Report from the Executive Vice President,
Provost and Dean of the School of Medicine
For the Faculty Senate Meeting, 8/12/13
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CONTENTS
Letter from the Provost
3
Education
4
Entering Class Demographics – Fall 2013
Research
8
Recent Grant Highlights
Grant Submissions
Patient Care
Improving MyChart Through Surveys
10
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Letter from the Provost
As we finish out the fiscal year with the month of August, I would like to take a moment to thank our
faculty members for their efforts in UTMB’s revitalization and growth this past year and for the critical
role they play each day in bringing the benefits of our innovative teaching, patient care and research
to surrounding communities and to society at large.
During fiscal year 2013, we accomplished important tasks in support of our core missions. We
celebrated the addition of our New Student Testing Center to our campus. This facility provides
students and faculty members with expanded space for testing and learning, allows fewer scheduling
conflicts, and provides greater efficiency in the administration of exams.
We also filled several key leadership positions within the Academic Enterprise and implemented
UTMB Connect to streamline patient flow and improve access. In the research arena, our Research
Futures Committee finalized their report to help guide our research strategies and associated
investments. We revised our Faculty Compensation and Incentive Plan, which is currently under full
review by the University of Texas System Office of General Counsel, to be implemented the midpoint
of the next fiscal year, March 1, 2014. Among many important changes, the revised plan provides
greater consistency regarding how we recognize and reward faculty contributions in patient care,
education, research and administration.
We have much to be proud of this past year, and are poised to take UTMB to even greater heights in
the years ahead. I look forward to continuing our work together to address challenges and to
transform our many opportunities into tangible achievements.
Sincerely yours,
Danny O. Jacobs, MD, MPH, FACS
Executive Vice President, Provost and
Dean of the School of Medicine
Thomas N. & Gleaves T. James Distinguished Chair
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Education
Entering Class Demographics – Fall 2013
We will welcome over 800 incoming students from all four UTMB schools and their families during our
Welcome Weekend on Saturday, August 17, 2013. Events are scheduled to showcase our culture,
provide opportunities to build peer relationships and introduce UTMB leadership to new students and
family members. Below you will find preliminary data on our new students regarding their gender and
ethnicity.
Preliminary New Student Data By Gender
Total,
64
GSBS
Female,
40
Male,
19
Total,
245
Men,
63
Unknown,
5
SHP
Women,
178
Unknown,
4
SOM
SON
Women,
96
Total,
230
Women,
265
Total,
321
Men,
131
Unknown,
3
Men,
43
Unknown,
13
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Preliminary New Student Data by Gender (cont’d)
ALL SCHOOLS
Women,
579
Total,
860
Men,
256
Unknown,
25
Preliminary New Student Data By Self-Reported Ethnicity
GSBS
n = 64
34
8
4
0
6
7
4
1
AmericanIndianorAlaskaNative
Asian
BlackorAfricanAmerican
HispanicorLatinoofanyrace
Nonresidentalien
Twoormoreraces
Unknownraceandethnicity
White
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Preliminary New Student Data By Self-Reported Ethnicity (cont’d)
SHP
n = 245
116
32
24
28
28
10
2
AmericanIndianorAlaskaNative
Asian
BlackorAfricanAmerican
HispanicorLatinoofanyrace
Nonresidentalien
Twoormoreraces
Unknownraceandethnicity
White
5
SOM
n= 230
100
46
43
25
0
0
7
9
AmericanIndianorAlaskaNative
Asian
BlackorAfricanAmerican
HispanicorLatinoofanyrace
Nonresidentalien
Twoormoreraces
Unknownraceandethnicity
White
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Preliminary New Student Data By Self-Reported Ethnicity (cont’d)
SON
n=321
156
46
44
AmericanIndianorAlaskaNative
Asian
BlackorAfricanAmerican
HispanicorLatinoofanyrace
Nonresidentalien
Twoormoreraces
Unknownraceandethnicity
White
48
5
0
6
16
ALL SCHOOLS
n= 860
406
AmericanIndianorAlaskaNative
Asian
BlackorAfricanAmerican
HispanicorLatinoofanyrace
125
101
Nonresidentalien
128
Twoormoreraces
60
2
19 19
Unknownraceandethnicity
White
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Research
Recent Grant Highlights
The following is a list of grant recipients for the month of July 2013.
