School of Public Health and Health Professions

Annual Meeting 2010

Dr. Lynn Kozlowski, Dean

School of Public Health and Health Professions

School of Public Health and Health Professions

State of the School Address2010

Three Broad Goals

Get accredited in Public Health

Get more connected • within &• outside

Get better• building on current areas of excellence and creating

new areas of excellence.

Three Broad Goals--UpdatedGet more connected

• within &• outside

Get better• building on current areas of excellence and creating

new areas of excellence.

Get to it

Get More Connected

Within• The Public Health accreditation process has been,

and is good for SPHHP

Outside (Global)• Brazil (Universidade Presidente Antonio Carlos -

UNIPAC) • Brock University (St. Catharines, Ontario)• China (Capital Medical University, Beijing)

Get Better

Policies/Procedures

Teaching

Research

Service

*Hear the Associate Dean Reports

Emergency Response TeamThe SPHHP ERT consists of five members appointed by the Dean of SPHHP. The team members are:

• April Whitehead - Assistant to the Dean• Keith Conroy – Interim Director, IT• Greg Homish – Assistant Professor, Department

of Health Behavior• Donald Rowe – Director, Office of Public Health

Practice• Paul Wietig – Core Curriculum Coordinator

Emergency Response Team

The Emergency Response Team is charged with coordinating efforts to maintain a safe and secure learning and work environment. In collaboration with University Police Services and Environment Health and Safety. The School’s team helps to prepare the school for emergency situations arising from fire, weather, violence or aggression, or any other emergency (including first response for physical or mental health emergencies).

Get to it

Faculty and staff doing what they should be doing.

Financial Items

• $285,000 further budget reduction– $178,000 F/Y 2009/10, and – $107,000 F/Y 2010/11

• Next years budget still a mystery

Development

• Raising funds remains crucial

• Communication and coordination with John Crawford and the Dean’s Office is critical

Space Improvements• 5th & 6th floor Kimball completed by end of May

• Rehabilitation Science, IT, and CIRRIE

• 7th floor Kimball completed by Fall 2010• Biostatistics

• Outside of Building to start as soon as exams completed. North, West, and East sides 2010

• South side completed 2011

Space Improvements

• Room 10 in Diefendorf Annex will be relocated to rooms 110/124 in Kimball Tower. Construction to begin in Fall 2010. On hold due to NYS budget.

• Rooms 8A & 9 in Diefendorf Annex will be relocated to the basement of Kimball Tower. Construction to begin Fall 2010. On hold due to NYS budget.

Space Improvements• Heating and cooling will be upgraded on the 1st

floor of Kimball. On hold due to NYS budget.

• Corridors updated on the 1st floor of Kimball (e-tech). On hold due to NYS budget.

Questions?

New Faculty

• Allison MacKenzie, Undergraduate Program Director and Academic Advisor, ENS

• Terry Mashtare, Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics

• Heather Ochs-Balcom, Assistant Professor, SPM effective 9/1/09 – (was a Research Asst. Professor for previous two years)

• James Olson, Research Professor and Director Environmental Health Science Division, SPM

New Staff

• Barbara Krajewski, Biological Specimen Repository Technician, SPM

UB Service/Recognition

10-years of Service at UB • R. Lorraine Collins• Maureen Lannen• Carl Li• Mary Matteliano• Jing Nie

UB Service/Recognition

20-years of Service at UB • Teresa Sikorski• Jean Wactawski-Wende• Scott White

Alpha Eta – Allied Health Honor Society

Faculty Inductees• Bob Burkard – Rehabilitation Science• Kirk Personius – Physical Therapy• Jan Tona – Occupational Therapy

SPHHP Outstanding Leadership Award

Noreen D. McGuireDepartment of Biostatistics

SPHHP Outstanding Researcher of the Year

R. Lorraine CollinsDepartment of Health Behavior

SPHHP Dean’s Award for Community Service

Donald W. Rowe, Ph.D.Director, Office of Public Health Practice

SPHHP Dean’s Award

Joan M. Dorn, Ph.D.Chair, Exercise & Nutrition Sciences

UB Awards to Faculty

Later in the program, Scott White will be announcing, three major UB level awards won by our faculty.

Faculty CouncilSPHHP

President: Marc Kiviniemi, Ph.D.

