Bauman: It’s everyone’s WIMHSFormer mentee becomes leader of women’s advocacy program

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About success

“Promotion of women in STEM science at UC Davis – that for me is success. Seeing my doctoral students graduate, hooding them symbolizes success, too. Seeing postdoctoral fellows get really good jobs, that’s success. Seeing the CAMPOS faculty scholars receive professional awards, grants, and achieve their merit, or attain tenure, that’s success. For me, those are the metrics of success in academia.”

– Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

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Rebecca Moncada Program Analyst, WIMHS remoncada@ucdavis.edu

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Melissa Bauman and Rebecca Moncada at the MIND Institute (photo by Cheryl Busman)

MARCH

28 Faculty Breakfast with School of Medicine’s Interim Dean, Lars Berglund, M.D., Ph.D.

APRIL

3 Workshop: Understanding Faculty Compensation

6 Leadership Workshop: Bouncing Back After Being Knocked Down, Part 1

The resilience of natural ecosystems in overcoming environmental damage offers metaphorical guidance for human emotional recovery from disappointment and shortcomings, as Gene Crumley, M.Div., director of the School of Medicine’s Leadership Programs teaches in this heartening two-part workshop.

10 Leadership Workshop: How to Recognize and Avoid Burnout

By Sandhya Venugopal, ELAM fellow

SPOTLIGHT

Faculty Development & Diversity’s new address: Education Building 4610 X Street, Suite 3104

The UC Davis Women in Medicine and Health Sciences (WIMHS) program is undergoing an evolution that is a

testament to its ideals as well as to the vision of its founders – and its new program director, Melissa D. Bauman, Ph.D. Established in 2000, WIMHS has consistently advocated for mentorship and leadership opportunities for women, sponsored networking and continuing education programs, promoted career advising, and induced inclusion of women in national professional organizations.

Throughout its first 15 years, WIMHS was administered on a volunteer basis by its cofounders, Amparo Villablanca, M.D., professor and Frances Lazda Endowed Chair of cardiovascular medicine, and Lydia P. Howell, M.D., professor and chair of the Department

of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. They conceived WIMHS as their Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) fellowship project. When WIMHS inaugurated a faculty mentee program in 2012, Melissa Bauman was selected among a field of candidates. Bauman, who received her Ph.D. degree in neuroscience from UC Davis in 2003, completed postdoctoral training through the MIND Institute’s Interdisciplinary Autism Research Training Program, and in 2008 joined the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, where she investigates neurodevelopmental disorders. She immediately began participating in WIMHS activities.

With institutional support in 2015 from then-Vice Chancellor and Dean Julie Freischlag, Villablanca was named WIMHS director, and

pilot programs in the departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Family and Community Medicine, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, as well as the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. Although her 18-month WIMHS mentorship term will conclude at the end of this year, she envisions her project as a model that other departments could adapt to their own needs and implement.

“The designated WIMHS liaison in each department is fundamentally important,” said Suo, who joined the UC Davis faculty in 2010 and is board-certified in family medicine and psychiatry. “My intention is to create sustainable change and infrastructure within each pilot department, integrating a connection with WIMHS. We have so many fantastic WIMHS activities and projects. The people who take advantage of WIMHS programs really benefit.”

She also has a broader goal in mind, beyond the time she concludes her project. Suo said, “I plan to publish papers describing the process and results of these endeavors, as a means to guide other institutions in creating similar programs.”

Board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist Julianna Clark-Wronski, M.D., is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Her interests include congenital heart disease, anesthetics, and neurodevelopment and development of patient safety strategies.

Researcher Kyle Fink, Ph.D., an assistant professor-in-residence in neurology, is developing novel therapeutics for genetically linked neurological disorders, including Huntington’s disease, Angelman’s Syndrome and forms of epilepsy targetable with gene editing molecules.

Jayne Joo, M.D., an assistant clinical professor of dermatology, is fellowship-trained in Mohs micrographic surgery and is director of cosmetic dermatology. She specializes in skin cancer surgery, scar therapy and cosmetic dermatology, using Botox, fillers and lasers.

Laura R. Kair, M.D., an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, is medical director of UC Davis Medical Center’s Well Newborn Nursery. She performs clinical work there and as a pediatric hospitalist on the inpatient general pediatrics service.

Anne McBride, M.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is the child and adolescent psychiatry residency program director. She specializes in juvenile forensic psychiatry and community child and family mental health.

Miriam Nuño, Ph.D., is an associate professor in public health sciences with joint appointments in biostatistics and surgery. She specializes in comparative effectiveness research and causal inference methods involving big data.

Nephrologist Brian Y. Young, M.D., is an associate professor of Internal Medicine who specializes in kidney disease in adults. He evaluates and treats patients with reduced kidney function, electrolyte imbalance, hypertension, and those on dialysis or other long-term kidney replacement therapy.

Since joining UC Davis 11 years ago, I have had the privilege of serv-ing in several exciting leadership positions. I was fortunate, with the support of Drs. Lars

Berglund and Dean Julie Freischlag, to be selected for the 2017–2018 ELAM Fellowship. My ELAM experiences thus far have been both humbling and transformational.

ELAM (Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine), which Drexel University launched in 1995, has enhanced the executive skills of more than 1,000 women in leadership in medicine, science and dentistry at 245 U.S. and Canadian academic health centers.

ELAM embeds learning about strategic change and finance into my daily organizational work. My ELAM institutional action project focuses on reshaping curricular design and delivery, and paving the way for a future “Educational Home” as a framework for reimagining education. My goal as associate dean of Continuing Medical Education is to ensure that this technologically enabled physical and virtual educational services model will be

a platform for lifelong learning for students, practitioners and alumni.

In this Educational Home, faculty and clinicians will partner with design and technology experts to develop innovative, interprofessional curricula. By aligning these efforts with UC Davis’ strategic goals, quality improvement measures, patient safety standards and global health objectives, the Educational Home will make contributions at the local, national and international levels.

In academic medicine, faculty members are siloed in their own department or division. ELAM gave me an opportunity to look at the health system as a whole from various vantage points to which I normally would not have been privy.

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi said, “If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself, and the organization gets pulled up with you.” Educational leadership is embedded in the fabric of UC Davis Health, and ELAM offers tools for success.