Principal Investigator/Project
Director
Title
Sponsor
Amount
Dr. Beth Auslander, Clinical
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Reasons for the Gap
between Parental
Intentions and Initiation of
HPV vaccination
National Cancer
Institute
$154,500 (two
years)
Dr. Sanjeev Choudhary,
Assistant Professor, Internal
Medicine
NF-kappaB Inducing Kinase
and Skeletal Muscle Insulin
Resistance
Baylor College of
Medicine
(American
Diabetes
Association flow
through)
$ 106,683
(three years)
Dr. Yuriy Fofanov, Visiting
Professor, Pharmacology &
Toxicology
Subject Matter Expertise
and Support on Next Gen
Sequencing and
Bioinformatic Analysis of
Publically Available
Databases
Sandia National
Laboratories
$ 200,000
(three
months)
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Principal Investigator/Project
Director
Title
Sponsor
Amount
Dr. Nisha Garg, Professor,
Microbiology & Immunology
Mitochondrial Biomarkers
of Cardiomyopathy and
Cure in Chagas Disease
National Institute
of Allergy &
Infectious
Diseases
$ 411,439 (two
years)
Dr. Mark Hellmich, Professor,
Surgery
Surgical Research Training
in Gastrointestinal Diseases
National Institute
of Diabetes and
Digestive and
Kidney Diseases
$989,755 (one
year)
Dr. Clifford Houston,
Professor, Microbiology &
Immunology
Texas Science, Technology,
engineering, and Math (TSTEM) Centers
Texas Education
Agency
$652,191 (one
year)
Dr. Carolyn Nelson-Becker,
Maternal and Child Specialist,
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Children's Health Education
Enrichment Resource
(CHEER)
Ronald McDonald
House Charities
$32,000 (one
year)
Dr. Sara Nowakowski,
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics
& Gynecology
Cognitive behavioral
therapy for insomnia and
nocturnal hot flashes in
menopause
National Institute
of Nursing
Research
$ 385,562
(three years)
Dr. Lynn Soong, Professor,
Microbiology & Immunology
L. Brazilensis Vaccine
Antigens and T-cell Quality
in Protection
National Institute
of Allergy and
Infectious
Diseases
$154,667 (two
years)
Dr. Stanley Watowich,
Associate Professor,
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Proof-of-principle in vivo
efficacy study of dengue
antrviral drug candidate
University of
Texas System
$10,000 (one
year)
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Grant Submissions
We are slightly behind in grant submissions to Federal agencies compared to this time last year (see
chart below). Overall, our grant submissions, which include Federal and other sources, have increased.
Proposal Submission Comparisons June
2012 vs June 2013
School of Medicine
School of Health Professions
School of Nursing
Entire Institution
663
576
527
389
422
364
395
20 7
17 2
27 8
22 5
FY12
FY13
FY12
FY13
Federal Applications
All Funding Sources
Patient Care
Improving MyChart through Surveys
To improve provider-patient interaction, UTMB recently conducted
two surveys to assess our patients’ perceptions of MyChart as well
as our clinical care teams’ experience regarding use of this online
tool.
More than 32,000 of our patients are using MyChart to access
their lab and imaging results, to request medication refills, and to
communicate with their care teams. In our patient survey, we
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learned that they feel more in control of their health utilizing MyChart, prefer physicians who use
MyChart, and would recommend MyChart to a friend.
Our physician/provider survey concluded on July 31st, with an overall response rate of 33.8%. We
anticipate that results will be available the first week of September, following feedback analyses by
the MyChart Executive Committee.