University of Memphis School of Public Health

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1 Making a Wrld f Difference University f Memphis What is Public? Science and art f prtecting and imprving the health f cmmunities thrugh educatin, prmtin f healthy lifestyles, and research fr disease and injury preventin Gal f preventing health prblems and disease befre they ccur Lisa M. Klesges, Ph.D., M.S. Funding Dean Mid Suth Medical Grup Management Assciatin September 20, 2012 Public Ppulatin Preventin & Prmtin Clinical Individual Disease Diagnsis and Treatment Disciplines in Public Bistatistics Explanatry and predictive mathematical mdeling Epidemilgy Identifying risk factrs and causes f disease Envirnmental Impact f physical, chemical, and bilgical factrs Administratin Business and management f health systems Scial & Behaviral Science Develp cmmunity-wide preventin prgrams Why a? Address recgnized needs Wrkfrce shrtages in public health at lcal, reginal, and natinal levels Impact lcal health needs and disparities fr health imprvement N urban-serving TN universities targeting health disparities in public health PhD prgrams Wrkfrce Needs Public health wrkfrce crisis at the lcal, state and federal levels Shrtage f 250,000 public health wrkers by 2020 Wrkfrce decline t 158 frm 220 wrkers per 100,000 Americans between 1980 and 2000 Greatest shrtages: epidemilgists, bistatisticians, health educatrs, health administratrs, envirnmental health, labratry prfessinals, public health physicians and nurses Large wrkfrce needs in health infrmatics Lcal Needs Tennessee health ranking #39 amng states 2012 Shelby Cunty Rankings (95 cunties) 66 st prest in health factrs 12 th n clinical care 55 th n health risk behavir 85 th n scial and ecnmic factrs 95 th n physical envirnment 59 th in health utcmes 61 st in premature death 52 nd in mrbidity (e.g., pr physical and mental health days; lw birthweight) 1

2 Accredited and Candidate Schls f Public Preventin 4% Behavirs 50% Scial & Envirnmental 20% Genetics 20% Access t Care 10% Factrs Influencing Medical Services 96% Natinal Expenditures SOURCE: CDC, Blue Sky Initiative, 2000, University f Califrnia at San Francisc Early Histry Organizatin & Operatins 1980 s - Discussin f jint UT-UMem SPH 2006 TBR Apprves MPH prgram 2007 Directr Hired, First students enrlled 2007 THEC apprves SPH Directr Hired 2009 SPH independent frm CAS, MHA prgram mves t SPH st PhD prgram apprved by TBR 2011 Funding Dean hired nd PhD prgram apprved by TBR 2012 Accreditatin Candidacy Start-up: Structure & Functins Administrative Affairs - Administrative Structure, Budget, HR, Space - TN Bard f Regents & Accreditatin Prcess - Dean s Advisry Cuncil Faculty Affairs - Hiring, faculty develpment, retentin - Evaluatin, Tenure & Prmtin Academic & Student Affairs - Prgram Directrs (MS, PhD) - Curriculum Develpment - Academic versight w/ Graduate Schl Research Affairs Outreach & External Affairs Dedicated Space SPH Resurces Space Successful renvatin and mve t Rbisn Hall in 2012 $4.5 millin renvatin prject Faculty, staff, student ffices under ne rf, smart classrms, cllabrative space Envirnmental labs t be finished ut ver the next year 2

