January 12, 2010 (MRBIII, Room 1220 - 2:00PM)

• PEOPLE
  • Personnel Update: Introduction of New Employees, Promotions and Departures
    • New Employees: Kang-Hsien "Frank" Fan, Biostatistician II, Yvonne Poindexter, Editorial Assistant II
    • Promotions: Lynne Berry, Budget Accounting Analyst; Aihua Bian, Biostatistician II; Diane Kolb, Assistant to the Chair; Chun Li, Associate Professor w/tenure; Fei Ye, Assistant Professor
    • Faculty recognition: Bill Dupont, Vice Chair for Academic Affairs and Yu Shyr, Associate Director for Quantitative Sciences Integration, Cancer Center
    • Faculty research presentation - Chang Yu, PhD
      • VICTR and Vanderbilt CTSA efforts
      • R01s (PI: Nancy Brown)
      • R01 (PIs: Dai and Yu)
      • Methods research
    • Recognition and Reward program
    • Unveiling

• SERVICE
  • CQI update

• QUALITY
  • 2009 Faculty/Staff Community Survey
  • Biosketch training for faculty
  • Electronic Communications policy

• GROWTH & FINANCE
  • Supervisor retreat
  • Faculty strategic retreat
  • MS Biostatistician retreat
  • Grant report
  • CTSA vouchers and consulting

• INNOVATION
  • Recharge Center - Biostatistics Collaboration Center
  • Graduate program