Announced December 2023
The Implementation Task Force was established to set priorities for moving forward with the recommendations established by the Executive Faculty Task Force on Climate and Culture, and to oversee their implementation. The new Task Force includes representatives from the Executive Faculty and Human Resources, who have the training and authority to enact the recommendations.
Recommendations in progress
Some recommendations developed by the Task Force on Climate & Culture are being acted upon already, including:
- Modernizing the promotion criteria for faculty to recognize and reward the full range of faculty activities and the diversity of careers in academic medicine
- Developing systems to monitor time to promotion for our faculty
- Exploring options, with our colleagues in Human Resources, to simplify the reporting systems
- Developing a process for systematic faculty exit surveys to help monitor climate and culture, and to help us proactively address problems, if necessary
Members
Michael Avidan, MBBCh, Implementation Task force co-chair
Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor and head of the Department of Anesthesiology
Linda Richards, AO, FAA, FAHMS, PhD, Implementation Task Force co-chair
Edison Professor of Neurobiology and head of the Department of Neuroscience
Renée Shellhaas, MD, MS, Implementation Task Force administrative director
David T. Blasingame Professor of Neurology and Associate Dean for Faculty Promotions & Career Development
Victoria Fraser, MD
Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine and head of the Department of Medicine
Opeolu Adeoye, MD, MS
BJC HealthCare Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine head of the Department of Emergency Medicine
Craig Buchman, MD, FACS
Lindburg Professor and head of the Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery
Regis O’Keefe, MD, PhD
Fred C. Reynolds Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Sean Whelan, PhD
Marvin A. Brennecke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology and head of the Department of Molecular Microbiology
Janine Bijsterbosch, PhD
Assistant professor of Radiology
Leanne Stewart, PhD
Executive Director, Employee Relations
Human Resources
Caroline Arbanas
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Medical Campus Communications
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