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Contents:
New Graduate Program Assistant
Administrative Medicine Alumni Seminar
Department and Graduate Program Web Site Upgrades
Final Administrative Medicine Class Graduates
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Welcome to this first issue of the newsletter of the UW Department of Population Health Sciences and the Population Health Graduate Program. This newsletter is intended to serve as a means of communication between everyone involved in the Department and Graduate Program. This includes not only those presently involved (i.e., current students, staff, and faculty) but also those who were involved in the past (e.g., alumni) and those who will be involved in the future (e.g., prospective students and faculty recruits). I believe that the Department and Graduate Program are going through very exciting times. Processes currently underway include the review of the entire curriculum of the Graduate Program and the Program’s 5-year review soon to get started, the review of the organizational structure of the Department, the revamping of the departmental Web page, the assessment of current procedures for merit review of the academic staff, the recruitment of new faculty and staff, the planning of a new Masters in Public Health (MPH) program, and the development of proposals for the Blue Cross/Blue Shield endowment program. Lots of excitement, yes, and lots of work ahead! We hope that this newsletter will be useful for you to keep track of what is going on, while also serving as a vehicle to share views and perspectives on these multi-dimensional processes. This first issue is to be considered a “work-in-progress”, both in terms of design and content. A more elaborate design will be developed in consonance with the new departmental Web page “look.” As for content, we expect to develop standing sections with news of the accomplishments of faculty, staff, students, and alumni, graduate program announcements, upcoming departmental events, news from the Students’ Organization, opinion pieces, etc. We would like to encourage you to contribute news and opinions for future issues of the newsletter. I hope you will join me for a warm welcome to the new incoming class of students as well as to Dr. Christine Arcari and Dr. Maureen Durkin, the two new members of the faculty joining us as of September 1. And last but not least, I would like to express very special thanks to Jody Siegel, Tricia Dusick, and Laura Croft, who managed to put together this first issue in a very professional manner and in an extraordinarily short period of time, as well as to all of those who contributed. Javier Nieto
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Fall 2002 Welcome and New Student Orientation August 29th |
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This year’s Orientation will focus on what’s new in the Graduate Program—a lot! All current and new Population Health M.S. and Ph.D. students as well as faculty are encouraged to attend the event which will be held on Thursday, August 29, from 8:30-11:00 in the WARF first floor lunch room (the large room adjacent to the vending machines). Because most of this year’s incoming students have already taken some of the program courses, we’ll focus on recent and upcoming changes, which should be of interest to all Population Health students and faculty.
Current and new students also will have an opportunity to introduce themselves, and representatives of the Population Health Graduate Student Organization will speak. We’ll provide a continental breakfast. Please RSVP to: pophealth@med.wisc.edu
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Since its inception late last fall, PHGSO has been an overwhelming success. At its first meeting in November 2001, students identified three core advantages for having a student organization: 1. Maintaining personal professional contact with other students. 2. Organizing different activities and getting everyone involved. 3. Getting students’ suggestions, ideas, and feedback on different program concerns. This includes input into curriculum, student offices, department seminars, extracurricular department activities, admissions, steering, and vision for the future of the department. Highlights of PHGSO’s early accomplishments include: · Election of officers and representatives to the Admissions and Curriculum Committees. · Enthusiastic and broad participation by students, faculty and researchers in the first Population Health Poster Session this past April. · Commitment to coordinate the new Seminar Journal Clubs and Wednesday Student Presentations beginning in Fall 2002. · Off-site visits, including one to the State Laboratory of Hygiene in March 2002.
