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  October 22, 2015
 
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Early Bird Deadline is Tomorrow!  
  
Early bird registration at a discounted rate for the
 
ELUM Professional Development Program:
The Science and Practice of
Positivity and Possibility

January 14 - 17, 2016
The Washington Duke Inn
Durham, NC
  
ends tomorrow - so register today!

Need a dose of ELAM? UNC Researcher Barbara Fredrickson will provide the evidence and various practitioners will teach skills of mindfulness, movement, and meditation. Executive Coach and master teacher, Sabina Nawaz will facilitate discussions about leadership coaching and influence. In addition, the 2016 Fellows are eager for you to join them for institutional action project consultations and social time prior to the opening dinner presentation. This event also is an important step in ELAM's advance towards its 25th anniversary in an evening event honoring our Founder, Page S. Morahan.
 
Click here for more information and to register.
  
We hope to see you there!
 
  

 

Quote of the Day


Remember noone can make you feel inferior without your consent.

       - Eleanor Roosevelt

 

 
Positions 
  
Chief Genomics Officer, University of California, San Francisco Health System. 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).
  
Medical Director for Ambulatory Services, Upstate University Hospital. Submitted by executive search firm Korn Ferry. ELUMs at Upstate Medical University are Leslie Kohman and Margaret Turk.
  
Chief, Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Boston University School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at Boston University are Emelia Benjamin, Deborah Cotton, and Sharon Levine (SOM); Judith Jones and Leslie Will (SODM); Deborah Bowen and Lisa Sullivan (SOPH).
  
Chief of Pediatric Nephrology, Rush University Medical Center. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at Rush University are Susan Chubinskaya, Martha Morris, Lynda Powell, and Anna Spagnoli.
  
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at Northwestern are Wendy Brown, Mercedes Carnethon, Marilynn Frederiksen, Leah Harris, Melina Kibbe, Melissa Simon, Susan Skochelak, M. Christine Stock, Katherine Wisner, and Cynthia Wong (SOM).
  
Chair, Communication Disorders and Science, Rush University Medical Center. Submitted by the institution. See above for ELUMs at the university.
  
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the Medical Center are Sarah Berga, Allison Brashear, Sonia Crandall, Debra Diz, Amy McMichael, Sally Shumaker, and Lynne Wagenknecht (SOM).
  
Chair, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Hodges Partners. ELUMs at Baylor are Susan Blaney, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Marcia Katz, and Alicia Monroe (COM).
  
Chair, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama. Submitted by executive search firm Korn Ferry. ELUMs at the university are Vera Bittner, Lourdes Corman, Jackie Feldman, Mona Fouad, Robin Lorenz, Amie McLain, Sarah Morgan, and Jane Schwebke (SOM); Jean O'Neal (SOD).
  
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Isaacson Miller. ELUMs at the university are Diana Farmer, Julie Freischlag, Ellen Gold, Lydia Howell, Jesse Joad, Karen Kelly, Nancy Lane, Susan Murin, Tina Palmieri, and Amparo Villablanca (SOM).
  
Chair, Department of Radiology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Submitted by the institution. See above for ELUMs at the Medical Center.
  
Chief Administrative Officer, Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts Medical Center. Submitted by executive search firm Korn Ferry. ELUMs at Tufts University are Diana Bianchi, Karen Freund, Lindsey Grossman, and Simin Meydani (SOM); Elena Naumova (ELATE - College of Engineering).
  
Dean, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside.
  
Dean, School of Public Health, Yale University. ELUMs at the university are Simin Meydani, Ferne Braveman, Anees Chagpar, Gail D'Onofrio, Rosemarie Fisher, Diane Krause, Carolyn Mazure, Ismene Petrakis, Marina Picciotto, Carrie Redlich, and Lynn Tanoue (SOM); Melinda Pettigrew (SOPH).  
  

 
For all job posting requests, please email: elamjobs@drexelmed.edu.
  
