Commit to Finding Your Balance
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David Stephens |
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Nowhere is taking care of yourself more
important than in a school of medicine, where our focus is primarily on
serving others—from faculty providing the highest level of clinical
care, to researchers working to develop life-saving treatments, to
students training for a career of caring for patients and families. But
this level of service to others is not sustainable without an equal
commitment to taking care of ourselves.
Comprehensive efforts are under way across the Woodruff Health Sciences Center to look at the
underlying causes of physician and staff burnout and develop new ways to
address them.
In the meantime, Healthy Emory provides
resources to help you find a balance between your work and
yourself—from tips to incorporate movement into your meetings to
subsidized Fitbits to track your steps. I encourage you to read the Huddle email for easy access to these resources.
Sukhatme Named New SOM Dean
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Vikas Sukhatme |
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Emory has appointed Vikas P. Sukhatme, MD, ScD,
a distinguished physician-scientist, as the new dean starting Nov. 1. He also will serve as Chief Academic
Officer of Emory Healthcare and as Woodruff Professor.
Sukhatme is currently Chief Academic
Officer and Harvard Faculty Dean for Academic Programs at Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and the Victor J. Aresty Professor of
Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
"Dr.
Sukhatme is a highly recognized and exceptional biomedical scientist,
clinician, and teacher," says Jon Lewin, EVP for Health Affairs and WHSC executive director. "I am confident that under his leadership, the
medical school will continue its upward trajectory in reputation and
impact and will further enhance the Woodruff Health Sciences Center's
place as one of the world's premiere academic health centers."
Sukhatme's appointment is the culmination
of a nearly year-long national search. He succeeds David Stephens who has served as interim dean and will continue his roles as vice
president for research in WHSC and as
chair of the Department of Medicine. Read more.
Continued Growth in Core Facilities
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Michael Zwick |
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Emory was one of six institutions to be
recognized by the AAMC for initiatives that enhance resource sharing or
rigor and reproducibility in biomedical research. Emory Integrated Core
Facilities, led by Michael Zwick, received third
prize in the Sharing Research Resources Awards.
The integrated core facilities continue to
expand their service offerings, most recently with the opening of the
stem cell core on Sept. 11, and additional plans under way for a
gnotobiology core. The first annual meeting of Georgia Core Directors is
being planned for Feb. 2.
Learn more about the Emory Integrated Core Facilities.
Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance receives $51 million NIH statewide grant
After a decade of research collaboration,
the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) will
welcome a new partner and change its name, reflecting a new statewide
focus. The University of Georgia will become the fourth
academic partner, and ACTSI will now be known as the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA).
This statewide expansion will be funded
through a five-year, $51 million Clinical and Translational Science
Award (CTSA) from the NIH. The Emory-led
Georgia CTSA will focus on transforming the quality and value of
clinical research and translating research results into better outcomes
for patients. Read more.
NIH Selects Emory to Join National Precision Medicine Effort
The NIH has
chosen Emory to join the All of Us Research Program, a
national effort with more than 25 collaborating institutions charged
with advancing research into precision medicine. Emory is part of the
SouthEast Enrollment Center (SEEC) network, which includes the
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Morehouse School of
Medicine, and the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium led by the
University of Florida.
The All of Us Research Program aims to
gather data over time from more than 1 million people in the United
States, with the goal of accelerating research and improving health.
Researchers will use the data for studies on a variety of health
conditions to learn more about the impact of individual differences in
lifestyle, environment, and biological makeup.
Michael Zwick will
lead Emory's participation in the SEEC network. The Emory team includes
faculty members from the School of Medicine, including Arshed Quyyumi, Greg Martin, James Lah, and Andrew Post, in addition to Alvaro Alonso from the Rollins School of Public Health.
"This program has the potential to speed
the ongoing transformation of our health care systems, empower
individuals to actively manage their health and health care, and promote
critical research that can improve the lives and health of the people of
Georgia," says Zwick.
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