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FALL | PUBLISHED JANUARY 29TH, 2015 From Pre-School to High School, CDU’s Saturday Science Academy II teaches young people about science, health, math and more. See the recap of the recent White Coat Ceremony held this month. Page 6 CDU News | January The President’s 2016 The Resiliency in Men’s Conference was Message packed with men, excellent speakers and great information. Story on Page 7 Happy New Year, CDU! I hope that 2016 has begun on a positive note for you and CDU Professor Bita Amani your families. held a riveting discussion “Racial Justice Last year was a great year for CDU and is Health Jus- we are expecting 2016 to be great- tice.” Learn more on er. Our University – and all of you who Page 5 are part of it – is at an inflexion point for future growth and expansion. Very soon, we will release the 2016-2020 Strategic Plan. The new plan identifies Najera, acclaimed writer, author and goals and objectives that address a need comedian about the “Absence of African to expand our institutional capacity in Americans and Latinos in Higher Educa- response to a growing workforce and tion”. An esteemed group of experts in nation. The plan also represents a bold higher education will serve on the Reac- agenda for the University’s future and tion Panel. Information on this and the establishes our position in shaping the th CDU officially welcomed VP of Finance other 50 anniversary events are availa- and CBO Carl McLaney at a reception last health professions’ landscape. ble in the newsletter and CDU website. month. This month, however, he's talk- ing about the CDU budget. Story on Page 6 2016 also brings with it an air of excite- CDU is a great University. I invite you to ment as we celebrate the University’s join me in anticipating what we will ac- 50th anniversary. Beginning in February complish together in the year to come. and lasting through August 2016, CDU will host a series of events to commem- orate this historic milestone. Join us at our first event, the President’s Break- fast , which will be held on Thursday, David M. Carlisle, M.D., Ph.D. February 11th at the Renaissance Los President and CEO Angeles Airport Hotel. Keynote Speak- The recent CDU Junior White Coat Cere- mony left many heart warming images. er, Edward James Olmos, actor and hu- Check them out on Page 6. manitarian, will be interviewed by Rick 1 Workshop on Saturday Janu- Students COSH Students Present at CDU’s “Bridging the Gap Between Women’s Health and Precision Medicine” Conference Congratulations to College of Science and Health (COSH) students Ms. Kamilah Evans, Ms. Melanie Baker, Ms. Mechelle Rouse, Ms. Karen Tate and Ms. Lucy Tran, for their presentations at CDU’s recent conference “Bridging the Gap Between Women’s Health and Precision Medicine,” held Wednesday, January 6, 2016, in honor of Cervical Cancer Month and Henrietta Lacks. The first of its kind program at CDU that dealt with Precision Medicine was organized by Dr. Eva McGhee, CDU Assistant Professor, Cancer Department of Research and Training. Dr. Sylvia Carlisle, CDU’s First Lady, gave the keynote speech. From left: They call themselves Dr. McGhee’s Dream Team Scholars. Here Karen Tate, they are pictured in Atlanta at Morehouse with the bust of Henrietta Mechelle Lacks. According to Wikipedia, Henrietta Lacks was an African- Rouse, Kamilah American woman who was the unwitting source of cells from her Evans, cancerous tumor which were cultured by George Otto Gey to create Melanie Baker, and the first known human immortal cell line for medical research. This Lucy Tran. is now known as the HeLa cell line. Participants in the Bridging the Gap Conference: Jackie Brown, Keosha Partlow, Judith Okoro, Kamilah Evans, Loretta Jones, Mechelle Rouse, Karen Tate, Dr. Eva McGhee, Dr. Jay Vadgama, Dr. Sylvia Carlisle, Dr. David M. Carlisle, Lucy Tran and Melanie Baker. Click to read the program here.—Info Courtesy COSH Newsletter by Dean Ronald Edelstein 2 Faculty and Staff: CDU Welcomes... Ms. Sylvia Drew Ivie, JD has accepted the position of CDU CALENDAR: Special Assistant to the President, effective January 4, February 2016 2016. Ms. Drew Ivie is the daughter of the University’s namesake, Dr. Charles R. Drew. Thursday, February 11th, President's Breakfast - Save the Date Ms. Drew Ivie will serve as an advisor on community And get your tickets relations/affairs. In her role, she will work with health centers, community-based organiza- today! tions and community coalitions to develop and implement programs that promote the Uni- versity and its strategic plan. In addition, she will assist with establishing and promoting Now through February 8th positive external relationships with various community-based organizations, individuals, from Noon til 1 pm, and businesses that support the University’s strategic outreach efforts. Read more. Monday through Friday, order your