Cardiologist Sandhya Venugopal, M.D., an

associate professor of internal medicine, is

co-director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship

Training Program, director of the Heart

Station/ECG Laboratory, and associate dean

of Continuing Medical Education.

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About personal priorities

“Find a way to make time for the things that you care about. When I was debating whether or not to apply to the WIMHS faculty mentee position because I wasn’t sure if that would interfere with my research, WIMHS cofounders Amparo Villablanca and Lydia Howell reinforced the importance of making room for activities you really care about, and finding a way to integrate them into your career.”

–Melissa Bauman, Ph.D., program director, WIMHS

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A CONVERSATION WITH MARY LOU DE LEON SAINTZ

12 Workshop: Enhanced Training for Faculty Search Committee Members

13 Leadership Workshop: Bouncing Back After Being Knocked Down, Part 2

19 Workshop: Achieving Academic Success in the University of California – Merits and Promotions

MAY

1 Annual Grant Symposium: Writing a Successful Grant Proposal

8 Workshop: New Faculty Workshop

10 Faculty Breakfast with School of Medicine’s Interim Dean, Lars Berglund, M.D., Ph.D.

11 Leadership Workshop: Making Meetings Work – How to Get More Done in Less Time in Meetings, Part 1

15 Workshop: Enhanced Training for Faculty Search Committee Members

18 Leadership Workshop: Making Meetings Work – How to Get More Done in Less Time in Meetings, Part 2

SAVE THE DATE!

Sept. 29, 2018: WIMHS Annual Fall Welcome – Celebrating 200+ Women Professors (WIMHS)

EVENT CO-SPONSORS

WIMHS: Women in Medicine and Health Sciences

UCDRC: UC Davis Retiree Center

APRIL cont’d. from pg. 1a staff assistant and space were allocated to WIMHS within the Faculty Development and Diversity Program office. Then able to step aside, Howell has remained a senior advisor to WIMHS. When Villablanca discussed relinquishing her WIMHS administrative post to devote more time to other initiatives, Bauman became co-director during a six-month transition that began last July.

Melissa Bauman’s priorities

“My areas of interest focus on work-life balance, supporting trainees and collaboration with the main campus,” Bauman said. “Mentorship for junior faculty and trainees will continue to be a strength and focus of WIMHS, and we anticipate working closely with the Mentoring Academy.”

WIMHS will review its strategic plan this year to determine how to strengthen support for recruitment, retention and leadership training for female faculty members. Bauman plans to poll faculty members and trainees about subjects of importance to them and how WIMHS can better support their careers.

“This is everyone’s WIMHS program, and program analyst Rebecca Moncada and I welcome suggestions on how to better support women in science and medicine,” Bauman said. “Becca is always a step ahead of me. She does a fabulous job.”

200th female full professor

WIMHS will remain a platform for recognizing and celebrating women’s accomplishments.

“WIMHS has established a tradition of giving each woman who earns full professor status a pin, awarded in numerical order, to

celebrate the number of women who reach this milestone,” Bauman said. “We anticipate handing out our 200th full professor pin at this year’s WIMHS Fall Welcome event.”

While the fall event is designed specifically for female faculty members as an opportunity for networking, men as well as women are welcome at all other WIMHS events, presentations and workshops.

Bauman plans to initiate an informal coffee hour to meet with faculty members individually who have questions or seek career advice. She has posted an online poll asking faculty members to identify what else WIMHS can do to support their careers.

“WIMHS cofounders Lydia Howell and Amparo Villablanca, have worked tirelessly to support enactment of family-friendly policies at UC Davis Health,” Bauman said. “Institutional support of the WIMHS program verifies that UC Davis Health values contributions of women in science and medicine. I believe WIMHS is positioned to broadly champion a diverse workforce. I’m particularly excited to work with leadership in Academic Personnel and Faculty Development and Diversity to explore new opportunities.”

Learn morewww.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/wimhsEmail: hs-wimhs@ucdavis.edu

Amparo Villablanca honored“I’m honored to continue the work that Lydia Howell and Amparo Villablanca started,” said Melissa Bauman, newly appointed WIMHS program director. At a January reception honoring Villablanca, numerous faculty members paid tribute to her.

n “Dr. Villablanca has been instrumental in bringing women faculty and staff issues to light, leading to increased awareness, encouragement and promotion of women’s careers within UC Davis Health.”

– Shannon Suo, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry

n “Thank you for setting such a fine example as a physician, a careful scientist, a thoughtful colleague, and a woman to look up to in medicine.”

– Laurel A. Beckett, Ph.D., chief, Division of Biostatistics

n “Dr. Villablanca has inspired countless women by her tireless advocacy for promoting broader understanding about cardiovascular disease and women’s health.”

– Adela de la Torre, Ph.D., vice chancellor, Student Affairs

n “Dr. Villablanca’s vision for WIMHS is a model for inclusivity and is a living demonstration of her commitment to the success of women in all the health science disciplines.”

– Theresa Harvath, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, executive associate dean, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Now that the UC Davis Women in Medicine and Health Sciences (WIMHS) program leadership baton has passed to Melissa Bauman (see page 1), the

plate of WIMHS cofounder and former director Amparo Villablanca, M.D., is filled with other activities to support advancement of women in academic medicine.

From her influential position as co-chair of the Research Partnership for Women in Science Careers, she is a nationally prominent advocate for programs that support recruitment, retention and leadership development for women in the health professions.

“I intend to continue building the evidence base for successful paths for women in academic health sciences,” said Villablanca, holder of the Frances Lazda Endowed Chair and director of Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine.

She is building on a strong 18-year record of WIMHS achievements,

during which time the proportion of women in the health sciences faculty has more than doubled, from 17 percent to more than 37 percent.

“Since the founding of WIMHS, 42 women from UC Davis have been selected to participate in Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine or AAMC’s early- and mid–career development programs, two women have been dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine, and we have just reached the milestone of 200 women promoted to the rank of professor in our school” she said. While many academic institutions lack a WIMHS program, Villablanca observes with pride that AAMC’s Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) conferred on UC Davis WIMHS its national Leadership Award in 2016.

