2009 Performance Accountability Report Vol. 2 - Maryland Higher ...

through surveys sent to deans, administrators, and faculty at accredited schools. UMB’s rank of
4.0 is actually the sixth highest rank awarded, as four schools were tied with a score of 4.1. In
2008, the UMB School of Social Work ranked 18 th , up from 19 th when ranked in 2004 and 25 th
when ranked in 2000.
Objective 1.2 – By fiscal year 2010 increase nationally recognized memberships and awards to
UMB faculty by 25% compared to 2005.
Data for this indicator is taken from the report, The Top American Research Universities,
prepared by the Lombardi Program on Measuring University Performance. Although the
number of UMB faculty with National Academy memberships or nationally recognized awards
dipped for 2005, the census returned to previously reported levels for 2006 and increased to 17
for 2009. As an example of the recognition achieved by UMB faculty, the prestigious J. William
Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board awarded four grants to UMB faculty: Professor Ilene
Zuckerman, PharmD, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Health
Services Research, will expand her research of elderly health care in Thailand; Professor C.
Daniel Mullins, PhD, of the School of Pharmacy will help the National University of Ireland
develop a program in health technology; Professor Emmanuel Kasimbazi, PhD, LLM, will
research environmental law courses and curriculum development at the University of Maryland
School of Law; and postdoctoral fellow Oliver Maddocks, PhD, MPharm, MRPharmS, will
research the role of enteropathic E. coli in the development of colon cancer at the University of
Maryland School of Medicine. Also, Edward Pecukonis, PhD, MSW, associate professor at the
University of Maryland School of Social Work, has been selected by the Maryland Chapter of
the National Association of Social Workers as Social Work Educator of the year.
Objective 1.3 – By fiscal year 2010 increase scholarly productivity by increasing scholarly
publications and activities per full-time faculty member by at least 25% compared to 2005.
For a number of years UMB has reported aspects of faculty non-instructional productivity, using
the annual survey of faculty non-instructional productivity as a source of the data. Previously,
reported scholarly productivity included only published books and refereed works. This
indicator was broadened to include non-refereed works, creative activities and papers presented
at professional meetings. As noted by the Maryland Higher Education Commission the number
of scholarly publications and activities per full-time faculty steadily declined from 6.7 to 6.4
during the past three years. However, this downward trend was reversed for 2008 with the
number of scholarly publications and activities reaching 7.1 per full-time faculty. The number of
scholarly publications and activities per full-time faculty declined to 6.6 for 2009.
Goal 2 - Conduct recognized research and scholarship in the life and health sciences, law
and social work that fosters social and economic development.
Objective 2.1 – By fiscal year 2010 increase extramural funding for research, service and
training projects by 26% compared to 2005.
Between fiscal year 1995 and fiscal year 2004 sponsored research at UMB grew by an average
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