Faculty Named to 2021
Wellness through Equity and Leadership (WEL) Alliance
Dr. Amanda Higginson, clinical associate professor for the Department of Pediatrics and interim director for accreditation, Office of Graduate Medical Education; and Dr. Juliana Jaramillo, who will join ECU as a clinical associate professor for emergency medicine on July 18, were appointed to the 18-month program that provides early- to mid-career female physicians opportunities for networking, mentorship and training in areas of leadership, equity in medicine and wellness.
Higginson and Jarmillo were selected to hold two of the 50 spots in the highly selective WEI program.
The alliance, funded by the Physicians Foundation, is designed to create more equitable work environments for women physicians and is a collaborative effort of 10 U.S. medical associations.
The program began in April and will run through September 2022.
For more on this story, including input from Higginson and Jarmillo, visit the original blog from ECU's News Services.
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Pathology Faculty Accepted into
Association of Pathology Chairs (APC)
Leadership Program
Dr. Gina Murray, associate professor of Pathology, has been accepted into APC Pathology Leadership Fellows Program for the class of 2022. Dr. Murray underwent an extensive application process, including a Letter of Commitment from her department chair and a panel review conducted by the APC’s Leadership Development & Diversity Committee. Dr. Murray will represent BSOM as one of only 25 participants within the competitive applicant pool.
This year’s APC Pathology Leadership Fellows Program consist of a hybrid, yearly itinerary, including workshops, seminars, simulations as well as a meet and greet with mentors.
The chief aim for APC Pathology Leadership Fellows (APLF) program is to “cultivate leadership potential and opportunities by providing experiences and education that accelerate understanding and competency in the skills required for academic administration”.
For more information on the class of 2023 application process click here.
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Teachers of Quality Academy 5.0
On May 13, 2021, the Teachers of Quality Academy (TQA) program welcomed their fifth cohort of 28 scholars from ECU and Vidant Health. TQA is led by Dr. Timothy Reeder, Department of Emergency Medicine, and is jointly sponsored by Vidant Health and Brody School of Medicine with Vice President of Community Hospitals Lou Reida serving as the executive sponsor for the program.
The program, which began in 2014, is a professional development program designed to provide health professions clinicians and educators with the skills necessary to practice, model and teach the new competencies of Health Systems Science: patient safety, quality improvement, systems thinking, population health and team-based care.
Participants in TQA are selected based on their potential to become change agents in these competencies. TQA provides advanced training toward achieving a greater capacity to design and implement quality improvement activities and to apply these skills across the health system. Additional training in leadership of self and others, and leading change are included so participants can continue to advance the culture change needed to transform the delivery system.
“We are excited to launch the next cohort of the Teachers of Quality Academy. Building on the foundation of the prior 114 graduates, these outstanding participants will help transform our health system and learning environment,” Reeder said. “With the training from TQA, they will be empowered to lead ECU and Vidant Health into the future.”
The fifth iteration of the program required a slight adjustment in the structure and delivery due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than hosting six full-day, in-person sessions, the sessions have been increased to 12 half-day sessions delivered virtually with the intent to transition to in-person when safe to do so. The curriculum delivers concepts of Health Systems Science taught in an authentic setting using an experiential design. By designing experiences that span the continuum of professional development in the context of clinical microsystems with other health care professionals, learning is augmented, and participants are better prepared to meet real-world challenges.
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Mentoring Advice Program (MAP) 2020 - 2021 Cohort
The Office of Faculty Development executed the second cohort of the Mentoring Advice Program (MAP) 2020 – 2021 with 13 mentees and 13 mentors, an increase of 117% from the pilot year with 6 mentees and 6 mentors. Each mentee was assigned a career mentor and participated in programming to promote retention, development and advancement. The mentee/mentor pairs met at least once monthly, and mentees took part in workshops at least once a month between August and May. Each of the workshops was planned around a specific topic with specified learning objectives, and guest speakers/experts delivered the programming. Workshop topics included Research Support, Writing Skills, Team Building, Work-Life Balance, Promotion and Tenure and Teaching and Feedback. The program culminated with each mentee presenting a research project.