Officers for the 2001-2002 Academic Year were: Co-Presidents: Hana Said and Ralph Insinga (Nilay Shah, served as interim co-president during the summer) Secretary: Kimmine Pierce Meeting Planner: Amanda Riemer Steering Committee: Randy Brown Admissions Committee: Indiana Strombom Curriculum Committee: Kirstie Danielson Department Committees: Vanessa Newburn Social Chairs: Praveen Jayakumar (alum) and Monica Monteon Student Poster Session: Tasha Stout, Hong Wang (alum) and Randy Brown Off-site Coordinator: Frank Salvi (alum) Elections for new officers will be held this fall. PHGSO will sponsor its first Fall 2002 meeting onThursday, August 29, immediately following the Fall Welcome and New Student Orientation. All continuing and new students are encouraged to attend. Please look for additional news about this soon from Hana Said or Nilay Shah. For more information about PHGSO, please contact Hana Said (hasaid@students.wisc.edu) or Nilay Shah. (nd.shah@hosp.wisc.edu).
Tricia Dusick to Become the Graduate Program Project Assistant
Tricia S. Dusick, who has been working as a Program Assistant for the M.S./Ph.D. Program since fall 2001, will become a Project Assistant in the department this September. She will continue to work with Jody Siegel, helping with the coordination of admissions, course evaluations, student records, graduate program data requests, and assisting students and faculty. Tricia looks forward to her new appointment this fall and anticipates getting to know more Population Health students and faculty in the coming year.
Tricia is a second-year graduate student in the Department of Educational Policy Studies in the School of Education. She is interested in the implementation and evaluation of school services and programs for marginalized student populations, especially students of color and LGBT youth. Tricia has been a great asset to the Graduate Program and we are delighted that she will be continuing with us as a Graduate Program Assistant. |
Administrative Medicine
Twenty two members of the last class to graduate from the Administrative Medicine Program celebrated their commencement on Saturday, June 15 in the Alumni Lounge of the Pyle Center, accompanied by friends and family members, as well as some program faculty members (Denny Fryback, Russ Tomar) and staff. The Graduation Speaker was Martin Hickey, a graduate of the very first class to graduate from the program in 1990, now CEO and President of Lovelace Health Systems in Albuquerque, NM, and President of the ACPE Board of Directors (American College of Physician Executives). Dr. Hickey exhorted the graduates to put the learning and training they received over the past two years in the Administrative Medicine Program to the best possible use by making a difference in the American Healthcare System. He outlined possible ways to go about doing this by starting with becoming involved on a local level in their very own communities to begin with. Brent Nelson and Heidi Wilde introduced the graduates and Program Co-Directors David A. Kindig and Ashley Anderson handed out diplomas to the graduates. Families also received thanks and acknowledgement for their support of the students throughout the program’s duration. A festive champagne luncheon and musical accompaniment by the Celtic music ensemble Keltori concluded the festivities.
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Administrative Medicine Program AlumniSeminarOn Friday, June 7, and Saturday, June 8th, 2002, the Administrative Medicine Program hosted "A Celebration of 25 years of Successful Medical Management" which was held at the Fluno Center for Executive Education on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The seminar was open to past and present Administrative Medicine students as well as special guests from the healthcare community. Program co-directors David Kindig, MD, PhD, and Ashley Anderson, MD, MS, Admin Med Class of 1998, welcomed participants and speakers. Master of Ceremonies Chuck Shabino, MD, MS, Chief Medical Officer, Community HealthCare Inc., alumnus of the Admin Med Class of 1992, kicked off the event that was attended by more than 70 participants. Key alumni speakers were: Lee Newcomer, MD, MS, Executive VP/Chief Medical Officer, Vivius, Inc., Admin Med Class of 1990: “New Models of Medical Organizations.”
George Isham, MD, MS, Medical Director/Chief Health Officer, HealthPartners, On-Campus Admin Med alumnus: “Making the Business Case for Quality.”
