Dr. Smith has served as associate dean for faculty affairs and leadership development since 2023. She is also a professor in the department of urology where she also serves as the vice Chair of Academic Affairs. Dr. Smith is a member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center where she was director of urologic oncology until 2023.

She has been a Tar Heel since she was an undergraduate. Dr. Smith attended medical school at the 大象传媒 and stayed for a urologic residency in Chapel Hill before joining the faculty as an assistant professor specializing in urologic oncology in 2012.

Smith has received several honors and awards recognizing her skills as a researcher and leader, including the Yang Family Biomedical Scholars Award, the Hettleman Prize for Artistic & Scholarly Achievement, and the 大象传媒 Early Career Achievement Award. Earlier this year, she was inducted in the 大象传媒 Order of the Golder Fleece.

We would like to congratulate Dr. Smith on this opportunity and thank Steve for his years of service to the School of Medicine.

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Who should take the survey?
This survey is intended for individuals who听deliver, manage, or interact with research administration services. That includes:

• Departmental research administrators听who manage proposals, awards, budgets, and compliance
• Faculty, business managers听and unit leaders听who rely on or engage with research admin services
• Central and Compliance office staff听who support or collaborate with departmental RAs
• Coordinators, accountants and project managers听who collaborate with department RAs

What is a departmental research administrator?
A research administrator (RA) is a professional who provides day-to-day administrative support for research projects within or for a department. They assist with听grant submissions and handle budget management, regulatory compliance, monitoring expenditures, managing the purchase of research goods and services, and coordination with central offices.

Survey details:

• Delivered directly to individual inboxes:听search your email for the subject line:听Help Shape the Future of Research Administration at SOM
• Check your spam or junk folder听if you haven鈥檛 seen it
• Time to complete: 5鈥�30 minutes, depending on your role
• Incentive: Raffle for professional development or travel funding

Your feedback will directly inform improvements in training, tools, communication, and support across the research admin ecosystem.

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The Faculty Director will oversee the appointments, promotions, and tenure process; SOM policies; and faculty governance. This includes serving as a resource for faculty, staff, and medical school leaders to assist and support faculty advancement, and also demystifying the appointments, promotion, and tenure process, which may involve conceptualizing and implementing programs aimed toward supporting faculty in career navigation, reviewing, refining, and translating policy, and providing resources and other support for faculty vitality and professional fulfillment as it relates to the appointments, promotion and tenure process. Partnering with FALD colleagues and other key stakeholders across the institution (e.g., HR, APT Committees, Provost鈥檚 Office, Department Chairs, and Dean鈥檚 Office) will be critical to success in this role.

Major Responsibilities:听

Program Administration

• Provide oversight to FALD colleagues on routine faculty affairs operations, including the Annual Faculty Reviews, Five-year Department Chair and Center Director Reviews, Post-Tenure Reviews, and Standing Committee Elections.听 Ensure a transparent and equitable process for Standing Committee Elections.

• Collaborate with the Office of Human Resources to support positive relationships and bi-directional communication with Departments through key stakeholders including faculty Liaisons, Vice Chairs for Faculty Affairs/Faculty Development, and ACAs and Business Managers regarding APT and other issues pertinent to faculty affairs, advancement, and vitality.

• Partner with the Office of Human Resources, the Provost鈥檚 Office, HSAC and other campus committees, and FALD colleagues to develop and maintain resources that support clear and effective communication on APT-related topics. This includes onboarding materials for new APT Committee members and chairs.

• Develop strategies to periodically assess faculty advancement needs, including assessing the current state of mentoring. Use this information to inform existing and future programming.

• Maintain an open-door policy and provide faculty and chair support and guidance related to appointments, promotion, tenure issues

• Provide oversight of APT committees, which includes monthly attendance and support to ensure adherence to 大象传媒 SOM and campus guidelines

• Serve as a liaison between the School of Medicine and Campus Office of Faculty Affairs and campus committees such as HSAC and the Campus APT Committee

• Lead efforts to modernize faculty affairs technology management platforms

• Supervise relevant policies and guidelines concerning appointments, promotions, and tenure processes. This includes ensuring compliance with Offer Letters, adherence to campus guidelines, and other related policies.