“WIMHS will always be near and dear to my heart, and I will remain committed to the advancement of the careers of all faculty in biomedical science, mentoring and supporting the work of WIMHS,” Villablanca promised.

SPOTLIGHT

Shannon SuoWIMHS leadership development mentee initiates pilot projects

After associate professor Shannon Suo, M.D., became co-chair of the Society for Women in Academic

Psychiatry (SWAP), a peer mentoring group within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, she realized the importance of department-level support programs for women throughout the health system. When Suo additionally became training director for the UC Davis Family Medicine-Psychiatry Residency Program and co-director of the UC Irvine/UC Davis Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship, she was drawn to Women in Medicine and Health Sciences (WIMHS) and asked Amparo Villablanca, M.D., to serve as a mentor for her.

“I sought the guidance of Dr. Villablanca to refine and develop my leadership skills,” said Suo, who was chosen the 2017–18 WIMHS Leadership Development Mentee. “Dr. Villablanca has helped me apply my experience with SWAP in a project that could benefit other academic units throughout UC Davis Health. I have a committee of mentors who meet with me regularly to ensure that I have all the support I need for my own career development and for my WIMHS project.”

Through her WIMHS project, she is guiding development of

Nursing educator Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, gauges her success by the accomplishments of the students she has mentored and taught. At the same time, she gratefully acknowledges that her path was lighted by numerous mentors who encouraged and guided her educational journey.

A professor in the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the Western Institute of Nursing, Siantz is the founding director for the

Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS). She also is a member-at-large for the Vice Chancellor and Dean’s Advisory Committee on Women in Academic Medicine and Health Sciences.

Siantz gained nationwide recognition for her research on aspects of physical and mental health among Hispanic immigrant workers and their families — a subject about which she has intimate knowledge.

Q. What led to your interest in health care?A. As a child, I had allergies, and I spent a lot of time with our family doctor and nurses. I realized how much I enjoyed being around them, and became interested in the work they did. By the time I was 10 years old I knew I was going to be a nurse. I had strong social support from my family. My parents firmly believed in education, even though they didn’t have a lot themselves. I had elementary and high school teachers who saw sparks in me and bolstered my confidence. My parents were immigrants from Mexico. My father, a carpenter, finished high school. My mother mostly was a homemaker who finished her GED when I completed my Ph.D. in human development with a minor in bioethics at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Q. What attracted you to academic medicine?A. After working initially in clinical pediatrics, I became a dedicated academician as a means of giving back to the community. I do so by preparing students to attain excellence in clinical and research work, and by fostering research that can help lead to reductions in health disparities, particularly among immigrant farmworker families. That determination has rooted me in my discipline.

Q. What advice have you for first-gen students and faculty members?A. Be very focused. Find mentors who will help you along your professional journey, beginning as students. Identify those whom you admire, and talk with them. Ask them how they achieved their success. Do not be afraid to take risks, and give back to the next generation that follows in your footsteps. See yourselves as leaders, especially in the educational and professional opportunities that UC Davis provides its students and faculty. Have faith in yourself.

Q. What do you consider your most important achievement?A. I am proud of the research I’m doing here in the School of Nursing. The access to Central Valley immigrant populations greatly enhanced my success. I also value the opportunities I have had to serve as a mentor for so many Hispanic students and postdoctoral fellows. This is the best job I’ve ever had. I love it here!

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CALENDAR CONTINUEDVillablanca’s national platform builds on efficacy of WIMHS

About personal priorities

“Find a way to make time for the things that you care about. When I was debating whether or not to apply to the WIMHS faculty mentee position because I wasn’t sure if that would interfere with my research, WIMHS cofounders Amparo Villablanca and Lydia Howell reinforced the importance of making room for activities you really care about, and finding a way to integrate them into your career.”

–Melissa Bauman, Ph.D., program director, WIMHS

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A CONVERSATION WITH MARY LOU DE LEON SAINTZ

12 Workshop: Enhanced Training for Faculty Search Committee Members

13 Leadership Workshop: Bouncing Back After Being Knocked Down, Part 2

19 Workshop: Achieving Academic Success in the University of California – Merits and Promotions

MAY

1 Annual Grant Symposium: Writing a Successful Grant Proposal

8 Workshop: New Faculty Workshop

10 Faculty Breakfast with School of Medicine’s Interim Dean, Lars Berglund, M.D., Ph.D.

11 Leadership Workshop: Making Meetings Work – How to Get More Done in Less Time in Meetings, Part 1

15 Workshop: Enhanced Training for Faculty Search Committee Members

18 Leadership Workshop: Making Meetings Work – How to Get More Done in Less Time in Meetings, Part 2

SAVE THE DATE!

Sept. 29, 2018: WIMHS Annual Fall Welcome – Celebrating 200+ Women Professors (WIMHS)

EVENT CO-SPONSORS

WIMHS: Women in Medicine and Health Sciences

UCDRC: UC Davis Retiree Center

APRIL cont’d. from pg. 1a staff assistant and space were allocated to WIMHS within the Faculty Development and Diversity Program office. Then able to step aside, Howell has remained a senior advisor to WIMHS. When Villablanca discussed relinquishing her WIMHS administrative post to devote more time to other initiatives, Bauman became co-director during a six-month transition that began last July.

Melissa Bauman’s priorities

“My areas of interest focus on work-life balance, supporting trainees and collaboration with the main campus,” Bauman said. “Mentorship for junior faculty and trainees will continue to be a strength and focus of WIMHS, and we anticipate working closely with the Mentoring Academy.”

WIMHS will review its strategic plan this year to determine how to strengthen support for recruitment, retention and leadership training for female faculty members. Bauman plans to poll faculty members and trainees about subjects of importance to them and how WIMHS can better support their careers.

“This is everyone’s WIMHS program, and program analyst Rebecca Moncada and I welcome suggestions on how to better support women in science and medicine,” Bauman said. “Becca is always a step ahead of me. She does a fabulous job.”

200th female full professor

WIMHS will remain a platform for recognizing and celebrating women’s accomplishments.

“WIMHS has established a tradition of giving each woman who earns full professor status a pin, awarded in numerical order, to

celebrate the number of women who reach this milestone,” Bauman said. “We anticipate handing out our 200th full professor pin at this year’s WIMHS Fall Welcome event.”

