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School of Medicine welcomes two new staff members

The School of Medicine recently welcomed two new staff members.

Kelli Delaney has joined the Office of Research Administration as a new grants support specialist. Cynthia Flanagan is a new Clinical Medical Librarian in the Health Sciences Library.

Kelli Delaney

Beginning in 2019, the school’s research administration department will also be supporting the UMKC School of Nursing and Health Studies for grant proposals and awards. Delaney joins the department as it transition to supporting both schools.

Delaney comes to UMKC from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she worked in the Northwestern Materials Science and Engineering department for 10 years. Her previous experience includes research administration, event planning and general assistance to grant project principal investigators.

A graduate of UMKC with a bachelor’s degree in English, Delaney is located in the Research Administration Department in the School of Medicine 4th floor, Blue unit.  She can be reached at kvdq2x@umkc.edu  or at 235-6453.

Cynthia Flanagan

Flanagan comes to UMKC with many years of experience in teaching, instruction, and outreach from a variety of library settings. She has a wealth of library skills including interlibrary loan, reference, cataloging, storage, retrieval, research assistance, and assessment.

Most recently, she worked as the Science, Nursing, and Allied Health faculty liaison, Reference and Instruction Librarian, at Harrisburg Area Community College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  While there she was recognized for her keen focus on both virtual and classroom instruction, and her dedication to student development.

Flanagan graduated with her MLIS from the University of South Carolina. She subsequently worked in many diverse library settings including the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey and the Environmental Protection Agency.

She began her work as a CML at the School of Medicine in January and will be working with the Red & Green teams. She can be reached at flanagancd@umkc.edu or 235-1884.

Barbara Atkinson, M.D., presents 2012 Outstanding Women in Medicine Lectureship

Barbara Atkinson, M.D., (left) joins Lynda Payne, Ph.D., Sirridge Missouri Endowed Professor in Medical Humanities and Bioethics, and former School of Medicine Dean Marjorie S. Sirridge, M.D., (right) after presenting the 2012 Marjorie S. Sirridge, M.D., Outstanding Women in Medicine Lectureship on Sept. 27 at the SOM.

Barbara Atkinson, M.D., encouraged young faculty members to further their careers and find leadership opportunities with insights from her personal and professional experiences in her lecture titled, “Evolution of a Career in Leadership: a Personal Story,” during the 2012 Marjorie S. Sirridge, M.D., Outstanding Women in Medicine Lectureship on Sept. 27.

Atkinson is the former executive vice chancellor and executive dean of the Kansas University Medical Center and former chair of pathology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. She talked about how she sought out leadership positions and formal and informal training, people who have inspired her, and challenges along the way.

Atkinson graduated Jefferson Medical College – the last medical school in the country to accept women – in 1974 and entered the field of pathology as a professor, researcher and administrator at the University of Pennsylvania. From 1978 until 1987, she was director of the Cytopathology Laboratory at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and was chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from 1987 to 1994 before moving to Hahnemann University. In 1996, she became Annenberg Dean of the MCP Hahnemann University. At the time, there was only one other woman dean in the country. She was also the first woman and first cytopathologist to be elected as a trustee for the American Board of Pathology, for which she is a past president.

Atkinson left Pennsylvania in 2000 to join the University of Kansas School of Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. She continued to climb the ranks. In 2002, she became executive dean and vice chancellor for clinical affairs and in 2005, she became the School’s first female executive vice chancellor. In 2010, President Barack Obama appointed Atkinson to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.

During the conclusion of her talk she pointed out personal characteristics that have aided in her success such as being a good listener, risk taker, good communicator and delegator, and having a strong moral compass. Atkinson also mentioned tips to help further one’s career in medical leadership, such as boosting a national reputation, having a strong team, clear and measurable goals, and celebrating each step of an accomplishment.

Throughout the years, Atkinson has received multiple awards for her outstanding work in the medical community, has published and edited several books and articles and been a member of multiple professional organizations.

Barbara Atkinson, M.D., to present 2012 Outstanding Women in Medicine Lectureship

Barbara Atkinson, M.D.

Barbara Atkinson, M.D. – former executive vice chancellor and executive dean of the Kansas University Medical Center and former chair of pathology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine – will be the featured speaker of the 2012 Marjorie S. Sirridge, M.D., Outstanding Women in Medicine Lectureship at noon on Sept. 27 in Theater C at the School of Medicine. Atkinson will tell her story during her talk titled, “Evolution of a Career in Leadership: a Personal Story.”

Atkinson graduated Jefferson Medical College in 1974 and entered the field of pathology as a professor of pathology, researcher and administrator at the University of Pennsylvania. From 1978 until 1987, she was director of the Cytopathology Laboratory at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and was chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from 1987 to 1994 before moving on to Hahnemann University. In 1996, she became Annenberg Dean of the MCP Hahnemann University.

Atkinson left Pennsylvania in 2000 to join the University of Kansas School of Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. She continued to climb the ranks. In 2002, she became executive dean and vice chancellor for clinical affairs and in 2005, she became the School’s first female executive vice chancellor.

Throughout the years, Atkinson has received multiple awards for her outstanding work in the medical community, has published and edited several books and articles and been a member of multiple professional organization.

For more information on the Outstanding Women in Medicine Lectureship, contact Marilyn Pesto, director of the Sirridge Office of Medicine Humanities and Bioethics, at 816.235.5882 or PestoM@umkc.edu.

