BHSI 10-Year Anniversary Retreat held in October
To celebrate its 10-year anniversary, the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute held a retreat for faculty and staff focused on the biomedical challenges and opportunities for UGA in the next decade.
The event took place from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences. Faculty and administrators from the Georgia Health Sciences University/UGA Medical Partnership, College of Public Health, Office of Economic Development, BHSI, and UGA’s new obesity initiative gathered to speak about their program efforts, as well as opportunities for participation.
The agenda was as follows:
| Morning Session – New Opportunities for Education and Research at UGA | |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | College of Public Health New Initiatives Phillip Williams, Ph.D. Dean, College of Public Health |
| 10:00 – 10:20 a.m. | Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Ph.D. Program Phil Holmes, Ph.D. BHSI Neuroscience Division Chair and Professor of Psychology |
| 10:20 – 10:45 a.m. | Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences (IBS) Ph.D. Program Kojo Mensa-Wilmot, Ph.D. BHSI BTBS Chair and Cellular Biology Department Head |
| 10:45 – 11:30 a.m. | Health Science Campus & Athens Regional Medical Center James Thaw President and CEO, Athens Regional Health System Jeneva Hakman Director of Academic Affairs, Athens Regional Health System |
| 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. | UGA Obesity Initiative Cliff Baile, Ph.D. GRA Eminent Scholar in Agricultural Biotechnology and D.W. Brook Distinguished Professor of Animal Science and Foods and Nutrition |
| 11:45 – 12:00 noon | Master of Biomanufacturing and Biotechnology (MBB) Program Joy Doran-Peterson, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology and MBB Program Director at the BHSI |
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LUNCH |
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Afternoon Session – GHSU/UGA Medical Partnership |
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| 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. | Overview of Partnership: Missions, Governance, Sources of Funding, Status Barbara Schuster, M.D. Campus Dean, GHSU/UGA Medical Partnership |
| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. | Curriculum: How Students Learn at the Partnership W. Scott Richardson, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Campus Associate Dean for Curriculum, GHSU/UGA Medical Partnership |
| 1:45 – 2:00 p.m. | What we expect of faculty in planning and delivery of this curriculum Leslie Petch Lee, Ph.D. Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Phase 1 & 2 Curriculum Coordinator, GHSU/UGA Medical Partnership |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | Q & A Panel with afternoon speakers |
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CONCLUSION |
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