School of Medicine Dean’s Report – Faculty Senate 2/13/12

• Education –

• Student Diversity

§ UTMB’s Integrated Medical Curriculum has been nationally ranked for graduating students from groups who are underrepresented in the medical profession. The latest update (through 2010) is listed below. The only change for this year is that UTMB ranked #2 in % of URM graduates (was #3 for 2000-09).

National rankings (2000-2010)*

African-American graduates Hispanic graduates Underrepresented minority: · Graduates · Percentage of graduates

#9 #1 #3 #2

* Excluding medical schools at Historically Black Universities and Puerto Rico.

· Commencement Speaker

§ Jennifer Arnold, MD, Medical Director of the Pediatric Simulation Center at Texas Children's Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, will be the keynote speaker for this year’s School of Medicine Commencement Ceremony, which takes place Saturday, June 2, at 10 a.m. in the Moody Gardens Convention Center.

Dr. Arnold who, along with her husband, businessman Bill Klein, stars in The Learning Channel’s (TLC) “The Little Couple.” The hit TV reality show chronicles the personal and professional lives of the couple, both of whom are little people. Each has a highly successful career and both have overcome major obstacles to live full and productive lives in a world structured for taller people.

• Clinical

• Correctional Managed Care Contract

• State prison officials and UT System are in the process of finalizing the correctional care contract; the Faculty Group Practice will be paid at cost and the contract that will be extended until May 20, 2013. During the next legislative session, a decision will be made regarding the future of the contract.

• Research - UTMB ranks 53rd in NIH grant funding to medical schools

· A survey of NIH grant funding received by medical school departments in 2011 ranked three (3) UTMB Departments in the top 10 in their respective fields. The report, produced by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, found that:

• Microbiology and Immunology ranked sixth (6^th) in the nation.
• Obstetrics and Gynecology ranked eighth (8^th) in the nation.
• Pathology ranked eighth (8^th) in the nation.

· Two (2) UTMB scientists received more total NIH funding in their areas than any other individual researcher in the nation:

• In Microbiology, Dr. James LeDuc, Director of the Galveston National Laboratory.
• In Pathology, Dr. David Walker, PI of the Western Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases.

· Dr. Gary Hankins ranked twelfth (12^th) in NIH funding in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

· Seven (7) other faculty members received grants that placed them in the top 50 of their respective disciplines for NIH awards.