ELAM was honored with the prestigious Gies award for Outstanding Vision by a Public or Private Partner Award Monday evening, March 9, in Boston during ADEA's annual session. We are so proud of ELAM's role in the advancements in academic leadership for women in dental medicine. You must know that this is all possible because of our ELAM alumnae, supporters, faculty and sponsors.

D. Walter Cohen, ELAM Founder, and Lisa Tedesco (ELAM '97, one of ELAM's first 2 dental Fellows) nominated ELAM for this prestigious award and introduced Diane, Page and Roz. As pleased as we are to have been chosen for this award, we were even more thrilled to be in the company of two other honorees with special ties to ELAM, Carol Aschenbrener, M.D., who has been part of the ELAM faculty since it began and Jeanne Sinkford, D.D.S., Ph.D., who was instrumental in opening ELAM to dental fellows.

During her acceptance speech, Diane Magrane asked all ELUMs to stand, all deans who supported an ELAM fellow over its 20 years, and then she asked anyone who had been mentored by an ELUM to stand. It was amazing to see the impact and network just in that room of 300+ people. As we graduate our 20th class this month, think about all you've done and how your connections and actions have supported the program and our mission.

This award is for all of us in the ELAM community!

Find out more on the ADEA Gies website

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ELUM Networking Reception: Boston 2015

ELAM took advantage of the opportunity while in Boston to host over 30 ELUMp from the ADEA conference and surrounding communities in a networking reception. Olivia warmly welcomed everyone; Diane, Page and Roz talked about upcoming plans leading to ELAM's 25th anniversary, including alumnae events and ideas for fundraising to sustain this award winning program.

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Announcing the ELUM activities planned for the year!

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Quote of the Day

When the music changes, so does the dance.

- African proverb

Positions

Leader, Population Health and Health Disparities Research, Duke University School of Medicine. Submitted by Duke University School of Medicine. 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).

Program Leader- Benign Hematology, Yale Cancer Center - Yale University School of Medicine. Submitted by Yale Cancer Center. ELUMs at this university are Ferne Braveman, Anees Chagpar, Gail D'Onofrio, Rosemarie Fisher Diane Krause, Carolyn Mazure, Ismene Petrakis, Marina Picciotto, Carrie Redlich and Lynn Tanoue (SOM); Susan Mayne and Melinda Pettigrew (SoPH).

Division Chief, Adult Reconstructive Surgery, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center - Ohio State University College of Medicine. Submitted by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. ELUMs at this university are Karen Calhoun, Gayle Gordillo, Deborah Larsen, Susan Moffatt-Bruce and Judith Westman (COM); Fonda Robinson (SOD).

Section Chief, General Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine (Reno). Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Mimi Bar-on, Ellen Cosgrove, Vani Dandolu and Deborah Kuhls (SOM); Karen West (Las Vegas SODM); Kimberly Kendricks (ELATE - Las Vegas College of Sciences).

Chief, Medical Genetic Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation - Weill Cornell Medical College at Qatar. Submitted by executive search firm Witt Kieffer. ELUMs at this university are Barbara Hempstead, Rainu Kaushal, Susan Pannullo and Rache Simmons (Weill Cornell - NYC)

Chief, Pediatric Nephrology, Rush University Medical College. Submitted by Rush University Medical College. ELUMs at this university are Susan Chubinskaya, Martha Clare Morris, Lynda Powell and Anna Spagnoli (Med College).

Chief of Pediatric Neurology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles - Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Submitted by Children's Hospital Los Angeles. ELUMs at this university are Michele Kipke, Kathleen Nelson and Amanda Termuhlen (SOM).

Division Chief, Rheumatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the health sciences center are Marjorie Jenkins, Betsy Jones, Cynthia Jumper, Rakhshanda Layeequr-Rahman, Patti Patterson, and Kim Peck (SOM); Michele Follen, Kathy Horn, and Veronica Mallett (Paul L. Foster SOM).

Vice Chair for Clinical Services, Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs are this university are Abbey Berenson, Kathryn Cunningham, Lisa Elferink, Nisha Garg, Kristene Gugliuzza, Marilyn Marx, Joan Nichols, Taylor Riall and Cheryl Watson; Vicki Freeman (ELATE).

Director, Center of Emphasis in Diabetes and Metabolism, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. Submitted by executive search firm Witt Kieffer. See above for ELUMs at this university.