3 Lisa M. Klesges, PhD (Epi ( Epi) Dean Organizatinal Chart Directr f Research Marian Levy, DrPH (SBS) Assistant Dean f Student Life & Public Practice Daniel Gentry, PhD (HSMP) Assciate Dean f Academic & Faculty Affairs Prfessr Scial & Behaviral Sciences Systems Management & Plicy Epidemilgy & Bistatistics Envirnmental Ken Ward, Ph.D. Prfessr & Directr Edwards Dismuke, M.D., M.P.H. Divisin Directr Wilfried Karmaus, M.D. Divisin Directr (Epi) Jeffery Fran, M.S., Ph.D. Satish Kedia, Ph.D. Prfessr La Dn Jnes, Ph.D. David Burchfield, Ph.D. Full Prfessr (Epi) Fawaz Mzayek, M.D., Ph.D. (Epi) Chunrng Jia, Ph.D. Pratik Banerjee, Ph.D. Visin, Missin, Gals Latrice Pichn, Ph.D. David Rsenthal, Ph.D. Mark Hendricks, M.A.* SangNam Ahn, Ph.D. Assistant Prf Vikki Nlan, D.Sc., M.P.H. (Epi) Xinhua Yu, M.D.,Ph.D.M.S. (Epi) Gerge Relyea, M.S. Research Asst Prfessr (Bi) Planned Faculty Hires (2014): - Infrmatics - Scial & Behaviral Sciences - Epidemilgy - Systems Management & Plicy Sunil Mathur, Ph.D. Eric Carltn, Ph.D. Assciate Prf (Bi) Assistant t Prf (Bi) *Temprary Faculty Visin Dreamers. Thinkers. Ders with visin f a Premier urban-serving prviding educatin, research and utreach t imprve health f ppulatins - Natinally recgnized Schl with reginal impact n health disparities - Innvative graduate prgrams preparing students as leaders in ppulatin science and public health interventin - Acclaimed multi-disciplinary public health research prducing actinable evidence Gals Train next generatin f students as leaders in public health fcused n health equity Generate wrld-class multi-disciplinary research f lcal benefit Engage cmmunity partners and cllabratrs fr health imprvement with relevant, evidence-based interventins, preventive services, and plicies Obtain accreditatin frm Cuncil n Educatin fr Public! Transfrmative Educatin Integrated cmpetency-driven educatin that addresses equity in health Lcal-glbal learning with systems perspective Jint planning f educatin prgrams with university affiliates and cmmunity input Degree Prgrams Masters Prgrams Masters f Masters f Public Administratin (CAHME accredited) Sensitive t student access -Fast-track MPH -Evening classes -On-line frmats -Jint degree prgrams Student develpment and graduatin -Mentring and faculty invlvement -Internships, practica, career develpment activity Scial & Behaviral Sciences (Apprved 2010) Dctral Prgrams Epidemilgy (Apprved 2011) Systems & Plicy (Pending 2012) 3

4 Prgram Enrllment & Graduatin Matriculates Current Graduated since Fall, 2012 Enrllment 2008 Frm ur Public Students MHA MPH SBS PhD Masters f Public EPI PhD Student diversity: 20% Black, 54% White, 26% Internatinal Implementing Day 1 Prfessinal & Leadership Skills Seminar fr all SPH masters students Launching natinal marketing f graduate prgrams t enhance enrllment Seeking natinal training grants and endwed schlarships fr graduate assistantships Masters f Administratin Research Pririties Targeted faculty hiring in high pririty research areas Cnduct research f relevance t reduce disparities in health utcmes Cllabrative research within the university and inter-institutinal partnerships Explre university-cmmunity institute Service and utreach arm t bring public health research schlarship and practice tgether Partnerships Memphis Research Cnsrtium (UTHSC, St. Jude) Ppulatin health imprvement with fcus n health infrmatics and besity preventin FedEx Institute Center fr Translatinal Infrmatics Triple Aim Reginal Cllabrative Partnering with Institute fr Imprvement y Shelby health systems refrm initiative under Memphis Fast Frward Cmmunity Partnerships Crdinated mdel fr sickle cell transitin f care Let s Change! besity preventin Faith-based health prmtin Accreditatin Milestnes Applied fr accreditatin candidacy! Assemble full cmplement f faculty Gain state apprval f third PhD prgram Deepen public health research prgrams Graduate first dctral student Cmplete self-study evaluatin and strategic planning 4

5 Celebrating Achievements Extramural research dllars grwing $6.5 millin in 2011 (primary & subcntracts) Generus Fundatin gifts f $3.82 millin $2.5 millin Assisi Fundatin $1.32 millin Plugh Fundatin Private and crprate gifts Mike and Marian Bruns endwed prfessrship Baptist Memrial Care Crp. (CSCP) Endwment t Supprt Faculty Develpment SPH Capital Campaign f $7.5 millin fr accreditatin Additinal funds fr Fellwships & Faculty Supprt Missin t imprve public health and prmte health equity by generating knwledge and translating research discveries in ur cmmunity, ur state and thrughut the wrld 5