Val-o-Gram, a fundraiser for the Staff Management Council. COM Dean: Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith Click for your order form! The Office of the President has announced the appointment of Now through Saturday, Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith as Dean and Professor of Medicine February 13th: Prof. for the College of Medicine. Dr. Prothrow-Stith will also hold the Cynthia Davis’ 35th Black rank of adjunct Professor of Medicine at David Geffen School of Doll Show “War Against Medicine, UCLA. AIDS” Prothrow-Stith, is an internationally recognized public health leader, who since 2008 has advised top-tier healthcare, life sci- Visit our entire calendar at cdrewu.edu ences, academic and not-for-profit institutions on leadership and executive talent in her various leadership roles. Read more. COSH Dean: Dr. Hector Balcazar We are also delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Hec- tor Balcazar as Dean and Professor of Public Health for the Col- lege of Science and Health. CDU Hector Balcazar, PhD is currently the Regional Dean of Public Photo Galleries https:// Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Hou- cdrewu.smugmug.com/ ston, School of Public Health, El Paso Regional Campus. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. degree in International Nutrition from Cornell. Read more. Click to join us! Compliance and Diversity Officer: Gary Verón Gary I. Verón, MPA, has accepted the position of Compliance and Diversity Officer at CDU. Mr. Verón comes to CDU after serving as the Title IX Deputy Coordinator/Senior Advisory Counsel at Brigham Young University-Hawaii (BYU-Hawaii). Mr. Verón attended Brigham Young University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy. He earned a Juris Doctorate as well as a Master of Public Administra- tion degree from the University of Wyoming College of Law. He was an NCAA Compliance Assistant for the University of Wyoming intercollegiate office of athletics where he trained coaches, student-athletes, and boosters on a variety of NCAA and Mountain West Confer- encePhoto byrules. Jeonathan Click Leonard to read more. 3 Faculty Fellowships Offered The Pardee RAND Faculty Leaders Program is now ac- cepting applications for its week-long policy analysis sum- mer program at RAND’s headquarters in Santa Monica, and for faculty leader fellowships to cover tuition and travel costs. The application deadline is Monday March 20, 2016. The program seeks to build diversity in public policy through strong engagement of faculty leaders across the United States, and in particular at colleges and universities Dr. Sondos Islam To Speak at ASPPH serving students underrepresented in public policy. For Congratulations to Dr. Sondos Islam, Director of the COSH more information, please see the attached announcement Urban Public Health Program, who has been invited to or click here. speak at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) at a concur- rent session titled “Making it Possible for Under-resourced OSA Now Accepting Mission Maker Students to Succeed in Public Health.” The session will take Mini-Grants Applications place on Tuesday March 22, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. The Office of Strategic Advancement (OSA) is now ac- cepting applications for the CDU Annual Mission Maker Mini-Grant Program. Supported by the Annual Mission Maker Campaign, the Mini-Grant Program will support pro- jects not funded through the normal budget cycle. Priority will be given to proposals that demonstrate direct support for students and/or the ability to support & enhance stu- dent success. Applications for the Mission Maker Mini- Grant are available through the CDU Broadcast Announce- ment. Applications are due Monday, February 29, 2016 by 5PM. NO EXCEPTIONS. Please e-mail your completed appli- cation to Jasmine Hill in OSA at [email protected] or submit a hard-copy in Cobb 286. Dr. Sylvia Carlisle Delivers Keynote Questions? Contact Jasmine Hill, OSA at (323) 563-4992 or [email protected]. Dr. Sylvia Carlisle is presented an award by Dr. Eva McGhee after she delivered the Keynote Address at the recent Bridging the Gap Conference, the first of its kind on wom- Keep in Touch on CDU Social Media. en's health and Precision Medicine highlighting Cervical Don’t forget to “Like” and “Follow” Us! Cancer and Henrietta Lacks at CDU. Dr. McGhee, Chair, Find out more about CDU through our various online news- presents keynote speaker Dr. Sylvia Carlisle with the Wom- letters and social media outlets. Be sure and “like” or fol- en’s Health n Precision Medicine Service Award. low us! The title of Dr. Carlisle’s keynote speech was “Bridging the Other Newsletters : Alumni Newsletter produced by Gap Between Women’s Health and Precision Medicine.” James Reed, Alumni Associate, Financial Aid Newsletter Sylvia Gates Carlisle, MD, MBA, is Consulting Medical produced by Ms.