Representatives from the VUMC Community Giving Campaign benefactors will share a brief presentation about how your donation impacts our community. Q&A following presentation.
Jim Kendall, Manager, EAP, Work-Life Connections
PEOPLE
New Faculty and Staff
Zhiguo "Alex" Zhao, MS, Biostatistician II 07/21/2008
Pingsheng Wu, PhD, Staff Scientist 8/1/08 (post doc to full time)
Jeffrey Blume, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies 08/01/08
Ben Saville, PhD, Assistant Professor 08/14/08
JoAnn Alvarez, MA, BS, Biostatistician II 08/25/08
Yaping Shi, MS, Biostatistician II 10/1/08
Lan Cui, MS, Research Assistant I 08/18/08
Phyllis Smith, MA, Administrative Assistant III 10/1/08
Lynne Berry, PhD, Editorial Assistant III 08/18/08
Jisong Wu, 6th year Graduate Student, Research Assistant working with Bryan Shepherd 9/1/08
Abby Burke, Vanderbilt Temporary Services, Administrative Assistant II 08/08
Departures
Chuan Zhou, PhD, Assistant Professor 07/18/08
Shaun Haskins, MA, Editorial Liaison 08/31/08
Promotions
Jeremy Stephens from Computer Systems Analyst I -> Computer Systems Analyst II (effective 8/1/08)
Angel An from Biostatistician II -> Biostatistician III (effective 9/1/08)
Joan Zhang from Computer Systems Analyst II -> Computer Systems Analyst III (effective 8/1/08)
Kristen Kotter from Biostatistician I -> Biostatistician II (in progress)
Donna Bock, 20 years continuous years of service (about 30 altogether)
Zhouwen Liu, 10 years
Yuwei Zhu, 10 years
Tebeb Gebretsadik, 5 years
Frank Harrell, 5 years
Promotion criteria for biostatisticians
SERVICE
Mario Davidson: 1st yr med students being taught more biostatistics in their PPSII class. Result: interest in Mario teaching the 1st yr med students many of the topics recently taught 2nd yr students. 4+ hours; allows more detail and/or additional topics. (add per FH)
Vanderbilt's Faculty/Staff Health and Wellness program received the C. Everett Koop National Health Award for 2008 for the HealthPlus "Go for the Gold" incentive program. Dan Byrne, Mary Yarbrough and others attended an awards dinner with Dr. Koop in New Orleans.
American Heart Association walk (update: Ben Saville)