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Title: The State of College of Health and Human Services2008


1
The State of College of Health and Human
Services2008
  • delivering academic, research, and service
    excellence in our communities

2
Happy Birthday CHHS 2 Years Old!
3
The CHHS Picture - Our Students
  • Student Enrollment
  • Fall 2008 1836 and still counting at
  • 111 of enrollment target
  • Fall 2007 1831 (33.8 grad compared to
  • 36.1 for the University)
  • Fall 2006 1602
  • Fall 2005 1396
  • Fall 2004 1426
  • Fall 2003 1156

4
Faculty Awards and Honors 2007-08
  • Dr. Pam Cangelosi, School of Nursing, named a
    2008 recipient of the University Teaching
    Excellence Award
  • Dr. Sue Durham, School of Nursing, awarded the
    2008 CHHS Habit of Excellence Award
  • Dr. Lynn Gerber, Center for the Study of Chronic
    Illness and Disability, named a Mason University
    Professor, the highest honor awarded by the
    University to distinguished faculty members

5
Honored Faculty
  • Dr. Joyce Hahn, School of Nursing, has been
    appointed by Governor Kaine to the Virginia Board
    of Nursing
  • Dr. Emily Ihara, Department of Social Work,
    selected as NIH trainee for the Collaborative
    Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys
  • Dr. Ann Maradiegue, School of Nursing, was
    inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of
    Nurse Practitioners

6
Honored Faculty
  • Mr. Jay Shiver, Department of Health
    Administration and Policy, was appointed a Life
    Fellow of the American College of Healthcare
    Executives.
  • Dr. Jennie Wu, School of Nursing, received two
    awards for enabling nursing reform (practice and
    education) in China. The first from Beijing
    University Hospital Administration recognized her
    efforts to enable adoption of the nursing process
    and nursing outcomes in nursing practice. The
    second award from the Beijing Medical Education
    Association recognized her 17 years of dedicated
    service to nursing reform in China.

7
Honored Students and Alumni
  • Sara Lash, Health Administration and Policy, was
    selected as one of 10 students nationwide to
    receive a David A. Winston Health Policy
    Scholarship
  • Sarah Day, Global and Community Health, received
    the annual Photography Award from the Global
    Health Council for her work in Africa

8
Honored Students and Alumni
  • Dr. Karen Drenkard and Dr. Barbara Hatcher, PhD
    School of Nursing, have been selected for
    induction in the American Academy of Nursing. Dr.
    Drenkard is Director of the Magnet Recognition
    Program of the American Nursing Association and
    Dr. Hatcher is Director of Scientific and
    Professional Affairs at the American Public
    Health Association.
  • Leigh Traylor, School of Nursing, was the Mason
    spotlighted alum in June 9, 2008 issue of
    Newsweek for our Think. Learn. Succeed national
    press series

9
Major (100K) Grants and Contracts by CHHS PIs
in 2007-08
  • Dr. Lynn Gerber, Center for the Study of Chronic
    Illness and Disability, funded by National
    Science Foundation for Research and
    Instrumentation and by the National Institutes
    of Health for Assessment of Relationships Between
    Disability, Function, and Work Loss
  • Dr. Randy Keyser, Center for the Study of Chronic
    Illness and Disability, funded by the National
    Institutes of Health for Rehabilitation of
    Persons with Pulmonary Hypertension

10
Major (100K) Grants and Contracts by CHHS PIs
in 2007-08
  • Dr. Jack Hadley, Health Administration and
    Policy, funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    for study of Medical Spending and the Health of
    the Elderly
  • Dr. Mark Meiners, Department of Health
    Administration and Policy, funded by Alliance
    Healthcare Foundation for study of Outcomes of
    Elderly and Disabled Patient.
  • Dr. Teresa Panniers, School of Nursing, funded by
    Health Resources and Services Administration for
    advanced education nursing traineeship.