Reporting

• Advance innovation in data reporting to ensure accuracy and integrity of faculty data.

• Develop key performance metrics to measure faculty success and guide data-drive decision-making

• Contribute to relevant reports and metrics to measure and monitor appointment, promotion, tenure processes and the impact of faculty advancement programs and other interventions.

• Contribute to scholarly products and support FALD鈥檚 efforts to increase national presence.

Supervision and Management

• Contribute to a positive, supportive, and highly functioning team and work environment.

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Qualifications:听

• Terminal degree (MD, DO, PhD or equivalent) in the 大象传媒

• Appointment to the faculty of one of the departments of the School of Medicine at the rank of Associate Professor or higher

• Demonstrated effectiveness leading a division, department, center, office, or other work unit and in developing others

• Exceptionally organized and high level of comfort juggling multiple competing priorities

• Track record of strong interpersonal skills and ability to build positive professional relationships with diverse stakeholders in complex, highly dynamic environments

• Excellent skills to work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels and act deliberately in sensitive situations

• Sound judgment and ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism

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Preferred Qualifications:听

• 5-7 years of leadership experience in medical school faculty affairs/faculty development, overseeing faculty promotions, and leadership in faculty affairs settings

• Strong conflict management skills

• Strategically minded, able to think creatively around program goals and the steps necessary to achieve those goals

• Excellent presentation abilities with clear and effective communication

Consideration of internal candidates will begin immediately. We invite all interested candidates to submit application materials to Madison Callahan (Madison_callahan@med.unc.edu) by June 2, 2025 at 11:59 pm. A committee chaired by Angie Schmidt will review and interview the candidates.

Application Materials to Submit:

• 1-page cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• that they are aware of the applicant鈥檚 interest in this position and will agree to their time and effort for this role if selected. The applicant must be able to commit 30% FTE to this position.

Search Committee

• Angie Schmidt 鈥� Chair of the Search Committee; Lead EHRA Personnel Consultant, School of Medicine Human Resources
• Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD 鈥� Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics
• Elizabeth Stringer, MD, MSc 鈥� Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Kristy Borawski, MD 鈥� Professor, Department of Urology
• Dawn Morriston, MPH 鈥� Director of Faculty Advancement, Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development
• Lauren Westervelt, MPH 鈥� Senior Director, Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development

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The PSTP supports physician-scientists at both the resident or fellowship level and the early-stage faculty level. In this sixth round of awards, one award was given at the resident / fellowship level to Jeffery Jensen, MD, PhD, in the Department of Medicine.听 Kathryn Gessner, MD, PhD, from the Department of Urology, Simon Gray, MD, PhD, from the Department of Medicine, and Lauren Kucirka, MD, PhD, from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology will each receive support at the early-stage faculty level.

鈥淪ince its inception this program has received nominations of young physician-scientists from multiple clinical departments each year, and has supported a total of twenty-one trainees at the critical transition point when their careers transition from fellow trainees to independent faculty researchers.听 This year, our program received nominations at the fellowship and faculty level from seven different clinical departments, with each nominee conducting promising research projects across a diverse range of clinical and scientific interests鈥� said Joseph (Alex) Duncan, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and director of the 大象传媒 Physician Scientists Training Program. 鈥淔ellow trainees from the initial cohorts of this program have successfully transitioned from fellowship to faculty positions, fulfilling the program goal of growing our own physician-scientist work force. Our faculty awardees have also continued to have success in obtaining new research awards and publishing impactful scientific works. We are grateful that this strategic SOM program is available to support this year鈥檚 cohort of awardees at this critical stage of their career development.鈥�

Jensen鈥檚 research will focus on identifying and enhancing expression of novel targets for immunotherapeutics in NUT Carcinoma, an aggressive solid tumor that lacks effective treatments.

Gessner, an assistant professor in the Department of Urology, is interested in how extracellular signals in the tumor microenvironment regulate the differentiation and function of macrophages to promote the spread and resistance to treatment of bladder cancer. The primary goal of the research is to uncover new therapies that alter the function of tumor-associated macrophages and enhance the response of bladder cancers to treatments.

