GOOD NEWS

Terri Scott and Frank Harrell each presented workshops at the International R users group meeting at Iowa State University this month. Terri will be giving her R course as a National workshop for the American Statistical Association on October 18-19, 2007.

Jeff Horner and Frank Harrell have been retained as R experts with the National Library of Medicine.

The Department will implement ePAC (electronic personnel action change) for September 1 payroll!

PEOPLE

Arrivals:

Chris Slaughter joined the department as Assistant Professor in the tenure track effective 8/1; his office is located in T2319 MCN.

Sherry Stokes started her temporary assignment today. She will provide administrative support and coordinate clinics, travel, and calendar management for Frank. Her responsibilities will grow as she familiarizes herself with Vanderbilt and the Department. Sherry's supervisor is Diane.

Elizabeth Koehler has accepted our offer of employment to become Biostatistician II; her planned start date is October 15, 2007.

Dennis Malandro has accepted our offer of employment to become Biostatistician III; his planned start date is October 1, 2007.

Congratulations to the following on your promotions:

W.J. Cunningham to Budget Accounting Analyst effective 8/1/07. In his new role, WJ will assume the additional responsibility for department purchasing and will continue to coordinate payroll and provide other accounting functions for the department.

Diane Kolb to Administrative Manager on 8/5/07. In her new role, Diane will provide high-level support for Frank, manage faculty affairs and international services.

Svetlana Eden to Biostatistician III on 8/1/07.

Deming Mi to Biostatistician III on 8/1/07.

Dale Plummer to Manager, Information Systems on 8/1/07.

Peggy Schuyler to Research Nurse Specialist (RNS) III on 7/12/07.

Yuwei Zhu to Associate in Biostatistics on 8/1/07.

We are currently processing promotions for: Chiu-Lan "Heidi" Chen, Aixiang Jiang, Huiyun "William" Wu, Cole Beck, Jeff Horner, and Zhouwen Liu.

Departures:

Heather Burgess has accepted a position as Administrative Assistant I with the Department of Medicine's Division of Hematology/Oncology effective 8/23/07. Best wishes Heather!

Claudia Calderon has accepted a position as Administrative Manager, Educational Programs with the Department of Biomedical Informatics. Friday, 8/17/07, was her last day of employment with Biostatistics after three and one-half years of service. We wish Claudia the very best!

QUALITY

The Continuous Quality Improvement group continues to meet monthly (first Thursday of each month at 9AM) in the Department's large conference room. New projects are underway and will be announced soon. All are welcome and encouraged to lead and/or participate in a CQI project!!!

SERVICE

Patrick Arbogast will teach Biostatistics I in the Master's of Public Health (MPH) program during September. Dan Byrne will teach Biostatistics I in the Master’s in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) program the same month.

FINANCE

The department had a record year in 2007 ending the fiscal year within one-half percent of budgeted projections.

Early in FY08, The School of Medicine and Department of Finance have agreed to provide an additional operating allocation based on departmental needs.

GROWTH

Bill Dupont and his research team are working with Carlos Arteaga (PI) to submit a competing renewal for the SPORE (Specialized Programs of Research Excellence) in Breast Cancer in late September.

There are several biostatistician opportunities available. As Chair of the Master’s Search Committee Jennifer Thompson is implementing “best practices” including same day offers. Thanks to Jennifer and the committee for your great work!

The Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) received an excellent score of 128 and the Office of Research expects to receive a Notice of Grant Award soon with funding anticipated on October 1, 2007.

Lily Wang submitted a Kennedy Center Discovery application today, 8/20/07.

Biostatistics Department Calendar has been updated to include Vanderbilt community events, Vanderbilt meetings of importance and notification of start dates for our new employees.
Topic revision: r2 - 09 Jan 2008, LindaStewart
 

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