Director, Epilepsy Center, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center - Ohio State University College of Medicine. Submitted by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. See above for ELUMs at this university.

Director, Epilepsy Division, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center - Ohio State University College of Medicine. Submitted by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. See above for ELUMs at this university.

Director, Hospital Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center. Submitted by University of Nebraska Medical Center. ELUMs at this university include Vimla Band, Pamela Carmines, Sheila Ellis, Jennifer Larsen, Debra Romberger and Shelley Smith (COM); Jennifer Brand (ELATE-Engineering).

Medical Director, Behavioral Health, Yale New Haven Hospital - Yale University School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Korn/Ferry International. See above for ELUMs at this university.

Director, Movement Disorders Division, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center - Ohio State University College of Medicine. Submitted by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. See above for ELUMs at this university.

Medical Director, Pediatric Epilepsy, University of California Davis School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Diana Farmer, Julie Freischlag, Ellen Gold, Lydia Howell, Jesse Joad, Karen Kelly, Nancy Lane, Susan Murin, Tina Palmieri, Dena Towner, and Amparo Villablanca (SOM).

Chief Medical Officer, Parkland Health and Hospital System - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Submitted by executive search firm Witt Kieffer. ELUMs at the university are Robin Jarrett, Shawna Nesbitt, Joan Schiller, and Helen Yin.

Chair, Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Dentistry. Submitted by executive search firm Korn Ferry International. ELUMs at this university are Robin Brey, Sandra Burge, Carlayne Jackson, Jan Patterson, Paula Shireman, Gail Tomlinson and Janet Williams (SOM).

Chair, Department of Population Health, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins.

Assistant Dean for Technology Enhanced Instruction, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine at Peoria. Submitted by University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine at Peoria. ELUMs at this university are Meenakshy Aiyer and Sara Rusch (COM-Peoria); Janet Jokela (COM-Urbana Champaign); Karen Colley, Marian Fitzgibbon, Geraldine Fox, Stacie Geller, Denise Hynes, Pauline Maki, Usha Raj, Mary Stephenson (COM); Lorraine Conroy and Geri Donenberg (SoPH); Luisa DiPietro (COD); Brooke Shipley (ELATE - Liberal Arts and Sciences).

Chief Quality Officer, Hamad Medical Corporation - Weill Cornell Medical College at Qatar. Submitted by executive search firm Witt Kieffer. See above for ELUMs at this university.

Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Witt Kieffer. See above for ELUMS at this university.

ELUM News

Congratulations to all of our ELUMs.

Please send us your press releases and links to your announcements.

Remember to mention ELAM.

Announcing the appointment of Kathryn Horn M.D. (ELAM '13) as the Assistant Vice President for Student Services for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSCEP), which she assumes while continuing as the Associate Dean of Student Affairs for the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine.

Colleen Koch M.D., M.S. (ELAM '12) is now the Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and the Mark C. Rogers Professor of Anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore Maryland.

Elizabeth Nelson, M.D. (ELAM '13) has moved from Baylor College of Medicine to become the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education for the University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School. Beth will oversee the educational programs within the medical school years 1 through 4.

Meenakshi Singh, M.D. (ELAM '12), has been named professor of pathology and the Russell J. Eilers, M.D., Endowed Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

Paula Termuhlen, M.D (ELAM '09), has been named Regional Campus Dean for Duluth, of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. Dr. Termuhlen has a passion for helping undeserved, rural communities meet their health care needs. Now she will bring her talents to Duluth in support of that mission as the new regional campus dean.

Martha S. Tingen, Ph.D. (ELAM '15) has taken her Institutional Action Project (IAP) a step further and been named Research Director of the new Children's Research Unit at Medical College of Georgia of Georgia Regents University. She was also named the Associate Director of the Georgia Prevention Institute.

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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.

ELUM Articles

Academic Medicine April 2015 - Volume 90 - Issue 4

Transition to Surgical Residency: A Multi-Institutional Study of Perceived Intern Preparedness and the Effect of a Formal Residency Preparatory Course in the Fourth Year of Medical School.