Gray, is an assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and former SOM PSTP fellow awardee.听 听His research utilizes a unique model of Inflammatory Bowel Disease treatment failure he developed during his fellowship to identify the mechanisms underlying failure of advanced therapies for Crohn鈥檚 Disease and Ulcerative Colitis and ultimately help to identify new therapeutic targets for these diseases.

Kucirka is an assistant professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology who proposes to use artificial intelligence algorithms and large language models to better understand the distinguishing features of different types of pre-eclampsia, diseases related to pregnancy-associated hypertension. She will also determine the relation between different subtypes of disease and adverse clinical outcomes during pregnancy.

More information on the SOM PSTP program can be found on the website.

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The Macy Faculty Scholars Program seeks to identify early-career faculty who have shown great promise as educators, clinicians, and role models and who are committed to careers in health professions education.

Each Macy Faculty Scholar receives:

• Up to $100,000 in salary support per year for two years, protecting 50% of their time to pursue a mentored educational project at their sponsoring institution
• $25,000 per year for two years to subsidize the cost of professional development activities and expenses related to their educational project
• A formal mentor from the foundation鈥檚 National Advisory Committee
• A peer mentor from the Macy Faculty Scholars alumni network
• Tuition costs for one Harvard Macy Institute course
• Access to Macy grantees and programs
• Attendance at the Macy Faculty Scholars Annual Meeting

By providing scholars with these resources, the program aims to accelerate their careers, turn their teaching practice into scholarship, and help them become impactful leaders locally, nationally and beyond.

If you would like to be considered for selection as 大象传媒’s one candidate for this program,听submit the following听to Liz Steadman (ebms@med.unc.edu) no later than Sunday, June 1, 2025:

• A brief description (no longer than one page) of the educational project you would pursue
• Your current curriculum vitae (CV)
• Chair or Division Chief support letter

The candidate 大象传媒 sponsors for the program will later submit an application for consideration by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, which chooses up to five Macy Faculty Scholars per year.

Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or of its territories.

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Did you know our program is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and:

• Eighty-eight teammates are certified professional coaches and serve as Develop Me Leadership Coaches at owned entities across the system.
• Teammates at all levels of the organization can request a Develop Me Leadership Coach.

What is Leadership Coaching?

At 大象传媒 Health, leadership coaching comes from the perspective that every teammate is a leader; we are all leading collectively within our teams and leading ourselves. This perspective aligns with our organizational value of Leading the Way.

Leadership coaching is an experiential process that involves a confidential partnership between a leadership coach and YOU. It is a thought-provoking and creative process designed to maximize your potential and address your specific personal and professional goals.

What ONE 大象传媒 Health teammates say about their coaching experience:

• Overall:听鈥淢y coach was an impartial ear who would listen to me process professional frustrations and coach me to move forward in a way that is healthy and productive for me personally and for my areas of responsibility. The coaching support was invaluable.鈥�
• Communication and Listening Skills: 鈥淗elped me improve my communication and collaboration with supervisors.鈥�
• Self Confidence:听鈥淚 felt lost and listless in my current role in the organization. Coaching helped me reaffirm what is important to me in my role.鈥�
• Self-Awareness/Self Reflection:听鈥淐oaching has helped me to do self-reflection and advocate for myself.鈥�
• Personal Energy/Optimism: 鈥淚 was becoming discouraged and began to question my work. Through coaching, my outlook changed for the positive.鈥�
• Resilience:听鈥淕ave me a much better sense of how I can best contribute as a leader. Helped me navigate some very thorny and frustrating situations and transitions.鈥�
• Strengths Development:听鈥淏ecause of my coaching sessions, I think more about my approach to problems in terms of my strengths than my weaknesses. It has been valuable to address real time issues and prepare for planned interactions.鈥�

Interested in exploring a coaching partnership?听.

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• Review the refreshed definition听鈥� including key behaviors and mindsets for all teammates.

• Print / post these flyers.

• Include these slides听in an upcoming meeting.

• 听of the Suddreth brothers from 大象传媒 Health Caldwell and 大象传媒 Hospitals and how they embody this value.