See below for the 2020 - 2021 Mentor/Mentee pairs & the Mentee MAP Project Titles:
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The Office of Faculty Development is currently accepting applications to the 2021 - 2022 Mentoring Advice Program. MAP workshops will typically be held once a month on Friday afternoons. Space is limited, and preference will be given to female and/or underrepresented minority faculty, as this is an objective within the BSOM strategic planning unit report. The deadline to apply is Friday, July 16, 2021.
Mentee applicants must be a Clinical Assistant Professor or Assistant Professor and have joined BSOM within the past five years. Application requirements are:
1. CV
2. Letter of Support from Chair to participate in program
3. Brief Reflective Statement which identifies your own needs for meeting your career objectives and how you think the mentorship program will benefit you.
If you have any questions about this program, contact Allison Flowers at 252-744-2870 or flowersa19@ecu.edu.
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Faculty Research Grant
Dr. Huabin Luo
Dr Huabin Luo, PhD, associate professor of Department of Public Health has received a a bridge grant to study the risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease.
On Sept 15, 2020, Dr. Huabin Luo (Co-PI) and his colleague at NYU (Dr. Bei Wu, Co-PI) received a one-year grant (R56) from NIH/NIA (National Institute on Aging), entitled “Pathway from the co-occurrence of poor oral health and diabetes to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia and mortality” 09/15/2020-08/31/2021. This funding from NIA is intended to generate more data for high-priority projects.
Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) are irreversible, progressive brain diseases that affect 5.7 million Americans. ADRD is devastating for individuals and families both financially and emotionally. Identifying both individual and combined risk factors of ADRD and evaluating the impact of comorbidities on cognitive impairment is essential to improve the cognitive health of older adults. Both poor oral health and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is common in older adults; both are associated with greater cognitive decline in older adults. This may be due to systemic inflammation.
"The interrelated mechanisms between DM and poor oral health are likely to magnify the risk for ADRD; the pathways from the co-occurrence of these two conditions to ADRD and mortality has not been studied.
Dr. Luo and his team conduct a longitudinal study to further examine the relationship between oral health and cognitive function, with a focus on how the co-occurrence of both DM and poor oral health affects cognitive function. Their project will develop a new model to improve the predictive modeling of ADRD.
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7th Annual
Medical Education Day
Brody School of Medicine held its 7th annual Medical Education Day on May 5, 2021. The event was held virtually with Eastern AHEC, the BSOM Office of Medical Education and Office of Faculty Development facilitating. The keynote presentation -- The Virtual Family Approach in Medical Education -- was given by Dr. Lauren Mazzurco of Eastern Virginia Medical School .
There were twelve Quick Shot Poster presentations, five podium sessions and two concurrent sessions. See the full agenda for details.
The objectives of Medical Education Day are:
1. Provide a forum for sharing educational innovations in curriculum and teaching, educational research and leadership related to medical education.
2. Enhance knowledge and understanding of new approaches in medical education across the U.S.
3. Build a network of faculty, staff and students interested in promoting educational excellence.
For a list of this year's Medical Education Day awards, click here.
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Faculty Spotlights
Above and Beyond
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Faculty Development Opportunities
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity
Fall Faculty Success Program
The Faculty Success Program is a 12-week online program designed to teach tenure-track and tenured faculty the skills to increase research and writing productivity while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Register for the Fall Faculty Success Program by logging in to the NCFDD website and visiting this link.
Need to activate your free membership to NCFDD?
1) Go to http://www.FacultyDiversity.org/Join
2) Choose your institution from the drop-down menu.
3) Select “Activate my Membership”
4) Complete the registration form using your ecu.edu email address (i.e. @ecu.edu)
5) Go to your ecu.edu email to find a confirmation email. Click “Activate Account” in the confirmation email
Faculty Award Nominations
Visit this Faculty Awards link for information on the 2021 -22 awards and nomination process. Nominations are due by 5 pm on September 15, 2021.
Credits:
Photo credits: Cover photo, MAP table and Faculty Development Opportunities flyers: Allison Flowers; TQA photo: Jenna Garris; MAP Collages and Faculty Spotlights: Nora Brooks; Award photo: Created with an image by Mimzy - "trophy award winner"; All other photos courtesy of and used with permission by ECU Photos/ECU Communications. WEI article credit to ECU News Services