While the fall event is designed specifically for female faculty members as an opportunity for networking, men as well as women are welcome at all other WIMHS events, presentations and workshops.

Bauman plans to initiate an informal coffee hour to meet with faculty members individually who have questions or seek career advice. She has posted an online poll asking faculty members to identify what else WIMHS can do to support their careers.

“WIMHS cofounders Lydia Howell and Amparo Villablanca, have worked tirelessly to support enactment of family-friendly policies at UC Davis Health,” Bauman said. “Institutional support of the WIMHS program verifies that UC Davis Health values contributions of women in science and medicine. I believe WIMHS is positioned to broadly champion a diverse workforce. I’m particularly excited to work with leadership in Academic Personnel and Faculty Development and Diversity to explore new opportunities.”

Learn morewww.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/wimhsEmail: hs-wimhs@ucdavis.edu

Amparo Villablanca honored“I’m honored to continue the work that Lydia Howell and Amparo Villablanca started,” said Melissa Bauman, newly appointed WIMHS program director. At a January reception honoring Villablanca, numerous faculty members paid tribute to her.

n “Dr. Villablanca has been instrumental in bringing women faculty and staff issues to light, leading to increased awareness, encouragement and promotion of women’s careers within UC Davis Health.”

– Shannon Suo, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry

n “Thank you for setting such a fine example as a physician, a careful scientist, a thoughtful colleague, and a woman to look up to in medicine.”

– Laurel A. Beckett, Ph.D., chief, Division of Biostatistics

n “Dr. Villablanca has inspired countless women by her tireless advocacy for promoting broader understanding about cardiovascular disease and women’s health.”

– Adela de la Torre, Ph.D., vice chancellor, Student Affairs

n “Dr. Villablanca’s vision for WIMHS is a model for inclusivity and is a living demonstration of her commitment to the success of women in all the health science disciplines.”

– Theresa Harvath, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, executive associate dean, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Now that the UC Davis Women in Medicine and Health Sciences (WIMHS) program leadership baton has passed to Melissa Bauman (see page 1), the

plate of WIMHS cofounder and former director Amparo Villablanca, M.D., is filled with other activities to support advancement of women in academic medicine.

From her influential position as co-chair of the Research Partnership for Women in Science Careers, she is a nationally prominent advocate for programs that support recruitment, retention and leadership development for women in the health professions.

“I intend to continue building the evidence base for successful paths for women in academic health sciences,” said Villablanca, holder of the Frances Lazda Endowed Chair and director of Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine.

She is building on a strong 18-year record of WIMHS achievements,

during which time the proportion of women in the health sciences faculty has more than doubled, from 17 percent to more than 37 percent.

“Since the founding of WIMHS, 42 women from UC Davis have been selected to participate in Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine or AAMC’s early- and mid–career development programs, two women have been dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine, and we have just reached the milestone of 200 women promoted to the rank of professor in our school” she said. While many academic institutions lack a WIMHS program, Villablanca observes with pride that AAMC’s Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) conferred on UC Davis WIMHS its national Leadership Award in 2016.

“WIMHS will always be near and dear to my heart, and I will remain committed to the advancement of the careers of all faculty in biomedical science, mentoring and supporting the work of WIMHS,” Villablanca promised.

SPOTLIGHT

Shannon SuoWIMHS leadership development mentee initiates pilot projects

After associate professor Shannon Suo, M.D., became co-chair of the Society for Women in Academic

Psychiatry (SWAP), a peer mentoring group within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, she realized the importance of department-level support programs for women throughout the health system. When Suo additionally became training director for the UC Davis Family Medicine-Psychiatry Residency Program and co-director of the UC Irvine/UC Davis Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship, she was drawn to Women in Medicine and Health Sciences (WIMHS) and asked Amparo Villablanca, M.D., to serve as a mentor for her.

“I sought the guidance of Dr. Villablanca to refine and develop my leadership skills,” said Suo, who was chosen the 2017–18 WIMHS Leadership Development Mentee. “Dr. Villablanca has helped me apply my experience with SWAP in a project that could benefit other academic units throughout UC Davis Health. I have a committee of mentors who meet with me regularly to ensure that I have all the support I need for my own career development and for my WIMHS project.”

Through her WIMHS project, she is guiding development of

Nursing educator Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, gauges her success by the accomplishments of the students she has mentored and taught. At the same time, she gratefully acknowledges that her path was lighted by numerous mentors who encouraged and guided her educational journey.

A professor in the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the Western Institute of Nursing, Siantz is the founding director for the

Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS). She also is a member-at-large for the Vice Chancellor and Dean’s Advisory Committee on Women in Academic Medicine and Health Sciences.

Siantz gained nationwide recognition for her research on aspects of physical and mental health among Hispanic immigrant workers and their families — a subject about which she has intimate knowledge.

Q. What led to your interest in health care?A. As a child, I had allergies, and I spent a lot of time with our family doctor and nurses. I realized how much I enjoyed being around them, and became interested in the work they did. By the time I was 10 years old I knew I was going to be a nurse. I had strong social support from my family. My parents firmly believed in education, even though they didn’t have a lot themselves. I had elementary and high school teachers who saw sparks in me and bolstered my confidence. My parents were immigrants from Mexico. My father, a carpenter, finished high school. My mother mostly was a homemaker who finished her GED when I completed my Ph.D. in human development with a minor in bioethics at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Q. What attracted you to academic medicine?A. After working initially in clinical pediatrics, I became a dedicated academician as a means of giving back to the community. I do so by preparing students to attain excellence in clinical and research work, and by fostering research that can help lead to reductions in health disparities, particularly among immigrant farmworker families. That determination has rooted me in my discipline.

Q. What advice have you for first-gen students and faculty members?A. Be very focused. Find mentors who will help you along your professional journey, beginning as students. Identify those whom you admire, and talk with them. Ask them how they achieved their success. Do not be afraid to take risks, and give back to the next generation that follows in your footsteps. See yourselves as leaders, especially in the educational and professional opportunities that UC Davis provides its students and faculty. Have faith in yourself.