11
CHHS Budget 2004-2009
12
School of Nursing
  • Clarify and refine research foci to guide faculty
    recruitment, graduate program development, and
    research productivity
  • Enhanced delivery via distance education and
    increase enrollment especially in graduate
    studies
  • Revise and resubmit proposal to SCHEV for
    Doctorate of Nursing Practice
  • Increase interdisciplinary collaborations in
    research, practice, and education

13
  • Department of Social Work
  • 1. Begin offering Clinical Concentration in the
    MSW program
  • 2. Launch the new dual degree program with ICAR
  • Offer 1st online course this year with two new
    courses to be developed during the AY
  • Prepare BSW and MSW programs for accreditation
  • Continue development of new PhD in Social work
  • 6. Obtain scholarship support for Social Work
    students

14
Department of Health Administration and Policy
  • Prepare for the accreditation visit of the
    graduate program in Health Systems Management
    program
  • Co-offer a new MPH w/ Dept. of Global and
    Community Health Develop a collaborative degree
    with the School of Public Policy for Health
    Policy (CHHS) and Medical Policies and Practice
    (SPP) Develop joint degree in Health Informatics
    with the Volgenau School
  • Established GMU chapter of National Upsilon Phi
    Delta student honor society in health
    administration and policy for AY 08-09
  • Expand community service/outreach activities in
    community health services planning, medical
    practice management, health policy

15
Global and Community Health
  • Obtain MPH approval by SCHEV and initiate CEPH
    accreditation procedures for MPH
  • Recruit an additional Epidemiologist for program
    maturation and growth
  • Finalize evaluation plan of graduate and
    undergraduate programs in preparation for SACS
    accreditation
  • Develop scholarship fund for student travel
  • Continue to strengthen regional and global
    research activities among faculty and students

16
Center for the Study of Chronic Illness and
Disability
  • Implement new graduate certificate in
    Rehabilitation Science
  • Mature Research Programs in
  • - study of mechanisms of rehabilitation in
    pulmonary hypertension
  • - models of disability and influence of
    vocational rehabilitation in US veterans
    population
  • - impact of surveillance and early intervention
    in treatment
  • of lymphedema in women with breast cancer
  • Utilize new laboratory for measuring aerobic
    capacity (4th floor Robinson Hall) and
    established upper extremity laboratory (in
    Research I) with Dept of Computer Science
  • 4. Implement MOU with Inova to develop and manage
    Outcomes Measurement Center at Fairfax Inova
    Hospital

17
Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics
  • 1. Implement Health Policy and Ethics Speaker
    Series to host nationally known policy experts of
    interest to a wide audience within and outside
    GMU
  • 2. Recruit new CHPRE Center Director for Fall
    2009
  • 3. Obtain extramural grant support to expand
    Center visibility and reputation
  • 4. Engage CHPRE affiliate faculty in a range of
    planned Center activities and exchanges this
    coming academic year including recruitment of
    new Center Director

18
Office of Business Development
  • Assist in building systems that support growth in
    academic programs
  • Grow contract course offerings in all units
  • Balance customer needs with resources to support
    on-site, on-ground, online menu of academic
    offerings
  • Provide internal marketing events to support
    relationships within the College and University
  • Increase visibility in targeted markets
  • Manage tracking to improve customer service and
    effective progression of students

19
Academic Affairs and the Office of Student
Affairs
  • Streamline process for graduate admissions and
    undergraduate admission to nursing major
  • Increase and improve student recruitment
  • Improve advisement coordination between Student
    Affairs and academic units
  • Make better use of college website for
    communicating with students
  • Improve compliance with university curriculum
    policies
  • Clarify scheduling procedures and improve
    coordination between Academic Affairs and the
    academic units
  • Revise CHHS Faculty handbook
  • Work with CHHS units for PTR guidelines
  • Improve mentoring of tenure track and term faculty

20
CHHS Office of Development
  • 1. Maintain strong relationships with CHHS
  • Alumni and Alumni Chapter Board
  • 2. Begin next comprehensive campaign for Mason
    with priority goals for CHHS participation
    focusing on needs of students and faculty

21
Office of Research and Program Evaluation
  • 1. Provide College leadership for SACS
    accreditation activity
  • 2. Increase quality and quantity of faculty
    publications and funding proposals
  • 3. Create visibility for faculty research and
    scholarly activities
  • 4. Facilitate a culture of scholarly inquiry and
    participation among CHHS faculty and
    graduate/undergraduate students across academic
    units and programs

22
Strategic Goals for the College for 2008 09
  • Participate in University-wide SACS accreditation
    activity and 2014 strategic planning process
  • 2. Reward faculty who exhibit genuine excellence
    in teaching, research, and/ or practice/service
    assignments
  • 3. Continue program growth in the strategic
    directions (Public Health and Rehabilitation
    Science) outlined in the 2005 Health Commission
    Report begin planning for Department of
    Nutrition
  • Conduct a CHHS-based faculty practice pilot for
    the University Faculty Practice Plan
  • 5. Begin migration this year to a 21st century
    electronic data storage and retrieval environment
    for faculty performance, research, and graduate
    student tracking - two year implementation
    project with ITE, College of Science, and CHHS
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