Bulletin for May 2013 - FAU

Page 2BulletinPositive experiences in the MSTAR program have ledmany physicians‐in‐training to pursue academic careers inaging, ranging from basic science to clinical research tohealth services research. They have joined the growingcadre of physicians and scientists whose specializedknowledge and skills are in great demand as ourpopulation ages. The 2013 program continues andstrengthens the original Hartford/AFAR Medical StudentGeriatric Scholars Program, established in 1994, which todate has trained 1,706 students from more than 100medical schools. Shawna will participate in an eight‐ totwelve‐week structured research, clinical, and didacticprogram in geriatrics. In addition, she will be invited topresent a poster at the Annual Meeting of the AmericanGeriatrics Society in Orlando, Florida from May 15‐17,2014. Shawna’s mentors are Joseph Ouslander, M.D.,Interim Chair of the Integrated Medical ScienceDepartment and Senior Associate Dean for GeriatricPrograms in the Schmidt College of Medicine and LoriMcMahon, Ph.D., Professor of Cell, Developmental andIntegrative Biology at The University of Alabama atBirmingham.Laruen Spoo, M1 student inFAU’s Charles E. SchmidtCollege of Medicine recentlywon the prestigious summer“Integrated Ethics Internship”at The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center.The objectives of this program are to provide anintroduction to clinical, research and/or organizationalethics for qualified individuals with a particular interest inhealth care ethics and to give them the opportunity tocontribute to activities and projects of the Section ofIntegrated Ethics at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.Components of the program include clinical ethics,research ethics, organizational ethics and academicethics. Lauren has been working under the direction ofCatherine Myser, Ph.D., Director of Ethics, SocialMedicine, and Global Health Programs in FAU’s Charles E.Schmidt College of Medicine. Dr. Myser invited Lauren toserve as the M2 Ethics Peer Mentor (Leader) to repeatthe “Ethics in a Short White Coat” clinical ethics educationpilot of last year. In her leadership role, Lauren helped Dr.Myser identify and engage seven other M1s to participateand help with the development of that clinical ethicsprogram and additional medical anthropology/culturalcompetency educational modules for Fall 2013 & Spring2014. Lauren and those peer mentors will also contributeto educational scholarship/publications to describe andshare this and other teaching innovations with thebioethics and medical education communities.Congratulations to the following FAU Charles E. SchmidtCollege of Medicine employees who were recognized fortheir years of service at the Employee Service AwardsCeremony, which took place on Monday, April 15 at theLive Oak Pavilion: Deborah Louda, Ph.D. 30 YearsAssociate Professor, ClinicalBiomedical Science Robert Blanks, Ph.D. 10 YearsProfessor of Biomedical Science Debra Bradley 10 YearsLaboratory Coordinator and FacilitiesManager Zhongwei Li, Ph.D. 10 YearsAssociate Professor of BiomedicalScience Rachel Slaw 10 YearsAcademic Program Specialist Jang‐Yen Wu, Ph.D. 10 YearsProfessor and SchmidtSenior Fellow, BiomedicalScience Lisa Ann Brennan, Ph.D. 5 YearsResearch Associate Professor Jaclyn DeAquino 5 YearsFinance Manager Morton Levitt, M.D. 5 YearsSenior Associate Dean for FacultyAffairs Gary Rose, M.D. 5 YearsAssociate Professor of ClinicalBiomedical Science