HEALTH SCIENCES FACULTY COUNCIL Minutes January 4, 2005

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1 Present: Chair, D Easter; J H Atkinson; K Barrett; M Geyer; I Grant; A Manoguerra; K Prisk; S Plaxe; S Taylor; D Trauner; Unable to attend: E Epstein; E Grunvald Absent: S Baird; H Chin; P Fedullo; R Lieber; R Pedowitz; S Wasserman Guests present: D Bailey; R Covell; E Holmes; T Jackiewicz Recorder: P Lock Call to Order and Approval of Minutes Chair Announcements Vice Chancellor s Remarks Dr Edward W Holmes Dr. Easter called the meeting to order at 5:04 p.m. Minutes for November 2, 2004 meeting were reviewed Announced new CEFREF plan: o CEFREF existing website information will be linked (moved) to HSFC Website. o CEFREF will have separate page at HSFC website, with past information posted separately from current o Faculty will be invited to submit concerns to Website, concerns to be monitored by HSFC Chair and Secretary, Chair will work with HS Administration to resolve concerns as needed Dr Holmes provided an update on the Chair searches in progress and just starting Dr Holmes gave an update on the Stem Cell process Dr Bailey announced that Dr Judith Swain is transitioning to UCSD and will be here full time Sep 1, She is serving as interim Director of Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM) while search for permanent Director proceeds Dr Bailey also mentioned the departure of Dr Masys and solicited any and all input for the best Minutes were approved Proposed and accepted unanimously that CEFREF be retired and replaced by website plan, with understanding the CEFREF can be reactivated by vote of HSFC at any time if deemed needed. Short White Papers have been solicited from Departments and faculty ICOC is meeting and funds distribution could begin in as little as 150 days Initial funding will go to facilities due to need to separate Stem Cell research from NIH funded research Dr Holmes will update the faculty on this topic at the General Meeting Discussion ensued. General agreement that this is an exceptional opportunity for collaboration with

2 model for the recruitment of his replacement Dr Covell reported that UCSD HS submitted response to LCME s last visit response was timely and addressed all concerns CalIT 2 Discussion of the need for small group teaching space, as well as a new Medical Teaching facility Old Business Dates for next General Meeting were discussed Agreed to early March, Patrice Lock to look into dates when Leichtag lobby and Conf Room 107 can be used Guest Speaker Tom Jackiewicz, Chief of Staff Health Sciences New Business Tom presented on the existing Department compensation plans that address and/or support teaching, or incent excellence in teaching Discussion ensued Dr Holmes mentioned the Sources and Uses budgeting system in use that arbitrarily forces department to allocate 50% of all FTEs to Teaching, and 50% to Research. Ideas for the next General Faculty Meeting were discussed o IDCR Formula Update o Faculty Cohesion invite faculty with emphasis on new faculty, stress a social hour portion of the meeting o Invite a new chair to speak o Ask Chairs to introduce new faculty o Hold the meeting in Leichtag Lobby to facilitate social aspect o Invite Alexandra Newton update on See PowerPoint: Teaching Overview Are plans modified for the amount of teaching done? Not certain Do FTEs participate equally in these plans? Yes they do; although there are no plans such as these in the Basic Science departments, and in those departments, FTEs pay for teaching ACTION ITEM: Dr Savoia is to be invited to address HSFC re system used outside UC GC modifier might not show quality, but it is good indicator of quantity. Why is only one department using the GC modifier? Good question This allocation is not currently enforced. If enforced it would make Teaching far less of a loss leader. Dr Holmes feels strongly that teaching funds should not be used to support clinical effort, although that is currently the case in some instances ACTION ITEM: Tom Jackiewicz is to be invited to present an overview of the Departments current Sources and Uses

3 Committee Reports Biomedical Sciences o Dr Holmes address will touch on Search Committee updates and Stem Cell update HSFC White Paper ideas: o Physician-Scientist progress o Concerns about the Adjunct series causing problems with NIH submissions o IRB follow-up to insure best model adoption o Space for teaching faculty need the necessary infrastructure to be able to teach well Planning and Budget Dr Igor Grant presented the notes from the November meeting. o Faculty should be able to view Department Compensation plans o Faculty should be able to view the IDCR data for Departments Nominating Committee Dr Mark Geyer o Replacing Dr Weinger on Nominating Committee, until next general election o Appointing replacement Vice Chancellor of Electives Committee o Replacing member on Electives Committee o Replacing member on Standings and Promotions Committee o Neurosciences Search Committee Names to suggest to Committee on Committees Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 p.m. NEXT MEETING Tuesday, February 1, 5:00 to 6:30 pm MTF175 Invite Ajit Varki to address HSFC with an update ACTION ITEM: Ask Andy Ries if there is an acceptable way to solve this. Can faculty call themselves something else the budget page of the grant application? Must the series name be changed? Can it? See notes at: Planning and Budget Plans can be viewed at the SOMFISCAL website at: Ron Espiritu agrees to post it; needs to present the data in readable format; will provide link as soon as the data is ready, hopefully in January 2005 Dr Giovanna Casola was unanimously approved for this position Dr Randolph Hastings was unanimously approved for this position Dr Christine McKibbin was unanimously approved for this position Dr Lucille Moore was unanimously approved for this position It was decided to send the existing list to HSFC for additional names prior to Nominating Committee s vote. (NOTE: The list approved by Nominating Committee will still need approval vote by HSFC prior to sending forward).

4 ATTENDANCE ROSTER Name Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 9/1 10/5 11/2 12/7 1/4 2/1 3/1 4/5 5/3 6/7 7/5 8/2 VOTING MEMBERS David Easter Kim Barrett + C + Susan + Taylor Dan Blanchard Resigned Robert Pedowitz C - Stephen Baird Homer Chin Edward Epstein C X Stephen Wasserman C - J Hampton Atkinson Kim Prisk + + X C + Peter Fedullo Eduardo Grunvald - X - C X Steve Plaxe Doris Trauner X + + C M + C + Weinger Mark Geyer replaced MW 11/02 Richard Lieber C X Igor Grant X X X C + Anthony Manoguerra + + X C + EX OFFICIO MEMBERS Tom McAfee Jacqueline Parthemore Edward Holmes David Bailey Jane Burns Ruth Covell

5 ATTENDANCE ROSTER Jack Dixon Tom Jackiewicz Charles Mittman + X - C - Maria Savoia C - Andy Ries C X