FAAC INITIATIVES

Past Leadership Seminars

• Michele Goodwin, JD, “The Politics of Integration,” October 2007
• Faculty Searches Town Hall Meeting, September 2007
• Women in Medicine Luncheon, April 10, 2007Meena Rao, PhD, UIC Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, March 2007
  Presentation: Preparing Careers in Academic Medicine
• Molly Carnes, February 2007
  Presentation: Words Matter - How Language Can Promote the Activation of Stereotypes
• Claire Van Ummersen, American Council on Education, Nov 2006
  Presentation: Increasing Tenure-Track Flexibility
• Panel Discussion: Work/Family Conflict, Oct 2006
• Dean Mary AnnMason, Apr 2006 Presentation: Do Babies Matter inthe Lives of Health Sciences Faculty?
• Cheryl Carmin, Mar 2006 Workshop: "Just Say No": Or How to Avoid Becoming Over-Stressed, Over-Extended,a nd Falling Off the Career Track
• Linda Pololi, Dec 2005 Workshops: Shaping Our Leadership and Mentoring Faculty in Academic Medicince: What Works?
• The Michigan STRIDE Committee, Mar 2005, Recruitment Workshop
• Laurie McNeal, PhD, Feb 2005, Recuitment and Retention of Women in Science and Engineering
• Molly Carnes, PhD, Oct 2004, Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute
• Sylvia Manning (UIC Chancellor), April 2004
• Bob Drago, PhD, Oct 2003, Possibilities for Faculty with Family Responsibilities in Engineering and the Sciences

DATA GATHERING & DISSEMINATION

Women and Minorities at UIC

The Faculty Academic Advancement Committee has released figures on the status women and minorities in medicine at UIC from 1997 – 2006.

Women and Minorities in Medicine at UIC, 1997 – 2006

The Faculty Academic Advancement Committee has just completed a new self-study on faculty diversity. The recently released reports detail the status of women and minorities in medicine from 1997 – 2005. Data was obtained from the College of Medicine’s faculty data base.

Women and Minorities in Medicine at UIC, 1997 – 2005*

*Note: If printing the report, please set your printer setting to “landscape” option

The Faculty Academic Advancement Committee has completed the first phase of its self-study on faculty diversity. The data compilation, Women in Medicine at UIC, 1997-2004, was obtained from the College of Medicine’s faculty data base. Additional analyses are underway.

Women in Medicine at UIC 1997-2004

National Data

Annually, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) compiles statistics from their roster of faculty at the 125 US medical colleges/schools. Their 2005-06 report Women in U.S. Academic Medicine (published October 2006) along with a PowerPoint presentation of the data and individual tables can be obtained from the AAMC website via the link below.

http://www.aamc.org/members/wim/statistics/stats06/start.htm  

POLICY & PROGRAM ADVOCACY

In addition to supporting life-friendly policies already in place, FAAC has endorsed efforts to expand life-friendly policies.

• Infant & Toddler Care – FAAC supported a campus-wide survey to assess the need for infant and toddler care, which revealed substantial demand for the services. For access to the July 2006 report click here.
• Pro-rated Tenure – This policy would give a part-time tenure-track faculty member a tenure clock that reflects their part-time status.

DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFORMATION

The Departmental initiative on Faculty Development focuses on faculty development efforts at the departmental level. To meet the Dean's goal of improvement on gender equity and diversity, departments must -

• Develop and submit a Departmental Action Plan for Faculty Development to the Dean
• Report twice a year on progress toward the objectives outlined in their action plan

To facilitate this process, each department has a FAAC facilitator. These departmental facilitators are the link between their department and the Faculty Academic Advancement Committee and the leader of their department's faculty development initiative.

The FAAC Facilitator for each department is listed below --

Department	Departmental Facilitator(s)	Email
Anatomy and Cell Biology	Mary Jo LaDu, PhD Associate Professor	mladu@uic.edu
Anesthesiology	Nancy Burk, MD Associate Professor	nburk@uic.edu
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics	Arnon Lavie, PhD Associate Professor	lavie@uic.edu
Dermatology	Currently Vacant (formerly Raj Kumar)
Emergency Medicine	Heather Prendergast, MD Associate Professor	hprender@uic.edu
Family Medicine	Karen Connell, MS Research Assistant Professor	kconnell@uic.edu
Internal Medicine	Melinda Davis, MD Chief Resident	mdavis7@uic.edu
Medical Education	Janet Riddle, MD Research Assistant Professor	jriddle@uic.edu
Medicine	Nina Clark, MD, Assistant Professor	nmclark@uic.edu
	Melinda Stolley, PhD, Assistant Professor	mstolley@uic.edu
Microbiology and Immunology	Edward Cohen, MD Professor	epcohen@uic.edu
Neurology and Rehabilitation	Linda Laatsch, PhD Associate Professor	llaatsch@uic.edu
Neurosurgery	Manali Barua, MD, Assistant Professor	mbarua@uic.edu
	Soma Sinha Roy, MD, Assistant Prof	ssr9f@uic.edu
Obstetrics and Gynecology	Judy Hibbard, MD Professor	jhibbar@uic.edu
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences	Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD Professor	mahnshah@uic.edu
Orthopaedics	Currently vacant (formerly Mark Hutchinson)
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery	Steve Sims, MD Assistant Professor	hssims@uic.edu
Pathology	Elizabeth Wiley, MD Professor	ewiley@uic.edu
Pediatrics	Currently Vacant (formerly Alejandro Clavier)
Pharmacology	Richard Ye, MD, PhD Professor	yer@uic.edu
Physiology and Biophysics	Primal de Lanerolle, PhD Professor	primal@uic.edu
Psychiatry	Deborah Gorman-Smith, PhD Professor	debgs@uic.edu
Radiology	Currently Vacant (formerly Margaret Stull)
Surgery	Jose Cintron, MD Associate Professor	jcintron@uic.edu
Surgical Oncology	George Salti, MD Associate Professor	geosalti@uic.edu
Urology	Gail Prins, PhD Professor	gprins@uic.edu