Minter, Rebecca M. MD; Amos, Keith D. MD; Bentz, Michael L. MD; Blair, Patrice Gabler MPH; Brandt, Christopher MD; D'Cunha, Jonathan MD, PhD; Davis, Elisabeth PhD; Delman, Keith A. MD; Deutsch, Ellen S. MD; Divino, Celia MD; Kingsley, Darra MD; Klingensmith, Mary MD; Meterissian, Sarkis MD; Sachdeva, Ajit K. MD; Terhune, Kyla MD; Termuhlen, Paula M. MD; Mullan, Patricia B. PhD

A Competency-Based Approach to Recruiting, Developing, and Giving Feedback to Department Chairs

Palmer, Megan; Hoffmann-Longtin, Krista; Walvoord, Emily; Bogdewic, Stephen P.; Dankoski, Mary E.

Preventing and Managing Unprofessionalism in Medical School Faculties

Binder, Renee; Friedli, Amy; Fuentes-Afflick, Elena

Articles of Note

AAMC CFAS News: March 27, 2015

The Rock Talk blog from Sally Rockey, Ph.D., NIH deputy director for extramural affairs, this week featured an item, "More Data on Age and the Workforce," which explores the distribution of research funding by age group. Read More

(ELAM and ELATE are pleased to have Dr. Rockey join them for their final class sessions of 2015.)

Should Physicians Be Logging in to Avoid Burning Out?

An article exploring physician burnout and the potential positive effects of social networking geared toward a doctor audience appeared in the Huffington Post this week. "Should Physicians Be Logging in to Avoid Burning Out?" explores some of the reasons behind burnout and ways to address it.

What Do Deans Even Do?

That's the question posed in a ScienceCareers article which seeks to explain the day-to-day operations of the dean's office.

Harvard Business Review: March 24, 2015

The 5 Biases Pushing Women Out of STEM

Joan C. Williams writes "By now, we've all heard about the low numbers of American women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Some argue it's a pipeline issue - that if we can interest more young girls in STEM subjects, the issue will resolve itself over time. But that's not convincing. After all, the percentage of women in computer science has actually decreased since 1991..."

Academic Medicine: April 2015 - Volume 90 - Issue 4

A Schematic Representation of the Professional Identity Formation and Socialization of Medical Students and Residents: A Guide for Medical Educators

Richard L. Cruess, MD, Sylvia R. Cruess, MD, J. Donald Boudreau, MD, Linda Snell, MD, MHPE, and Yvonne Steinert, PhD

TED Talks Online: March 2015

Why Do Ambitious Women Have Flat Heads?

Dame Stephanie Shirley is the most successful tech entrepreneur you never heard of. In the 1960s, she founded a pioneering all-woman software company in the UK, which was ultimately valued at $3 billion, making millionaires of 70 of her team members. In this frank and often hilarious talk, she explains why she went by "Steve," how she upended the expectations of the time, and shares some sure-fire ways to identify ambitious women.

CNN.com: March 25, 2015

The Woman Code: How women can help, not hurt each other

I ... don't expect all my female colleagues to go out of their way for me and sing "Kumbaya" together in the office, but I'm always stunned when a woman who could have been helpful to me wasn't, when a woman who could have been a mentor chose not to be, when a woman tried to hurt me because of her own fear... Read more in this review of Sophia Nelson's book, The Woman Code.

Entrepreneur.com: March 29, 2015

The Do's and Don'ts of the Modern Resume

Along with glowing references, a solid resume is a must-have for any job applicant. But even those with great credentials need to package those achievements the right way to catch a hiring manager's eyes.

NY Times: February 9, 2015

Do Activist Investors Target Female CEOs?

While women have made strides in cracking the glass ceiling, they still account for a small fraction of chief executives at public companies. Only 23 women lead companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index. Yet at least a quarter of them have fallen into the cross hairs of activist investors.

Calls for Application, Nomination, Etc.

The 14th Annual Janet L. Norwood Award

The Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is pleased to request nominations for the Fourteenth Annual Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences. The award will be conferred on Wed September 9, 2015. The award recipient will be invited to deliver a lecture at the UAB award ceremony, and will receive all expenses, the award, and a $5,000 prize.

The Last Word

TheNextWeb.com's Life Hacks: February 8, 2015

6 Important Things You Should Know About How Your Brain Learns

This week's last word is both scientific and nifty rolled into a very interesting article originally posted by the Crew Blog. While everyone learns slightly differently, we do have similarities in the way our brains take in new information, and knowing how this works can help us choose the most efficient strategies for learning new things.

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