All Department Meeting

Wednesday, October 7th, 2105

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

MRB III Room 1220

Reminders

PEOPLE

• Departures
  • Steven Chen
  • Pengcheng Lu
  • Lily Wang
  • Seth Martin (October 30th)
• Promotions
  • Chris Slaughter, Associate Professor
  • Meridith Blevins, Assistant In Biostatistics
  • Cathy Jenkins, Biostatistician IV
  • Jennifer Thompson, Biostatistician IV
• New Faculty
  • Yaomin Xu - Track Change
  • Amber Hackstadt, Research Assistant Professor
  • Thomas Stewart, Assistant Professor, Basic Science Educator Track (starts October 12)
• New Staff
  • Shi Huang, Biostatistician III
  • Tan Ding, Biostatistician II
  • Amy Perkins, Biostatistician II
  • Run Fan, Biostatistician II
  • Jennifer Morse, Biostatistician II
• New Students
  • Michael Ackerman
  • Lingjun Fu
  • Ya-Chen (Lisa) Lin
  • Molly Olson
  • Brooklyn Stanley
  • Nicholas Strayer
  • Hannah Weeks
  • Zhijun Yin

*Good News*

• Alice Toll & Lucy D'Agostino won the Student Data Competition for the JSM Government Statistics Section (Presentation: Census Tract-Level Disparities: Examining Food Swamps and Food Deserts)
• Marriages
  • Sam Nwosu
  • Mark Giganti
  • Minchun Zhou
• Births
  • Jeffrey Blume
  • Sam Nwosu
  • Cindy Chen
  • Yaping Shi
  • Meridith Blevins
  • Matt Shotwell

SERVICE

• Awards
  
  • Department Awards
    • Patrick G Arbogast Collaborative Publication Award 2014 - Jeffrey Blume
    • Methods Publication Award 2014 - Dandan Liu
    • Linda Stewart Analysis Report Award 2014 - Cathy Jenkins
  • Graduate Program Student and Faculty Awards
    
    • Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching - Robert Greevy & Jonathan Schildcrout
    • Outstanding Faculty Mentor - Jeffrey Blume
    • Distinguished Teaching Assistant - Sarah Mercaldo
    • Commodore Award in Biostatistics - Mark Giganti
    • WS Gossett Award For Exceptional Research - Qi Liu
  • Service Awards 2015
    
    • Five Years of Service:
      • Hank Domenico
      • Christopher Fonnesbeck
      • Hui Nian
    • Ten Years of Service:
      • Cindy Chen
      • Leena Choi
      • Thomas Dupont
      • Xulei Liu
      • Cathy Jenkins
      • Bryan Sheperd
      • Jeremy Stephens
      • Jennifer Thompson

QUALITY

• Clinic Attendance
• Seminar Attendance
  
  

GROWTH & FINANCE

• Ron Jannetta
  • Pulse Survey
  • dbconnect
• Linda Wilson
  • Effort Certification
• Frank Harrell
  • Publication Metric
  • Department Survey

INNOVATION AND MISSION

• Strategic Planning (Frank Harrell)

Discussion

Reminders