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 […]
Edelson, White, Yau receive Goldstein awards (Links to an external site)
Honor recognizes outstanding teaching, commitment to medical education
University diversity team works to align ‘our values and our reality’ (Links to an external site)
Leaders to speak at Day of Discovery, Dialogue & Action
Washington People: Douglas Char (Links to an external site)
Emergency medicine physician is known for love of teaching and disaster medicine expertise
Med students launch ‘500 Women in Medicine’ initiative (Links to an external site)
Gender-equity research leads to effort to promote female leadership in medicine
University receives new grant to fund Amgen Scholars Program (Links to an external site)
Undergraduate research experience supports science education and innovation
Medical students honor their teachers at ceremony (Links to an external site)
Faculty, residents given Distinguished Service Teaching Awards