Faculty Council Purpose/Mission• Facilitate success for faculty in all aspects of

their University roles• Represent faculty at the school administrative

level• Build connections across the school for faculty

and staff• Serve as a channel for communicating

information, ideas, concerns from faculty to school-level administration

Faculty Council Activities – 2009/10• Facilitate success for faculty in all aspects of their

roles• Faculty Forum Series

• Build connections across the school for faculty and staff

• Coffee socials/school happy hour events

• Represent faculty at the school administrative level

• Input on university level committee membership• Representation on Executive and Planning

Committee

Faculty Council Leadership for 2010/2011

• President: Jenn Temple, ENS

• Secretary: Jim Lenker, RS

UB SPHHP Senate Representative

Robert Burkard, Ph.D.

Senate Representative

• Faculty Senate Executive Committee• Wednesdays, Capen Hall, 2:30 PM• Agenda:

• Minutes Approval• Report of Chair (Bob Hoeing)• Report of President/Provost• Main Agenda Items• Old/New Business• Executive session (if needed)

Senate Representative

Main Agenda Items• 9/9/09: Jennifer Bowen Great Places to Work

• 9/16/09: Gayle Brazeau/Russell Crispell: FS Report of Athletics and Recreation Committee

• 9/30/09: Barbara Ricotta: Substance Abuse Among Students

• 10/6/09: Vincent Clark: UB Office of Community Relations

• 10/14/09: Stephen Dunnett/Ellen Dussound: Update on International Students

Senate Representative

• 10/21/09: Kate Foster: UB Regional Institute

• 11/4/09: Elias Eldayrie, Mike Ryan, Christopher Connor: Student Information Systems update; Report of SUNY Senate meeting; Russell Crispell: Faculty Athletics & Recreation Committee

• 11/18/10: Robert Genco: Tech Transfer; Henry Durand: SUNY Senate Meeting; Bill Baumer: Grading Committee

• 12/1/10: Andreas Dunn, Diane Christian, John Thomas: Gen Ed Task Force; Bill Baumer: Report of Grading Committee

Senate Representative• 1/20/10: Edward Schneider: UB Foundation

• 1/27/20: Makau Matua: Dean of Law School

• 2/10/10: Daniel Ryan: Off-Campus Student relations; Peter Nickerson: SUNY Senate Report

• 2/17/10: Andreas Dunn, Diane Christian, John Thomas: Gen Ed Task Force Report

• 2/24/10: Krista Hanypsiak, Kip Herreid: University Honors College

• 3/2/10: Robert Shibley: Master Plan Update; Grading Committee; Peter Nickerson: SUNY Senate meeting

Senate Representative• 3/17/10: Grading committee; Jean Wactowski-Wende:

UB2020

• 3/24/10: Tour of Earthquake Research Center

• 3/31/10: Barbara Burke, David Bray: Equity, Diversity and Affirmative action Office; Library Skills Requirement

• 4/21/10: Joe Gardella, Richelle Allen-King: Mentoring subcommittee; Bill Regan: Office of Special Events

• 4/28/10: Monica Rimai: Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, SUNY Systems Administration

Senate Representative

Bob is on his second year of what was supposedto be a one-year term:

Who will put their name up for election to serve in FSEC?

Academic and Student Affairs

Dale Fish, PT, Ph.D.

CEPH Site Visit was May 4-6, 2009

This has been one amazing year!– Site visit– Our response to site visit report in September– Accreditation achieved in October– ASPH/CEPH annual report submitted in

January

Getting Better…and keeping our promises to CEPH• Strategic Plan

• Collect and evaluate outcomes data, refine targets• CEPH Interim Report due in fall 2011• Program competencies and enhanced syllabi

• Be sure to keep these up-to-date• Core Curriculum – PH Focus Area – ‘Foundations’

• All students in professional and academic programs outside traditional PH areas are ‘grounded in basic public health knowledge’

• Limited access after Sept 1, 2010

CoursEval Response RatesIncrease from 43% to 70% or moreExample from my syllabus this summer:

• Includes objective on ‘professionalism’• 1% for participating in CoursEval process• Inform students:

– Instructor will only know who’s participated– No other reports issued to faculty until after

grades have been submitted– Ratings are grouped, comments anonymous

Show faux sample of report to students in class (or at UBL) as final approaches

Getting Better…Thanks to all committee members!Standing committees formed this past year

• MPH program committee/subcommittees• Strategic plan data committee• Strategic plan evaluation committee• Core curriculum steering committee• Student services committee• Service & workforce development committee

New committees• SOPHAS/PHlthAdmit committee• Communications committee

Dean

Associate Dean for

Academic and Student Affairs

Associate Dean for

Community Relations and Community

Affairs

Associate Dean for Faculty

Affairs

Associate Dean for Research

Faculty Council

Academic Affairs

Committee

Core Curriculum Steering

Committee

MPH Program Committee

Student Leadership

Forum

Service and Workforce

Development Committee

Strategic Plan Data

Committee

Executive and Planning Committee

Information Technology

Services Committees

Student Services

Committee

Promotion and Tenure

Committee, for Unqualified (tenure and

tenure-track) Faculty

Strategic Plan Evaluation Committee

Promotion and Tenure

Committee for Qualified (non-tenure track)

Faculty

Community Relations and Clinical Affairs

Michael F. Noe, MD, MPH

Community Relations & Clinical Affairs• Exploratory visit to Capital Medical University,

School of Public Health, Beijing, China• first step in development of affiliation and

exchange agreement

• Renewal, Cancer Prevention Physician Training Grant, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, American Cancer Society ( in conjunction with RPCI)

• Arrangement with TCIE, UB for provision of Six Sigma Quality Improvement Training to Preventive Medicine Residents and other MPH students

Community Relations & Clinical Affairs

• Continuing partnership with Erie County Department of Senior Services for delivery of Powerful Tools for Caregivers Program

• 600 caregivers have participated in program• planning for extension to minority communities in

progress

Office of Public Health PracticeDirector, Donald W. Rowe, Ph.D.

PURPOSE• Serve as major interface with the health care

community, including health departments, providers, MCO’s, community organizations

• Identify, cultivate and expand relationships

Recent ActivitiesWorkshops

• Resume writing for Public Health students • Interviewing skills

OPHP sponsored seminars• Dr. Ken Oakley, Rural Health Policy• Tracey Fricano Chalmers, Public Health

Emergency Preparedness• Dr. Sandra DiPasquale, Six Sigma as a QI Tool• APHA: The Students’ Perspectives

Educational Outreach

Expanded access to Foundations of Public Health curriculum to:

• Local Health Departments• The NYS Department of Health, WRO• WNY Public Health Alliance, Inc.

MMWR Club

• Informal learning opportunity

• Funding from recent MPH graduate

• Includes other departments

• Public health practitioners

New ProgramFireside chats

• Informal learning opportunity for students to meet with a practicing public health professionals

Ralph Van Houten, Director of Environmental Health, NYS Department of health WRO

Dr. Anthony Billittier, IV, Commissioner of Health, County of Erie

Field Trips for Students

• Niagara County Board of Health• Erie County Public Health Laboratory

Active Collaborations• WNY Public Health Alliance, Inc. – Advanced Practice Center

Emergency Preparedness• WNYPHA/ Eight county health departments, Regional

Community Health Assessments• Tonawanda Seneca Nation/EPA/ Genesee County Health

Department: Tonawanda Creek water quality assessment• NYS Association for Rural Health, Growing Healthy

Communities• P2 Collaborative- Health Equity Coalition, and Chair of the

Cultural Competency Work Group (Elisa Rodriguez, PhD)

Active Collaborations • Susan G. Komen for the Cure WNY Affiliate- Community

Profile Team, and Community Engagement Committee (Elisa Rodriguez, Ph D)

• OPHP/EPA, Genesee County Health Department, data analysis

• Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)-Community Engagement Subcommittee

• Erie Niagara Area Health Education Center (AHEC)- Junior Health Talkers Project

Major Agency Representation

• NYS Rural Health Council – Governors appointment

• NYS Association for Rural Health – Board member• Area Health Education Center – Board member• WNY Public Health Alliance, Inc. – Board member

Student Recruitment Presentations

• SUNY Fredonia

• Genesee Community College

• Roberts Wesleyan

• Canisius College

• SUNY College at Brockport (MPH student recruiter)

Grant Applications

• 2010 Perry Grant application : ASPH Internship

• Health Resources and Services Administration ARRA Program (expansion of Preventive Medicine Residency program)

Grant Application

Perry Grant application $13,638.00 (pending)Project Title: “My Community, My Life, My Future”

Photovoice project with inner city high school students to explore their perspectives on community health and the social environment.

Opportunity to promote Public Health career options that will benefit he student and community.

Special Projects

• Hope for Haiti Campaign• UB Business Partners• OPHP/Genesee County APHA Collaborative

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Research

R. Lorraine Collins, Ph.D.

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Awards ‘09/10 as of 3/31/10: $5,437,260- Projection (shown) by 6/30/10: $7,249,680

Research Administrative ServicesMay 1, 2009 – April 28, 2010

171 Proposals

Ongoing Programs• Workshops on new NIH format

• External reviews of grant applications

• RAS Newsletter – Please read

• Research mentoring for non-tenured faculty

• Digital Measures: Inputting grant proposals and awards

Research Administrative Services• Monthly requests for planned grant

submissions– Face-to-Face meetings with all PIs

• Solicitation of feedback on satisfaction with RAS services– Anonymous and revised evaluation forms: PI

→ Associate Dean

• Meeting with departmental administrative staff

What You Can Do to Enhance the SPHHP Research Portfolio

• Read the RAS Newsletter

• Respond to monthly requests to inform RAS staff about upcoming submissions (even if RAS is not actively involved in the submission process)

• Think about collaboration

• Remember to give yourself time to create the best possible application and have it reviewed by experts

Faculty Affairs

Scott C. White, Ph.D.

Promotion and Tenure• Assistant Professor → Associate Professor (tenured)

Gregory Wilding, Biostatistics

• Associate Professor → Full Professor

Joan P. Dorn, SPM → SPM/ENS → ENS →

Indecisive

Promotion and Tenure

New documentation (on the website)

http://sphhp.buffalo.edu/faculty_affairs/index.php

“Guidelines for Dossier Building”

Information Technology UpdatesTough year!• UB’s centralization of IT initiative

– Decision/Documentation/Indecision???• Exit of Nursing from the Student Computing Lab (Kimball

113) → SPHHP facility• Recent Initiative: Online feedback when work orders are

closed (about 1’ to complete)– Establish a School service baseline for Central IT (when/if)

it happens– To get better

Faculty Awards & Recognition

Matthew R. Bonner, Ph.D., MPH UB’s Exceptional Scholar – Young Investigator

award, 2010.

The work must have garnered public and/or professional accolades beyond the norm for other bodies of work in the identified genre. Evidence of exceptional scholarship could also come from a sustained record of tier one publications or other scholarly/artistic endeavors over a 2-3 year period.

Faculty Awards & Recognition

John H. Stone, Ph.D.2010 Award for Outstanding Contributions to

International Education at UB.

The Award for Outstanding Contributions to International Education at UB is a university-wide award to honor faculty and staff who have made exceptional and longstanding contributions to international education at UB.

Faculty Awards & Recognition

James Leahy with collaborators Jonathan Leahy & James Peron (CAT) & Robyn Washousky, formerly of CAT for the Automated Pill Crusher.

UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STORS)

Award at the University’s annual Inventors and Entrepreneurs Reception. The award recognizes “visionary innovators” with technologies patented and who worked to commercialize their technology in 2009.

21st Annual J. Warren Perry Lecture, 2009

• Richard E. Besser, MD• Senior Health and Medical Editor, ABC News“Pandemics, Public Health and Political Transition”

• SPHHP Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 2009• Outstanding contributions to education within

SPHHP Patricia Ohtake, PT, Ph.D. Rehabilitation Science

• Perry Lecture Fall of 2010• Searching for a Keynote Speaker

Annual Faculty ReportsExpectations: 2009 – 2010

• Updated (05/2010) CVs to Barb Putzig by the end of UB’s 2009 – 10 academic year (May 13, 2010).

• UB’s web-based Faculty Annual Reporting System (Digital Measures) Teaching is pre-loaded Research Activities for this past fiscal year (07/01/10 –

06/30/10) entered by RAS. This information needs to be checked for accuracy and updated.

√ For youCitations Service –School’s only way to update information for CEPH

documentation.1-888-CAP KNEES

Thanks to Barb for organizing the Annual Meeting, Veronica for organizing awards

andthe generous support and team effort of

the staff in the Dean’s office

Questions? Otherwise adjourn and enjoy your surprise

Motion to Adjourn?