January – March 2014      The whoops of joy of our students echoing down  the halls of ECHA are a sign that classes in the  winter semester have ended. There is even an  inkling of spring outside. It seems like only  yesterday that I wrote the quarterly report for  October to December, and now it is time for  another update to the School of Public Health  “community.” 

More accolades  It is evidence of our School’s excellence in research  and teaching that our faculty and students continue  to receive major awards. Tania Bubela received the  McCalla Professorship (http://bit.ly/1qgaSUI),  awarded by U of A, which will enable her to develop  training modules on the legal, ethical and social  aspects of commercialization and translation of  publicly funded biomedical research.     Megan Lefevbre, PhD student in epidemiology,  received a Graduate Student Teaching Award  from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and  Research.     Zubia Mumtaz led a team of students from our  School (Ali Assi, Tharsini Sivananthajothy and  Marwa Fikry) and other faculties to the Emory  University Global Health Case Competition  (http://bit.ly/1imd1de) and won third prize out of  24 entries. The list of student awards is long and  we have now established a database which will be  regularly updated in our Faculty / Staff website.  This file is accessible to  everyone: http://bit.ly/1h9uGIY.  

   

Record number of applications  With the close of applications, our indefatigable  team of Felicity Hey and Shona Williams in the  Education Office could finally breathe a sigh of   relief. The final tally was 781, compared to 631 in  2013 and 502 in 2012. The great majority were for  the MPH (639), followed by MSc (120) and PhD  (22). This is the highest number since the School’s  establishment in 2006, and is likely because this is  the first intake since the School was accredited  late in 2012. At this moment, U of A remains the  only school of public health in Canada accredited  by the U.S. based Council on Education for Public  Health. After a rigorous selection process by Vice‐ Dean Faith Davis and the program directors,  letters of acceptance are now being mailed out.    The sight of mountains of files piled high in the  hallways begs the question: “Why are we still  using the paper‐based system in the 21st  century?” We invited a team from the Association  of Schools and Programs in Public Health to  explain and demonstrate SOPHAS, their online  applications management system, which is  subscribed to by 42 institutions in the U.S. We  decided to try it as a pilot for the 2014/15 intake,  and will evaluate its impact on the number and  diversity of applicants, and not least on staff time  and stress level. 

Revenue generation  Well, there is actually some good news to share.  The provost has allocated $250,000 on a one‐ time‐only basis to the School to develop and  implement a revenue generation plan that  involves a certification program in public health,  the executive MPH and various professional  development courses.  

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN | April 7, 2014 

  Let me emphasize that revenue generation is a  necessary, but not sufficient, cause for the School  to engage in these activities. I strongly believe  that we are serving the public health sector where  many practitioners have various educational and  credentialing needs that are currently not being met.  

External Advisory Council  From the very beginning, the School has  benefitted from the sage advice of a distinguished  panel of advisors drawn from leaders in academe,  business, government and the non‐governmental  sector. I have now reconstituted the External  Advisory Council (EAC), consisting of some  returning members, and some new ones. The  members are:    • Martin Garber Conrad, CEO, Edmonton  Community Foundation  • Michael Dan, president of Regulus  Investments Inc. and the Gemini Power  Corporation  • Janet Davidson, deputy minister, Alberta  Health  • Stephen Hodgins, senior technical advisor,  Save the Children, Washington, DC  • Glen Hodgson, senior vice‐president and chief  economist, Conference Board of Canada,  Ottawa  • Penny Lightfoot, executive director of Public  Health Surveillance and Infrastructure, Alberta  Health Services; and chair, School of Public  Health Alumni Chapter  • Roger Palmer, inaugural interim dean, School  of Public Health  • Robyn Tamblyn, scientific director, Canadian  Institutes of Health Research Institute of  Health Services and Policy Research; and  James McGill Professor of Medicine and  Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal 



  We look forward to working with our distinguished  advisors, advocates and ambassadors. The EAC  will have its first meeting in June. 

Moving forward  Our strategic planning process is in full swing, under  the expert guidance of our executive‐in‐residence,  Aslam Bhatti, with the active participation of a  leadership group consisting of program directors and  members of the Faculty Evaluation Committee (FEC).  We have now reached consensus on our vision,  mission, values and goals. As a School, we can now  move forward and translate these into specific  actions.    Talking of the FEC, we have completed the first  stage of the guidelines revision and are working  towards a more substantial overhaul. Beyond  establishing criteria for evaluating faculty  performance and awarding merit increments,  tenure and promotion, the discussion brings to  the fore fundamental issues such as faculty  workload and the concept and measurement of  excellence, creativity and community  engagement.    Let us all enjoy spring when it comes. For the  remainder of the academic year, we still have  important work to complete, not the least being  the curriculum review process. 

Kue Young, Dean   SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH  UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA 

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