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Strategic Plan Town Hall Meetings
The Strategic Plan Working Groups will be hosting a series of Town Hall meetings to discuss the strategic planning process and solicit ideas from the faculty, staff, and students. The Working Groups are currently developing strategic priorities for the SOM and the chairs and members of each group will be in attendance to present their ideas to you. This is an opportunity for you to participate in the development of goals and objectives for the School of Medicine.
We hope you can attend.
Community Working Group and Education Working Group
Town Hall #1
Friday, May 17th, 2-3:30pm
BRB 105
Research Working Group and People Working Group
Town Hall #1
Wednesday, May 29th, 2:30-4pm
WRB 1413
Dean's Town Hall Meeting
Monday, June 3rd, 7am - 8am
MetroHealth Medical Center Campus
Scott Auditorium
Concurrently with the University's Strategic Planning process for 2013, we would like to update the SOM Strategic Plan to better reflect new goals and objectives for the next five years. To ensure we are representing the needs of the entire school, we want to keep you updated on the progress of the planning, and solicit your suggestions, ideas, and questions regarding the SOM Strategic Plan.
We have held a number of Town Hall meetings to discuss specific strategies for basic science research. We have met with the chairs and division chiefs in a series of "Dean's Rounds", and presented to the various School of Medicine committees and councils. The Dean is presenting the Strategic Planning process at the upcoming Town Hall meeting on March 6th.
Additionally, four Working Groups have been established to develop strategies in specific areas. The groups were developed by Faculty Council and the Dean's Office. Members were either elected by Faculty Council or designated by the Dean's Office. Chairs and Co-Chairs are in bold.
| Community Working Group | Education Working Group |
| Michael Anderson, MD, Pediatrics Dorr Dearborn, MD, PhD, Environmental Health Sciences Scott Frank, MD, Epidemiology & Biostatistics George Kikano, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health Michael Weiss, MD, PhD, Biochemistry Jackson Wright, MD, PhD, Medicine Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH, Pulmonary & Critical Care Robert Salata, MD, PhD, Infectious Diseases & HIV Kurt Stange, MD, PhD, Family Medicine & Community Health Terry Allan, MPH, Cuyahoga County Health Commissioner Danny Williams, JD, MNO, Cleveland Free Clinic Chris Olson, CTSC Office, Staff Advisory Council |
Paul MacDonald, PhD, Pharmacology Michael McNamara, MD, Radiology Martin Snider, PhD, Biochemistry Amy Wilson-Delfosse, PhD, Asst Dean, Basic Science Education Peter Whitehouse, MD, PhD, Neurology Nicholas Ziats, PhD, Pathology Clint Snyder, PhD, Interim Vice Dean for Education Susan Padrino, MD, Assistant Dean for Clinical Sciences Keith Armitage, MD, Medicine George Dubyak, PhD, Co-Director, MSTP Program Lynda Montgomery, MD, Assistant Dean for Student Societies Shannon Swiatkowski, MS, CTSC Office, SAC President |
| Research Working Group | People Working Group |
| Richard Zigmond, PhD, Neurosciences Jackson Wright, MD, PhD, Medicine Jiayang Sun, PhD, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Theresa Torres Pizarro, PhD, Pathology Eric Pearlman, PhD, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences David Katz, PhD, Neurosciences Matthias Buck, PhD, Physiology & Biophysics Mark Chance, PhD, Vice Dean for Research Mukesh Jain, MD, PhD, Medicine Paul Tesar, PhD, Genetics and Genome Sciences Stan Gerson, MD, Director, CCCC Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD, General Medical Sciences Derek Abbott, MD, PhD, Pathology Anne DeChant, MS, MBA, Special Projects, SAC |
Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD, Medicine Marjorie Greenfield, MD, Reproductive Biology Vikas Jain, MD, Radiology William Merrick, PhD, Biochemistry Mireilla Astrid Moise, MD, Surgery Sana Loue, PhD, JD, Vice Dean, Fac Development & Diversity Sonya Harris-Haywood, MD, MS, Family Medicine Robert Haynie, MD, PhD, Associate Dean for Student Affairs Sumita Khatri, MD, MSc, Co-Director, Asthma Center Trygve Dolber, Medical Student David Bruckman, MS, MT, Prevention Research Center Barb Juknialis, Bioethics, Staff Advisory Council |
The overall focus of the School of Medicine in the next five years will be along the following themes:
- Innovative Medical and Graduate Education
- Enhanced Research Environment
- Community Health Engagement
- Enhanced Faculty Climate
Rather than focus on individual departments, we would like to look at major scientific disciplines to encourage collaboration, enable innovation, and enhance research in these areas:
- Genome Sciences
- Cancer Biology
- Cardio-Pulmonary
- Neurobiology
- Therapeutics/Structural Biology
- Metabolic Sciences
- Immunobiology/Infection
To be able to achieve research excellence in these areas, we will need to provide significant technological support to these disciplines. We have identified a number of key enabling technologies that are critical to our research success:
- Epidemiology/Biostatistics/Bioinformatics/Outcomes
- Stem Cells
- Imaging
To read more about the development of the School of Medicine Strategic Plan, please see the presentation here. We welcome any and all feedback, questions, and comments. Please send to som-vice-dean-research@case.edu. Or contact the Working Groups directly by reaching out to the chairs of those groups.