 

Assistant surgeon general presents Health Care Policy Grand Rounds Lecture

Rear Adm. Patrick O’Carroll, M.D., M.P.H., assistant surgeon general of the United States

Rear Adm. Patrick O’Carroll, M.D., M.P.H., visited the School of Medicine on June 5 to deliver his lecture titled “Public Health and Prevention in the Age of Healthcare Reform,” as part of the Health Care Policy Grand Rounds Lecture series presented by the Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics.

O’Carroll is an assistant surgeon general of the United States, the regional health administrator for U.S. Public Health Service Region X, and an affiliate professor at the University of Washington schools of Public Health and Medicine. He has also worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, giving him a unique perspective on issues of public health and ways to prevent disease, said Bill Lafferty, M.D., Merl & Muriel Hicklin/Missouri Endowed Chair in Medicine during his introduction of O’Carroll.

The lecture outlined the 10 most effective public health interventions of the 20th century. These included vaccines, motor-vehicle safety, safer work places, control of infectious disease – huge improvements in infant mortality, for example – a decline in heart disease and stroke mortality, safer and healthier foods, healthier mothers and babies, family planning, fluoridation of drinking water, and reduction in tobacco use – still the No. 1 cause of preventable mortality.

O’Carroll stressed the importance of prevention when it comes to public health outcomes. “Medicine can be thought of as a reaction if a system fails,” he said.

Preventative care is practiced on multiple levels. At the individual level, it includes wellness visits and new private plans. At the business level, there’s workplace health, for example, and at the state level, there are many initiatives regarding community health plans. More than 12 federal agencies have developed a National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy and a Prevention and Public Health Fund.

O’Carroll also discussed the Affordable Care Act, the Consumer Bill of Rights, and the CDC’s bioterrorism preparedness and response initiative.

Throughout his lecture, O’Carroll acknowledged the challenges of public health because its boundaries constantly change. “There are multiple disciplines and cultures, and sometimes an uncomfortable blend of science, action, research, policy, advocacy and government,” he said. Although, there is one aspect that O’Carroll emphasized as a top priority.

“The upstream causes of death are what we need to be working on,” O’Carroll said. “Because, A) It’s the right place to go; it prevents disease in the first place and prevents human suffering, and B) it prevents the visit to the doctor and keeps this incredible cost curve, that I mentioned being unsustainable, from breaking the bank.”

Alumna of the Year gives lecture at School of Medicine on April 27

Catherine Spong, M.D, ’91, selected as the UMKC Alumni Association’s 2012 Alumna of the Year, presented a lecture at the School of Medicine at noon on April 27 in conjunction with the School’s 40th anniversary celebration that weekend.

Spong, chief of pregnancy and perinatology at the National Institutes of Health since 1996, spoke about obstetrics trials and their effect on practices. Spong discussed trials and studies that have stopped a practice, identified new therapies and treatments, and come up with evidence supporting a practice.

Recognized by her peers as one of the most influential women in obstetrics and gynecology today, Spong works at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.

The University recognized Spong and the other 2012 Alumni Award recipients at the Alumni Awards Celebration on April 26 at the Westin Crown Center. The Alumnus of the Year Award recognizes a university-wide alumnus who has achieved eminence in his or her professional field, made contributions to education, science, the arts or human welfare of national or international significance, or rendered outstanding service to the community.

Dev Maulik, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (left) and Dean Betty Drees, M.D., (right) join the 2012 UMKC Alumna of the Year Catherine Spong, M.D., ’91, during her lecture at the School of Medicine on April 27.

“For us to have the overall UMKC Alumna of the Year for the University is a very special thing for us, and I think specifically so as we conclude our yearlong celebration of the 40th anniversary of the School of Medicine,” Dean Betty Drees, M.D., said during the opening of Spong’s lecture. “It’s been a wonderful week for us celebrating our alumni. The best evidence of the quality of our educational program over these 40 years is the quality of our graduates. Dr. Norbash (the UMKC School of Medicine Alumni Spotlight Award winner) and Dr. Spong illustrate this very well.”

Spong oversees nearly $100 million in research grants related to maternal fetal medicine, neonatology and obstetrics at the NIH. She also serves as the program scientist leading a network of 14 sites across the United States in clinical trials related to high risk pregnancies. Under her direction, the network has made a major breakthrough in reducing the risk of preterm births.

“In the future, we should continue to build evidence so that we can give the best practice of medicine to our patients,” Spong said.

The UMKC Alumnus of the Year Award is the University’s highest alumni award and given to honor excellence in one’s professional field and outstanding service to society.

Past School of Medicine alumni to receive the award include 2008 recipient Robert Arnold, M.D., ’83, and 1991 recipient David Hayes, M.D., ’76.

Health Sciences Library recognized for service

The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Health Sciences Library recently received an Outstanding Academic Health Science Library Award from the Health Sciences Library Network of Kansas City (HSLNKC). The library is a second-time winner of this award, having also received it in 2005.

The Outstanding Academic Health Science Library Award honors an academic health sciences library that has made special contributions in professional leadership, innovative projects and organizational efficiency. The award also recognizes the UMKC Health Science Library’s participation in HSLNKC and its exceptional service to a diverse clientele of UMKC students, faculty, staff, distance learners and clientele from area hospitals.

“It is great that the Health Sciences Library is being honored this way,” said Peggy Mullaly-Quijas, director of the Health Sciences Library. “While it is challenging to serve UMKC health professional students and practitioners from all parts of Missouri, it is nice to know the information services we provide our clients is recognized as excellent.”

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