2019 Professional Enrichment and Growth grants awarded
EVMS Faculty Affairs and Professional Development has awarded Professional Enrichment and Growth (PEG) grants to eleven faculty members for the 2019-2020 academic year.
The grants were awarded during a competitive process that was open to all faculty in the School of Medicine and in the School of Health Professions. To qualify, the activity has to help the nominee achieve his or her professional goals as well as advance the academic missions of the department and the institution.
Below are this year's PEG grant recipients and their activities.
EDUCATION:
Teaching is defined as time spent in direct contact with learners by using techniques which deliver and/or reinforce information, stimulate thinking, and result in learning. Faculty members distinguish themselves as teachers while others excel in the design, production, or evaluation of courses, examinations and/or instructional materials.
Marta A Ambrozewicz, MD. PhD | Assistant Professor of Pathology and Anatomy
PEG grant activity: Program for Educators in Health Professions, Harvard Macy Institute
Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD, (MD ’97, Internal Medicine Residency ’00), MPH | the Sue Faulker Scribner Distinguished Professor in Geriatrics and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Center to Advance Palliative Care National Seminar plus American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine & Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Annual Session
Carol McCammon, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
PEG grant activity: Online Tropical Clinical Medicine Course and a Global Health Course
Jayne Penne, MPA | Assistant Professor of School of Health Professions
PEG grant activity: Academy of Communication in Healthcare’s (ACH) Faculty in Training (FIT) Program
Laurie L. Wellman, PhD | Associate Professor of Pathology and Anatomy
PEG grant activity: Maximizing Technology's Potential in Medical Education, Harvard Macy Institute
CLINICAL PRACTICE:
Faculty members distinguish themselves in this area through professional excellence, integrity and empathy in treating patients.
Cassyanne Aguiar, MD | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
PEG grant activity: Obtain Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Certification
Cheryl Almirante, MD, FACE | Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: ISD meeting & Vertebral Fracture Recognition
Elizabeth K. Collumb, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
PEG grant activity: Visiting Fellow Columbia University course in electroconvulsive therapy
ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP:
Administration includes a broad range of non-clinical professional activities that advance the mission of the department and the institution. This includes leadership and participation in various administrative committees and organizations.
Steven Brawley MD, PhD | Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine
PEG grant activity: National Institute for Professional Development Fellowship
Rupa Kapoor, MD | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
PEG grant activity: Association of Pediatric Directors Leadership in Educational Academic Development Training
Alexandra Leader, MD, MPH | Director of Global Health, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
PEG grant activity: Executive Programme for Global Health Leadership at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine