Anish Bhardwaj, MD, MBA, FAHA, FCCM, FAAN, FANA John Sealy Chairman and Professor Department of Neurology Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) School of Medicine, Office of Faculty Affairs ASSISTANT DEAN FOR FACULTY AFFAIRS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AREAS OF FOCUS AND WORK IN PROGRESS

Area of Focus 2 School of Medicine, Office of Faculty Affairs ACADEMIC REVIEWS _ Manage process for review of departments, graduate programs, centers and other programs  Scheduling  Forming review teams  Initiating and serving as consultant for department self-studies  Arranging agendas  Managing logistics of site visits

Area of Focus 3 School of Medicine, Office of Faculty Affairs FACULTY DEVELOPMENT  Develop and maintain an orientation program for new faculty members  Work with Department Chairs, Center and Institute Directors, the Academy of Master Teachers, the Office of Educational development, the Academy of Research Mentors, to assure appropriate mentoring of junior faculty members  Oversee the selection of faculty members to participate in special faculty development opportunities (e.g. ELAM, SELAM, other AAMC programs)  Work with the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and/or SOM groups to oversee the selection of institutional nominees for a variety of awards and honors

FACULTY EVALUATION _ Manage the process for period evaluation of tenured faculty (“post-tenure review”)  Communications with Departments  Tracking completion of Reviews  Coordinating the appropriate management of negative reviews  Oversight of reporting to UT system  Consultation with departments and faculty members as needed _ Along with Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, serve an ex officio member of the SOM APT Committee _ Be a resource for the APT process for faculty and Departmental Chairs 4 School of Medicine, Office of Faculty Affairs Area of Focus

OTHER _ Manage the process of elections to SOM committees and Faculty Senate _ Attend monthly Faculty Senate meetings _ Contribute to accreditation process within the SOM and UTMB with regard to faculty issues 5 School of Medicine, Office of Faculty Affairs Area of Focus

Work in Progress Identifying individual research faculty’s contributions towards publishing, mentoring, submitting research proposals, service on committees Work with department chairs to develop a mentoring and development plan for all investigators who are 0.5 FTE in research or greater –The plan will be a part of every offer extended to a new faculty member with a unified approach to mentoring and faculty development that minimizes current fragmentation and improves coordination of activities across the institution Seeking input and exploring the financial feasibility of hiring a grant editor(s) to include an assessment of the need and projected return on investment

Work in Progress Ensuring that an internal review, grant application review committee exists for every faculty member, either in their own department or as a committee that extends across departments Increase the number of competitive federal grant applications submitted Increase the number of publications with UTMB faculty as first or last author in journals with an impact factor of at least 4

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