Q. What do you consider your most important achievement?A. I am proud of the research I’m doing here in the School of Nursing. The access to Central Valley immigrant populations greatly enhanced my success. I also value the opportunities I have had to serve as a mentor for so many Hispanic students and postdoctoral fellows. This is the best job I’ve ever had. I love it here!

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CALENDAR CONTINUEDVillablanca’s national platform builds on efficacy of WIMHS

About personal priorities

“Find a way to make time for the things that you care about. When I was debating whether or not to apply to the WIMHS faculty mentee position because I wasn’t sure if that would interfere with my research, WIMHS cofounders Amparo Villablanca and Lydia Howell reinforced the importance of making room for activities you really care about, and finding a way to integrate them into your career.”

–Melissa Bauman, Ph.D., program director, WIMHS

CONTINUE D ON PAGE 5

A CONVERSATION WITH MARY LOU DE LEON SAINTZ

12 Workshop: Enhanced Training for Faculty Search Committee Members

13 Leadership Workshop: Bouncing Back After Being Knocked Down, Part 2

19 Workshop: Achieving Academic Success in the University of California – Merits and Promotions

MAY

1 Annual Grant Symposium: Writing a Successful Grant Proposal

8 Workshop: New Faculty Workshop

10 Faculty Breakfast with School of Medicine’s Interim Dean, Lars Berglund, M.D., Ph.D.

11 Leadership Workshop: Making Meetings Work – How to Get More Done in Less Time in Meetings, Part 1

15 Workshop: Enhanced Training for Faculty Search Committee Members

18 Leadership Workshop: Making Meetings Work – How to Get More Done in Less Time in Meetings, Part 2

SAVE THE DATE!

Sept. 29, 2018: WIMHS Annual Fall Welcome – Celebrating 200+ Women Professors (WIMHS)

EVENT CO-SPONSORS

WIMHS: Women in Medicine and Health Sciences

UCDRC: UC Davis Retiree Center

APRIL cont’d. from pg. 1a staff assistant and space were allocated to WIMHS within the Faculty Development and Diversity Program office. Then able to step aside, Howell has remained a senior advisor to WIMHS. When Villablanca discussed relinquishing her WIMHS administrative post to devote more time to other initiatives, Bauman became co-director during a six-month transition that began last July.

Melissa Bauman’s priorities

“My areas of interest focus on work-life balance, supporting trainees and collaboration with the main campus,” Bauman said. “Mentorship for junior faculty and trainees will continue to be a strength and focus of WIMHS, and we anticipate working closely with the Mentoring Academy.”

WIMHS will review its strategic plan this year to determine how to strengthen support for recruitment, retention and leadership training for female faculty members. Bauman plans to poll faculty members and trainees about subjects of importance to them and how WIMHS can better support their careers.

“This is everyone’s WIMHS program, and program analyst Rebecca Moncada and I welcome suggestions on how to better support women in science and medicine,” Bauman said. “Becca is always a step ahead of me. She does a fabulous job.”

200th female full professor

WIMHS will remain a platform for recognizing and celebrating women’s accomplishments.

“WIMHS has established a tradition of giving each woman who earns full professor status a pin, awarded in numerical order, to

celebrate the number of women who reach this milestone,” Bauman said. “We anticipate handing out our 200th full professor pin at this year’s WIMHS Fall Welcome event.”

While the fall event is designed specifically for female faculty members as an opportunity for networking, men as well as women are welcome at all other WIMHS events, presentations and workshops.

Bauman plans to initiate an informal coffee hour to meet with faculty members individually who have questions or seek career advice. She has posted an online poll asking faculty members to identify what else WIMHS can do to support their careers.

“WIMHS cofounders Lydia Howell and Amparo Villablanca, have worked tirelessly to support enactment of family-friendly policies at UC Davis Health,” Bauman said. “Institutional support of the WIMHS program verifies that UC Davis Health values contributions of women in science and medicine. I believe WIMHS is positioned to broadly champion a diverse workforce. I’m particularly excited to work with leadership in Academic Personnel and Faculty Development and Diversity to explore new opportunities.”

Learn morewww.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/wimhsEmail: hs-wimhs@ucdavis.edu

Amparo Villablanca honored“I’m honored to continue the work that Lydia Howell and Amparo Villablanca started,” said Melissa Bauman, newly appointed WIMHS program director. At a January reception honoring Villablanca, numerous faculty members paid tribute to her.

n “Dr. Villablanca has been instrumental in bringing women faculty and staff issues to light, leading to increased awareness, encouragement and promotion of women’s careers within UC Davis Health.”

– Shannon Suo, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry

n “Thank you for setting such a fine example as a physician, a careful scientist, a thoughtful colleague, and a woman to look up to in medicine.”

– Laurel A. Beckett, Ph.D., chief, Division of Biostatistics

n “Dr. Villablanca has inspired countless women by her tireless advocacy for promoting broader understanding about cardiovascular disease and women’s health.”

– Adela de la Torre, Ph.D., vice chancellor, Student Affairs

n “Dr. Villablanca’s vision for WIMHS is a model for inclusivity and is a living demonstration of her commitment to the success of women in all the health science disciplines.”

– Theresa Harvath, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, executive associate dean, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Now that the UC Davis Women in Medicine and Health Sciences (WIMHS) program leadership baton has passed to Melissa Bauman (see page 1), the

plate of WIMHS cofounder and former director Amparo Villablanca, M.D., is filled with other activities to support advancement of women in academic medicine.

From her influential position as co-chair of the Research Partnership for Women in Science Careers, she is a nationally prominent advocate for programs that support recruitment, retention and leadership development for women in the health professions.

“I intend to continue building the evidence base for successful paths for women in academic health sciences,” said Villablanca, holder of the Frances Lazda Endowed Chair and director of Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine.

She is building on a strong 18-year record of WIMHS achievements,

during which time the proportion of women in the health sciences faculty has more than doubled, from 17 percent to more than 37 percent.

“Since the founding of WIMHS, 42 women from UC Davis have been selected to participate in Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine or AAMC’s early- and mid–career development programs, two women have been dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine, and we have just reached the milestone of 200 women promoted to the rank of professor in our school” she said. While many academic institutions lack a WIMHS program, Villablanca observes with pride that AAMC’s Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) conferred on UC Davis WIMHS its national Leadership Award in 2016.

“WIMHS will always be near and dear to my heart, and I will remain committed to the advancement of the careers of all faculty in biomedical science, mentoring and supporting the work of WIMHS,” Villablanca promised.

SPOTLIGHT

Shannon SuoWIMHS leadership development mentee initiates pilot projects

After associate professor Shannon Suo, M.D., became co-chair of the Society for Women in Academic

Psychiatry (SWAP), a peer mentoring group within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, she realized the importance of department-level support programs for women throughout the health system. When Suo additionally became training director for the UC Davis Family Medicine-Psychiatry Residency Program and co-director of the UC Irvine/UC Davis Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship, she was drawn to Women in Medicine and Health Sciences (WIMHS) and asked Amparo Villablanca, M.D., to serve as a mentor for her.

“I sought the guidance of Dr. Villablanca to refine and develop my leadership skills,” said Suo, who was chosen the 2017–18 WIMHS Leadership Development Mentee. “Dr. Villablanca has helped me apply my experience with SWAP in a project that could benefit other academic units throughout UC Davis Health. I have a committee of mentors who meet with me regularly to ensure that I have all the support I need for my own career development and for my WIMHS project.”

Through her WIMHS project, she is guiding development of

Nursing educator Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, gauges her success by the accomplishments of the students she has mentored and taught. At the same time, she gratefully acknowledges that her path was lighted by numerous mentors who encouraged and guided her educational journey.

A professor in the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the Western Institute of Nursing, Siantz is the founding director for the

Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS). She also is a member-at-large for the Vice Chancellor and Dean’s Advisory Committee on Women in Academic Medicine and Health Sciences.

Siantz gained nationwide recognition for her research on aspects of physical and mental health among Hispanic immigrant workers and their families — a subject about which she has intimate knowledge.

Q. What led to your interest in health care?A. As a child, I had allergies, and I spent a lot of time with our family doctor and nurses. I realized how much I enjoyed being around them, and became interested in the work they did. By the time I was 10 years old I knew I was going to be a nurse. I had strong social support from my family. My parents firmly believed in education, even though they didn’t have a lot themselves. I had elementary and high school teachers who saw sparks in me and bolstered my confidence. My parents were immigrants from Mexico. My father, a carpenter, finished high school. My mother mostly was a homemaker who finished her GED when I completed my Ph.D. in human development with a minor in bioethics at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Q. What attracted you to academic medicine?A. After working initially in clinical pediatrics, I became a dedicated academician as a means of giving back to the community. I do so by preparing students to attain excellence in clinical and research work, and by fostering research that can help lead to reductions in health disparities, particularly among immigrant farmworker families. That determination has rooted me in my discipline.

Q. What advice have you for first-gen students and faculty members?A. Be very focused. Find mentors who will help you along your professional journey, beginning as students. Identify those whom you admire, and talk with them. Ask them how they achieved their success. Do not be afraid to take risks, and give back to the next generation that follows in your footsteps. See yourselves as leaders, especially in the educational and professional opportunities that UC Davis provides its students and faculty. Have faith in yourself.

Q. What do you consider your most important achievement?A. I am proud of the research I’m doing here in the School of Nursing. The access to Central Valley immigrant populations greatly enhanced my success. I also value the opportunities I have had to serve as a mentor for so many Hispanic students and postdoctoral fellows. This is the best job I’ve ever had. I love it here!

Bauman: It’s everyone’s WIMHSFormer mentee becomes leader of women’s advocacy program

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About success

“Promotion of women in STEM science at UC Davis – that for me is success. Seeing my doctoral students graduate, hooding them symbolizes success, too. Seeing postdoctoral fellows get really good jobs, that’s success. Seeing the CAMPOS faculty scholars receive professional awards, grants, and achieve their merit, or attain tenure, that’s success. For me, those are the metrics of success in academia.”

– Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

New Faculty WELCOME

Faculty Development and Diversity ProgramUC Davis Health 4610 X Street, Suite 3104 Sacramento, CA 95817

Faculty News is published quarterly by the Faculty Development and Diversity Program, which administers and coordinates programs that respond to the professional and career development needs of UC Davis Health faculty members.

916-703-9230 www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev/

Hendry Ton, M.D., M.S. Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity

Khoban Kochai, M.P.H. Business Operations Manager kbkochai@ucdavis.edu

Gene Crumley, M.Div. Leadership Program Director cecrumley@ucdavis.edu

Bill Habicht, M.Div., M.S.W. Educational Technology Director whabicht@ucdavis.edu

Cheryl Busman Program Manager, Faculty Development cdbusman@ucdavis.edu

Roberta Campbell Program Analyst, Mentoring Academy rcampbell@ucdavis.edu

Rebecca Moncada Program Analyst, WIMHS remoncada@ucdavis.edu

Brent Seifert, J.D. Assistant Dean for Academic Personnel

Colleen E. Clancy, Ph.D. Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel

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Melissa Bauman and Rebecca Moncada at the MIND Institute (photo by Cheryl Busman)

MARCH

28 Faculty Breakfast with School of Medicine’s Interim Dean, Lars Berglund, M.D., Ph.D.

APRIL

3 Workshop: Understanding Faculty Compensation

6 Leadership Workshop: Bouncing Back After Being Knocked Down, Part 1

The resilience of natural ecosystems in overcoming environmental damage offers metaphorical guidance for human emotional recovery from disappointment and shortcomings, as Gene Crumley, M.Div., director of the School of Medicine’s Leadership Programs teaches in this heartening two-part workshop.

10 Leadership Workshop: How to Recognize and Avoid Burnout

By Sandhya Venugopal, ELAM fellow

SPOTLIGHT

Faculty Development & Diversity’s new address: Education Building 4610 X Street, Suite 3104

The UC Davis Women in Medicine and Health Sciences (WIMHS) program is undergoing an evolution that is a

testament to its ideals as well as to the vision of its founders – and its new program director, Melissa D. Bauman, Ph.D. Established in 2000, WIMHS has consistently advocated for mentorship and leadership opportunities for women, sponsored networking and continuing education programs, promoted career advising, and induced inclusion of women in national professional organizations.