  
  
ELUM News
  
Evelyn Valencerina Gopez M.D. (ELAM '13), received the Healthcare Heroes Award for Administrative Excellence on Oct. 6, 2015, given by Utah Business magazine.
 
Cynthia Wong, M.D. (ELAM '13), has been named the new Chair and Departmental Executive Officer of the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Iowa.
  
  
  
  

 
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
  
Calgary Herald, September 23, 2015:
Janet de Groot, Samina Ali, Lara Nixon, Tom Rosenal, Amanda Roze des Ordons, Nazia Viceer and Pamela Brett-MacLean
 

 
Academic Medicine, Volume 90, Issue 10, October 2015:
Nelson, Kathleen G.; Crawford, James M.; Fisher, Rosemarie L.L.
 
Mazumdar, Madhu; Messinger, Shari; Finkelstein, Dianne M.; Goldberg, Judith D.; Lindsell, Christopher J.; Morton, Sally C.; Pollock, Brad H.; Rahbar, Mohammad H.; Welty, Leah J.; Parker, Robert A.; for the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Key Function Committee of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Consort
 
Lee Klamen, Debra
 
Elnicki, D. Michael; Gallagher, Susan; Willett, Laura; Kane, Gregory; Muntz, Martin; Henry, Daniel; Cannarozzi, Maria; Stewart, Emily; Harrell, Heather; Aiyer, Meenakshy; Salvit, Cori; Chudgar, Saumil; Vu, Robert; for the Clerkship Directors in Internal MedicineAssociation of Program Directors in Internal Medicine Committee on Transition to Internship
 

  
Journal of Women's Health, Vol. 24, No. 10, October 2015:
Emily S. Miller, Denada Hoxha, Katherine L. Wisner, and Dana R. Gossett 
  
  
 
Articles of Note
  
Alberta Doctors' Digest, Volume 40, Number 5, September-October 2015:
Can education and mediation really make a difference?
[This article was submitted by ELUM Joanne Tedesco.]
  
Fast Company, September 8, 2015:
How many of your emails are directed to you personally, and how many are you just cc'd on?
  
Inside Higher Ed, October 9, 2015:
Determining your needs, choosing the right person and setting realistic goals are the keys to success.
  
The Forward, October 10, 2015:
Eileen Pollack On Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club
Eileen Pollack is the author of the new book "The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club." The book examines her own experience as a physics student at Yale in the 1970s, and whether things have changed for women in science since then.

Center for Creative Leadership, Leading Effectively, October 13, 2015:
There is a theory in the field of innovation that the greatest breakthroughs come not from freedom, but from constraints. When you are constrained you are forced to think in irregular ways about your challenge, so you improvise.
  
Inside Higher Ed, October 16, 2015:
Knowing ways to protect yourself against those who might undercut you can be crucial, writes Larry D. Lauer.
  
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe Today, October 20, 2015:
Why some professors, mostly women, end up doing a lot of unrecognized service work involving other people's personal problems.
  
  
 
Calls for Application, Nomination, Etc.
  
ACE's 2016 Donna Shavlik Award
Commitment to Women's Advancement in Higher Education
The American Council on Education (ACE) is now accepting nominations for the Donna Shavlik Award. This award recognizes an individual who has shown sustained and continuing commitment to women's advancement in higher education, either in colleges and universities or in national positions. You can help honor an outstanding individual by making a nomination today.
The award will be presented March 12, 2016, at the Women's Leadership Dinner during ACE2016, ACE's 98th ACE Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
All nominations must be received by Dec. 11, 2015.
Click here to learn more or view a list of past award recipients.
  
ASPPH Friday Letter, October 16, 2015:
Nominations are now being accepted for the ASPPH Faculty Awards, Welch-Rose Award, and Riegelman Award. Nominations will be accepted until Wednesday, October 21, by 11:59 p.m. Pacific. All award winners will be recognized during the ASPPH Annual Meeting, March 20-22, 2016.
 
  
 
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