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---++ July 13, 2010 (MRBIII, Room 1220 - 2:00PM)

*Good News*

   * [[http://data.vanderbilt.edu/~graywh/bingo.html][BINGO!]]
      * Winners Marcia and Alex
   * Linda returning home
   * Cindy Chen's R21 receives a very high score
   * Dan Byrne - SOM Academy of Excellence in Teaching
   * Koyama Tatsuki- Beatles Article

   * PEOPLE 
      * New employees: Sarah Fletcher, Biostatistician I; Chris Fonnesbeck, !PhD, Instructor in Biostatistics; Pei-Fang Su, research fellow
      * Promotions:  Meridith Blevins and Li Wang to Biostatistician III; Will Gray and David Biagi, CSAIII and CSAII
      * Departures: Angel An, Biostatistician III
      * [[http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/PillarGoals][Department Pillar goals]]
         * 1 goal for each Pillar
            * Employee recruitment
            * BCC
            * Publications
            * External Grant Support
      * Scientific Writing Workshop
         * Very successful - thank you Svetlana 
      * [[%ATTACHURL%/AIP_2010.ppt][Staff Annual Increase program]]
      * Communicating Research town hall meeting
         * See email sent by Diane
      * Faculty research presentation, Chris Fonnesbeck, !PhD
         * Room T2303, door is open
         * Formerly a Professor at the Univerisity of Otago, New Zealand
         * [[http://www.python.org/][Python Program]]
      * [[DeptPotluckPicnicAug14][Department Potluck Picnic]]
      * [[%ATTACHURL%/Award.Recipients.Poster.2nd.qtr.2010.pdf][Recognition and Reward Recipients]]

   * SERVICE 
      * Partners in Health campaign
         * High Faculty participation
      * [[http://www.nashvilleredcross.org/index.asp?IDCapitulo=78T3Z2WSK0][Blood Drive]]
         * July 6th and 14th
         * Vanderbilt Clinic

   * QUALITY 
      * !CQI
         * 1st Thursday of every month in the large conference room, 9:00am

   * GROWTH & FINANCE 
      * FY11 Budget
         * Good News
            * > 43% increase in funding
               * Three seperate categories
                  * Retro program
                  * Academic Program Support
                  * Operating Funds
             * Graduated Program with be funded separately
         * Linda thanks Donna and the entire financial team for their effort     
      * BCC
         * Has been in operation for 2 1/2 months
         * Seth is responsible for Finance
         * New systems requires tracking of hours
         * Staff will slowly be moving off of % effort
         * Faculty will remain on % effort
         * Check with Jeff
            * Will be denying new grants with old % effort model for staff
         
   * INNOVATION
      * Graduate Program
         * Fiscal Y12 / Fall 11
         * One review in, more on the way

   * Closing remarks from Frank
      * Importance of Clinic
      * Get help from Clinic before VICTR
      * Help navigate the system
      * Faculty attend one clinic/week
      * Staff attend two clinics/week
      * Innovation goals
         * Graduate Program
            * New Style of Grad Program in terms of content
         * BCC
         * More involved in basic research

Topic attachments
I	Attachment	Action	Size	Date	Who	Comment
ppt	AIP_2010.ppt	manage	3247.5 K	13 Jul 2010 - 07:35	LindaStewart	Staff Annual Increase Program
pdf	Award.Recipients.Poster.2nd.qtr.2010.pdf	manage	20.5 K	13 Jul 2010 - 12:58	EveAnderson

Topic revision: r16 - 26 Apr 2013, JohnBock

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