Jay Schukman,MD. MS, President, Administrative Medicine Alumni Association, Medical Director, Trigon, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, (Class of 1994): Official Welcome from the Health Management Alumni Association Roger Schenke, Executive Vice President, American College of Physician Executives: “Reflections on Medical Management and Education” David Masuda, MD, MS, Senior Fellow, University of Washington, Division of Bioinformatics, Admin Med Class of 1996,: “Cool Tools II: New Practical Applications of Medical Informatics (follow-up from June 2001)” Burt Wagner, Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach; Administrative Medicine Faculty: Health Law: “The HIPAA Privacy Rule.” An Alumni Reactor Panel provided responses to the presentations and included the following alumni: Jane Barnett, RN, MS, President and CEO, University Health Care, Inc., (Class of 1990) Susan Freeman, MD, MS, (Class of 1997) Eliot Huxley, MD, MS, President, Aurora Medical Group (Class of 1992) Marv Kolb, MD, MS, Medical Director, Kern Medical Center (On-Campus Admin Med alumnus) The Alumni Seminar concluded with recollections and perspectives on the “History and Future of Education in Medical Management,” by David Kindig, MD, Ph.D., Jay Noren, MD, MPH, Professor, College of Medicine and George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M, early Administrative Medicine Program Faculty Member and Roger Schenke, Executive Vice President, ACPE.
On Thursday, June 13, 2002, members of the Administrative Medicine Program Class XII, as well as program Faculty and staff were treated to a pre-graduation dinner cruise on the Betty Lou on Lake Mendota. Department Chair Javier Nieto had joined the festivities and after a thunderstorm, steered the boat safely through some pretty rough seas. All felt in good hands. The outing was accompanied on the guitar by Brent Nelson. |
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Department and Graduate Program Web Sites Being Updated
This fall, the Department and Graduate Program will go through some significant changes and upgrades to their web presence. Three key goals of these changes will be:
The Internet is our most important tool for advertising the program and recruiting new students. Potential applicants typically want to know what research and assistantship opportunities are available to students and how our graduates do in the job market. We now have a critical mass of information to begin talking about research and placement. We’ll be adding abstracts from the recent Poster Session, news about our alumni, information about Research and Project Assistants in the Department and other information that highlights the multidisciplinary and collaborative opportunities.
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Professor Mark Albanese, Ph.D. In March, Dr. Mark Albanese, Chair of the Distinguished 2002 John P. Hubbard Award Committee, for the national Board of Medical Examiners© presented Dr. Susan M. Case with this year’s 2002 Hubbard Award at their Annual Meeting. The Award is given each year to individuals recognized who make significant contributions to the pursuit of excellence in the field of evaluation in medicine. The John P. Hubbard Award was established in 1983 in special tribute to the late John P. Hubbard, M.D. Dr. Albanese participated in “Expert Meeting on Medical Education Outcomes Research” on July 22nd in Maryland sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Health Resources and Services Administration. Dr. Albanese has also recently accepted an invitation to become an Associate Editor for the Journal Medical Education. Professor Mari Palta, Ph.D. Mari Palta is president this year of the Caucus for Women in Statistics. This is a national independent organization interacting with all statistical societies, and is informally associated with the American Statistical Association for purposes of its annual meeting. Its goals are to foster opportunities for the education, employment, and advancement of women in statistics and the recruitment of women into statistics. At the annual meetings, which take place August 11-15 in New York this year, the Caucus organizes two receptions, an invited session, a roundtable breakfast, a hospitality table and above all, the Gertrude Cox Scholarship Race in Central Park. The invited session this year has as its topic Where Are the Data? Challenges in Obtaining and Analyzing Data on Children, and will include data from two studies of children in the Department- the Wisconsin Diabetes Registry and the Newborn Lung Project. If any T-shirts are left from the race, they will be offered for Sale after the Department Meeting.
Please Send Us Your NewsFor the Next IssueWe’d like to use the Newsletter to highlight the accomplishments of our students and faculty, and staff. Please let us know about your good news (honorary appointments, publications, awards, presentations, grant awards, personal milestones, events; births, marriages, etc). Send your good news to Jody Siegel siegelj@wisc.edu for inclusion in an upcoming issue of the newsletter. Thanks!
Newsletter Contacts: Jody Siegel Phone: (608) 265-8108 Email: siegelj@wisc.edu Tricia Dusick Phone: (608) 263-2880 Email: tsdusick@wisc.edu Laura Croft Phone: (608) 265-0516 Email: lmcroft@wisc.edu
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