Throughout its first 15 years, WIMHS was administered on a volunteer basis by its cofounders, Amparo Villablanca, M.D., professor and Frances Lazda Endowed Chair of cardiovascular medicine, and Lydia P. Howell, M.D., professor and chair of the Department

of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. They conceived WIMHS as their Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) fellowship project. When WIMHS inaugurated a faculty mentee program in 2012, Melissa Bauman was selected among a field of candidates. Bauman, who received her Ph.D. degree in neuroscience from UC Davis in 2003, completed postdoctoral training through the MIND Institute’s Interdisciplinary Autism Research Training Program, and in 2008 joined the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, where she investigates neurodevelopmental disorders. She immediately began participating in WIMHS activities.

With institutional support in 2015 from then-Vice Chancellor and Dean Julie Freischlag, Villablanca was named WIMHS director, and

pilot programs in the departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Family and Community Medicine, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, as well as the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. Although her 18-month WIMHS mentorship term will conclude at the end of this year, she envisions her project as a model that other departments could adapt to their own needs and implement.

“The designated WIMHS liaison in each department is fundamentally important,” said Suo, who joined the UC Davis faculty in 2010 and is board-certified in family medicine and psychiatry. “My intention is to create sustainable change and infrastructure within each pilot department, integrating a connection with WIMHS. We have so many fantastic WIMHS activities and projects. The people who take advantage of WIMHS programs really benefit.”

She also has a broader goal in mind, beyond the time she concludes her project. Suo said, “I plan to publish papers describing the process and results of these endeavors, as a means to guide other institutions in creating similar programs.”

Board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist Julianna Clark-Wronski, M.D., is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Her interests include congenital heart disease, anesthetics, and neurodevelopment and development of patient safety strategies.

Researcher Kyle Fink, Ph.D., an assistant professor-in-residence in neurology, is developing novel therapeutics for genetically linked neurological disorders, including Huntington’s disease, Angelman’s Syndrome and forms of epilepsy targetable with gene editing molecules.

Jayne Joo, M.D., an assistant clinical professor of dermatology, is fellowship-trained in Mohs micrographic surgery and is director of cosmetic dermatology. She specializes in skin cancer surgery, scar therapy and cosmetic dermatology, using Botox, fillers and lasers.

Laura R. Kair, M.D., an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, is medical director of UC Davis Medical Center’s Well Newborn Nursery. She performs clinical work there and as a pediatric hospitalist on the inpatient general pediatrics service.

Anne McBride, M.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is the child and adolescent psychiatry residency program director. She specializes in juvenile forensic psychiatry and community child and family mental health.

Miriam Nuño, Ph.D., is an associate professor in public health sciences with joint appointments in biostatistics and surgery. She specializes in comparative effectiveness research and causal inference methods involving big data.

Nephrologist Brian Y. Young, M.D., is an associate professor of Internal Medicine who specializes in kidney disease in adults. He evaluates and treats patients with reduced kidney function, electrolyte imbalance, hypertension, and those on dialysis or other long-term kidney replacement therapy.

Since joining UC Davis 11 years ago, I have had the privilege of serv-ing in several exciting leadership positions. I was fortunate, with the support of Drs. Lars

Berglund and Dean Julie Freischlag, to be selected for the 2017–2018 ELAM Fellowship. My ELAM experiences thus far have been both humbling and transformational.

ELAM (Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine), which Drexel University launched in 1995, has enhanced the executive skills of more than 1,000 women in leadership in medicine, science and dentistry at 245 U.S. and Canadian academic health centers.

ELAM embeds learning about strategic change and finance into my daily organizational work. My ELAM institutional action project focuses on reshaping curricular design and delivery, and paving the way for a future “Educational Home” as a framework for reimagining education. My goal as associate dean of Continuing Medical Education is to ensure that this technologically enabled physical and virtual educational services model will be

a platform for lifelong learning for students, practitioners and alumni.

In this Educational Home, faculty and clinicians will partner with design and technology experts to develop innovative, interprofessional curricula. By aligning these efforts with UC Davis’ strategic goals, quality improvement measures, patient safety standards and global health objectives, the Educational Home will make contributions at the local, national and international levels.

In academic medicine, faculty members are siloed in their own department or division. ELAM gave me an opportunity to look at the health system as a whole from various vantage points to which I normally would not have been privy.

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi said, “If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself, and the organization gets pulled up with you.” Educational leadership is embedded in the fabric of UC Davis Health, and ELAM offers tools for success.

Cardiologist Sandhya Venugopal, M.D., an

associate professor of internal medicine, is

co-director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship

Training Program, director of the Heart

Station/ECG Laboratory, and associate dean

of Continuing Medical Education.

Bauman: It’s everyone’s WIMHSFormer mentee becomes leader of women’s advocacy program

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Career and volunteer clinical faculty members may enroll in all workshops, programs and events hosted by the Faculty Development and Diversity Program (event co-sponsors shown in parentheses). Details and registration at ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev/ under “Offerings.”

CALENDAR

About success

“Promotion of women in STEM science at UC Davis – that for me is success. Seeing my doctoral students graduate, hooding them symbolizes success, too. Seeing postdoctoral fellows get really good jobs, that’s success. Seeing the CAMPOS faculty scholars receive professional awards, grants, and achieve their merit, or attain tenure, that’s success. For me, those are the metrics of success in academia.”

– Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

New Faculty WELCOME

Faculty Development and Diversity ProgramUC Davis Health 4610 X Street, Suite 3104 Sacramento, CA 95817

Faculty News is published quarterly by the Faculty Development and Diversity Program, which administers and coordinates programs that respond to the professional and career development needs of UC Davis Health faculty members.

