Catch up on awards and appointments, initiatives and opportunities, and other education-related announcements below.

New Director of Assessment: Dr. Amanda Emke

Dr. Amanda Emke from the Department of Pediatrics will join the Office of Medical Student Education as the Director of Assessment beginning Monday, July 1, 2019. Dr. Emke came to us from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine for her pediatrics residency in 2002 and she additionally completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care. […]

Instructional Design Studio and Videographer

Matt Rice has joined the Office of Education as our first-ever, full-time Videographer. He has a B.A. in Film and Television Production from Loyola Marymount University and he has worked as a freelance videographer since 2013. Examples of Matt’s work are linked here. In 2013, Matt was also a post-production intern for Ken Burns’ documentary, […]

Hold the Date: CIPE Workshop

The Center for Interprofessional Education will hold a workshop on Tuesday, May 14, from 4-6 pm titled “Applying Trauma Informed Principles When Working Within Health Care Teams.” This will be a practical workshop to build tools that can be applied within your practice. This is a follow-up to the December 2018 Trauma Informed Care workshop […]

Wong to Receive 2019 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Award

Alex Wong, PhD, DPhil, BSOT, will receive the 2019 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Deborah L. Wilkerson Early Career Award supported by CARF International. This award is for individuals whose careers reflect an energetic promotion of the spirit of interdisciplinary rehabilitation. Wong will receive the award at the 96th Annual ACRM Conference in Chicago […]