and spirit have carried her beyond traditional pathways in medicine and science; and who challenges the status quo with an awareness of the potential and contributions from women. This award is presented annually by the Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine. You can review our list of past awardees here.
As the participation of women in the fields of medicine and the medical sciences continues to grow, it is important to recognize and celebrate the success of those women who pave the way for more women to follow. We encourage you to share this opportunity with your colleagues and professional networks, in support of the furtherance of women in medicine.
Nominations will be accepted until the deadline date of Friday March 13, 2015. To make a nomination, please complete the nomination materials and return to the Foundation office via email to fhwim@burkhartgroup.com.
If you have further questions please contact the Foundation via email or by phone at 610-970-9143.
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The Last Word
In honor of all of the snow some of us have been getting -
The Chronicle of Higher Education Academe Today, February 6, 2015:
'Dibs': the Great Northern Parking Tradition
Allan Metcalf celebrates the winter sport of claiming parking spaces cleared of snow.
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