916-703-9230 www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev/

Hendry Ton, M.D., M.S. Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity

Khoban Kochai, M.P.H. Business Operations Manager kbkochai@ucdavis.edu

Gene Crumley, M.Div. Leadership Program Director cecrumley@ucdavis.edu

Bill Habicht, M.Div., M.S.W. Educational Technology Director whabicht@ucdavis.edu

Cheryl Busman Program Manager, Faculty Development cdbusman@ucdavis.edu

Roberta Campbell Program Analyst, Mentoring Academy rcampbell@ucdavis.edu

Rebecca Moncada Program Analyst, WIMHS remoncada@ucdavis.edu

Brent Seifert, J.D. Assistant Dean for Academic Personnel

Colleen E. Clancy, Ph.D. Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel

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PROFILE Contd. from page 2

Melissa Bauman and Rebecca Moncada at the MIND Institute (photo by Cheryl Busman)

MARCH

28 Faculty Breakfast with School of Medicine’s Interim Dean, Lars Berglund, M.D., Ph.D.

APRIL

3 Workshop: Understanding Faculty Compensation

6 Leadership Workshop: Bouncing Back After Being Knocked Down, Part 1

The resilience of natural ecosystems in overcoming environmental damage offers metaphorical guidance for human emotional recovery from disappointment and shortcomings, as Gene Crumley, M.Div., director of the School of Medicine’s Leadership Programs teaches in this heartening two-part workshop.

10 Leadership Workshop: How to Recognize and Avoid Burnout

By Sandhya Venugopal, ELAM fellow

SPOTLIGHT

Faculty Development & Diversity’s new address: Education Building 4610 X Street, Suite 3104

The UC Davis Women in Medicine and Health Sciences (WIMHS) program is undergoing an evolution that is a

testament to its ideals as well as to the vision of its founders – and its new program director, Melissa D. Bauman, Ph.D. Established in 2000, WIMHS has consistently advocated for mentorship and leadership opportunities for women, sponsored networking and continuing education programs, promoted career advising, and induced inclusion of women in national professional organizations.

Throughout its first 15 years, WIMHS was administered on a volunteer basis by its cofounders, Amparo Villablanca, M.D., professor and Frances Lazda Endowed Chair of cardiovascular medicine, and Lydia P. Howell, M.D., professor and chair of the Department

of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. They conceived WIMHS as their Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) fellowship project. When WIMHS inaugurated a faculty mentee program in 2012, Melissa Bauman was selected among a field of candidates. Bauman, who received her Ph.D. degree in neuroscience from UC Davis in 2003, completed postdoctoral training through the MIND Institute’s Interdisciplinary Autism Research Training Program, and in 2008 joined the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, where she investigates neurodevelopmental disorders. She immediately began participating in WIMHS activities.

With institutional support in 2015 from then-Vice Chancellor and Dean Julie Freischlag, Villablanca was named WIMHS director, and

pilot programs in the departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Family and Community Medicine, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, as well as the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. Although her 18-month WIMHS mentorship term will conclude at the end of this year, she envisions her project as a model that other departments could adapt to their own needs and implement.

“The designated WIMHS liaison in each department is fundamentally important,” said Suo, who joined the UC Davis faculty in 2010 and is board-certified in family medicine and psychiatry. “My intention is to create sustainable change and infrastructure within each pilot department, integrating a connection with WIMHS. We have so many fantastic WIMHS activities and projects. The people who take advantage of WIMHS programs really benefit.”

She also has a broader goal in mind, beyond the time she concludes her project. Suo said, “I plan to publish papers describing the process and results of these endeavors, as a means to guide other institutions in creating similar programs.”

Board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist Julianna Clark-Wronski, M.D., is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Her interests include congenital heart disease, anesthetics, and neurodevelopment and development of patient safety strategies.

Researcher Kyle Fink, Ph.D., an assistant professor-in-residence in neurology, is developing novel therapeutics for genetically linked neurological disorders, including Huntington’s disease, Angelman’s Syndrome and forms of epilepsy targetable with gene editing molecules.

Jayne Joo, M.D., an assistant clinical professor of dermatology, is fellowship-trained in Mohs micrographic surgery and is director of cosmetic dermatology. She specializes in skin cancer surgery, scar therapy and cosmetic dermatology, using Botox, fillers and lasers.

Laura R. Kair, M.D., an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, is medical director of UC Davis Medical Center’s Well Newborn Nursery. She performs clinical work there and as a pediatric hospitalist on the inpatient general pediatrics service.

Anne McBride, M.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is the child and adolescent psychiatry residency program director. She specializes in juvenile forensic psychiatry and community child and family mental health.

Miriam Nuño, Ph.D., is an associate professor in public health sciences with joint appointments in biostatistics and surgery. She specializes in comparative effectiveness research and causal inference methods involving big data.

Nephrologist Brian Y. Young, M.D., is an associate professor of Internal Medicine who specializes in kidney disease in adults. He evaluates and treats patients with reduced kidney function, electrolyte imbalance, hypertension, and those on dialysis or other long-term kidney replacement therapy.

Since joining UC Davis 11 years ago, I have had the privilege of serv-ing in several exciting leadership positions. I was fortunate, with the support of Drs. Lars

Berglund and Dean Julie Freischlag, to be selected for the 2017–2018 ELAM Fellowship. My ELAM experiences thus far have been both humbling and transformational.

ELAM (Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine), which Drexel University launched in 1995, has enhanced the executive skills of more than 1,000 women in leadership in medicine, science and dentistry at 245 U.S. and Canadian academic health centers.

ELAM embeds learning about strategic change and finance into my daily organizational work. My ELAM institutional action project focuses on reshaping curricular design and delivery, and paving the way for a future “Educational Home” as a framework for reimagining education. My goal as associate dean of Continuing Medical Education is to ensure that this technologically enabled physical and virtual educational services model will be

a platform for lifelong learning for students, practitioners and alumni.

In this Educational Home, faculty and clinicians will partner with design and technology experts to develop innovative, interprofessional curricula. By aligning these efforts with UC Davis’ strategic goals, quality improvement measures, patient safety standards and global health objectives, the Educational Home will make contributions at the local, national and international levels.

In academic medicine, faculty members are siloed in their own department or division. ELAM gave me an opportunity to look at the health system as a whole from various vantage points to which I normally would not have been privy.

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi said, “If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself, and the organization gets pulled up with you.” Educational leadership is embedded in the fabric of UC Davis Health, and ELAM offers tools for success.

Cardiologist Sandhya Venugopal, M.D., an

associate professor of internal medicine, is

co-director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship

Training Program, director of the Heart

Station/ECG Laboratory, and associate dean

of Continuing Medical Education.