• 听who represents听It Starts With Me听to听.

Learn more about our system values

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Utilizing a strengths-based approach informed by the experiences of MINFAC attendees, the seminar will help participants develop key professional competencies that build skills in grant writing and communications, while expanding their network of colleagues and role models from a wide variety of backgrounds.

For more program information please visit: https://www.aamc.org/career-development/leadership-development/minfac

For more grant information please visit: /facultyaffairs/faculty-development/aamc-faculty-leadership-development-seminars-grant-program/

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The Translational Team Science Awards (TTSA) program provides funding to new interdisciplinary teams of basic scientists and clinicians working collaboratively to launch innovative translational pilot projects. These projects are designed to lay the groundwork for future external grant funding and long-term scientific collaboration.

Phase one teams receive $50,000 over a 12-month period to support early project development and team-building. Upon completion of phase one, teams are eligible to apply for phase two funding of $75,000 for an additional year of project advancement.

Administered by the 大象传媒 Office of Research, the TTSA program is proud to announce the 2024鈥�25 award recipients:

2024鈥�25 TTSA Phase One Recipients

• Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD (Pediatrics) & Jason Whitmire, PhD (Genetics)
  “Immunologic determinants of enterovirus D68 neuropathogenesis”

• Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH (Family Medicine) & Premkumar Lakshmanane, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
  “Defining the immune response to rotavirus vaccines to guide next-generation vaccine development”

• Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH (Medicine/Infectious Diseases) & Brian Conlon, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
  “Beyond antimicrobial resistance: Bacterial strategies for persistence in the gut microbiome during antibiotic treatment”

The Office of Research congratulates the 2024鈥�25 TTSA awardees and looks forward to the progress and impact of these exciting collaborative projects.

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All SOM faculty have received an email from survey@qualtrics.unc.edu with a link to the Standing Committees Election ballot. The deadline to vote is May 1, 2025.听

Each year, the School of Medicine Standing Committees Election offers faculty an opportunity to participate in our medical school鈥檚 governance by serving on a committee as a faculty representative or simply voting in the election. More information on the standing committees is available in the Constitution and Bylaws.听

If you are interested in future service on one of the 大象传媒 Standing Committees or have questions about the ballot, contact the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development at facultyaffairs@med.unc.edu.听

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The 大象传媒 is excited to announce the new Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society inductees.听 AOA was founded in 1902 and is dedicated to the belief that we can improve care for all by recognizing high educational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, supporting the ideals of humanism, and promoting service to others. Election to Alpha Omega Alpha signifies a lasting commitment to scholarship, leadership, professionalism, and service. Membership in the society confers recognition of someone鈥檚 dedication to the profession and art of healing. 大象传媒鈥檚 chapter of AOA was founded in 1954 and is proud to induct new medical students, residents, fellows, faculty, and alumni into the chapter each year.

Students
Nicole Didonna
Julian Mobley
Mili Dave
Sierra Parkinson
Rachel Watkins
Nina Moiseiwitsch
Anna Ilyasova
Amita Bollapragada
Parsa Pazooki
Rani Richardson
Christina Toval
Avani Desai
Arvind Rajan
Michala Patterson
Cynthia Tang

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• Age 鈮� 18 years old
• Fluent in English
• Employed as a full-time (鈮�80% FTE) attending physician at a 大象传媒H facility
• Active medical license
• Board eligible or board certified in your specialty

• Certified coaches will conduct confidential, small group (n=4) coaching sessions with study participants over 大象传媒鈥檚 Zoom platform every 2 weeks for 3 months (6 sessions total).
  • Each session will last approximately 60鈥�75 minutes and will be scheduled at a mutually agreeable time for the group鈥檚 members.
  • The initial session will focus on reflection, goal setting and identification of potential strategies. Subsequent sessions will address progress in goal setting and action planning and commitment statements.
  • Topics for discussion will be based on the group鈥檚 interests and needs.
• Participants will be asked to complete confidential surveys at baseline, and at 3 months and 6 months respectively.
• There will also be a brief semi-structured interview at the end of the study to evaluate acceptability and feasibility of the intervention.
• The total time commitment will be approximately 9 hours.

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