Scholarly contributions of Office of Faculty Development leaders and Provost, including publications, presentations, and related academic work.
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Name Category Information Dr. Susan Chubinskaya Peer-Reviewed Publications Apps J, Cain LD, Chubinskaya S, Matsui J, Pipitone K, Termuhlen A, Runge C. Modernizing the Faculty Experience: Innovations in Promotion Guidelines and Practices. Journal of Faculty Development. Article #435. In press. Projected issue: May 2027 - 41(2) -
Name Category Information Dr. Holly West Conferences Organized Co-Chair, Education Sub-Committee. February 2026. Kenneth I. Shine MD Academy of Health Science Education Innovations in Health Science Education Conference, Austin, TX. Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Skarupski KA (Keynote). “Career Catalysis in, of, and for Academic Health: On Coaching and Prepositions.” Pitt Scientist Well-being Symposium. Host: Dr. Joseph Losee. The University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA. (N=76). 4/10/2026 Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Skarupski KA and Brod H. “The Next Chapter: Identity, Purpose & Meaning, Community.” (2-hour workshop). Host: Dr. Deborah Pond. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. (N=32). 3/12/2026 Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Skarupski KA and Brod H. “The Early Years: Launch your Faculty Career with Clarity and Intention.” (2-hour workshop). Host: Dr. Deborah Pond. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. (N=39). 3/11/206 Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Skarupski KA (Visiting Professorship) and Brod H. “Career pivoting and strategic alignment in times of uncertainty.” Mid-Career Faculty Recharge (3-hour workshop). Host: Dr. Jamila Hackworth. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. (N~29). 3/10/2026 Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Skarupski KA and Brod H. “Advancing Your Career and Supporting Others.” Center for Women in Academic Medicine and Sciences (CWAMS) Mid-Career Leadership Accelerator Program (90-minute workshop). Host: Dr. Amanda Termuhlen. Zoom. (N=24). 3/5/2026 Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Skarupski KA. “Catapult your Career: A Coach Approach.” Inaugural Faculty Development Conference. Strategies for Faculty Success in Health Sciences. Texas Tech Health El Paso, TX. N~150. 2/24/2026 Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Touchet B (Facilitator), Rabalais G, Saner S, Weingartner L, Skarupski K. “Onward and Upward: Exploring New Horizons for Advanced Career Faculty.” 2026 AAMC GFA webinar. N=186. 2/2/2026 Dr. Holly West Invited Presentations West, H. Learning Theory and Applications to Medical Education. A presentation to OB/GNN Department Faculty at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional. April 13, 2026. Dr. Kim Skarupski Media As of February 1, 2026, the Faculty Factory podcast (>370 episodes) and YouTube channel have had >144,000 total downloads from listeners in 101 countries, and the Faculty Factory website has drawn >73,000 web visits from users in 122 countries. Dr. Susan Chubinskaya Media Houston Public Media Interview: The State of the UTMB Academic Enterprise, May 20th, 2026. Dr. Susan Chubinskaya Podium-Oral Presentations Shirley E, Bates C, Chubinskaya S, DeWitte J, Reddix D, Urbanski E. Strategic Utilization of the AAMC StandPoint™ Survey: Showcasing Multiple Institutions. GBA/GIP/GFA 2026 Joint Spring Meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 22-24 2026. Dr. Susan Chubinskaya Podium-Oral Presentations ELAM Leadership Panel, From Vision to Action: Preparing for Successful Transitions, Webinar, March 30th, 2026. Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations West H, Persons A, Skarupski K, Chubinskaya, S. "Teaching Basics Bootcamp for Interprofessional Early-Career Faculty at UTMB: An Office of Faculty Affairs Pilot Program." Oral presentation at Kenneth I. Shine MD Academy of Health Science Education 2026 Innovations in Health Science Education Conference, Austin TX. Feb 27, 2026. Dr. Amanda Persons Podium-Oral Presentations Chosed R, Drifka S, Haney S, Michaluk L, Ranga L, Persons AL, Kleiner J, Haddad E, Walaszek A, Nesbitt B. (2026) From transition to impact: thriving in interim/acting leadership roles. Breakout session. AAMC GBA GIP, GFA Joint Spring Meeting. St. Louis, MO. Dr. Kim Skarupski Poster Presentations Skarupski KA, Persons A, Davis L, West H, Chubinskaya S. “UTMB’s International Faculty Leadership Collaborative: Early- and Mid-career Bootcamps.” Poster at the AAMC GBA, GIP, and GFA Joint Spring Meeting, St. Louis MO. 4/23/2026 Dr. Holly West Poster Presentations West H, Persons A, Skarupski K, Chubinskaya, S, Bannan D, Davis L. “Teaching Basics Bootcamp: Building Foundations for Early-career Faculty Success.” Poster at the AAMC GBA, GIP, and GFA Joint Spring Meeting, St. Louis MO. April 23, 2026. -
Name Category Information Dr. Holly West Leadership Role Elected Co-Chair, Faculty Development Committee, UT System Kenneth I. Shine Academy Dr. Holly West Leadership Role Co-Chair, Education Planning Sub-Committee, UT System Kenneth I. Shine Academy Dr. Holly West Leadership Role Nominating Committee Chair (Appointed), The Generalists in Medical Education (TGME) Dr. Holly West Conferences Organized Chair, November 2025. The Generalists in Medical Education (TGME) Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX, Oct 30 and 31st, 2025 Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Brod H, Skarupski KA. “Rethinking Success in Academic Medicine.” (N=38). Heather Brod, LLC., Columbus, OH. Zoom Workshop. 5/21/2025; Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Skarupski KA. “Catapult your Career and Sustain your Success: Tools and Resources.” Centers of Excellence Consortium Faculty Development Conference, Galveston, TX (N~12) 4/25/2025 Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Skarupski KA. “Navigating through Disruption.” AAMC, GREAT and National Post-doctoral Association (PDA). (N~75). 4/15/2025 Dr. Holly West Invited Presentations Persons, A. & West, H. Basics of Building Mentoring Relationships. Virtual workshop presentation to the American Association of Medical Assistants. March 1, 2025. Dr. Holly West Invited Presentations Levine, R. & West, H. Basic and Advanced Team-Based Learning. Full-day Workshop at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine. Edinburg, TX. April 4, 2025. Dr. Holly West Invited Presentations Everling, K. & H. West. From Theory to Practice: Cultivating Dynamic Learning Environments with Constructivist Theory. Virtual Workshop Presentation to UT Health Houston McGovern Medical School. January 13, 2025. Dr. Amanda Persons Invited Presentations Babarinde T, Persons AL. “Building institutional capacity through research and faculty development” 04/17/2025 Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Research Administrators International (virtual) Invited seminar that highlighted how coordinated efforts in research support and faculty development can strengthen an institution’s scholarly productivity, leadership pipeline, and long-term academic success. Dr. Amanda Persons Invited Presentations Persons AL, West HA. “Basics of building mentoring relationships” 03/01/2025 Presented to the American Association of Medical Assistants (virtual) Invited seminar that introduced foundational skills and structures for creating effective, mutually beneficial mentoring partnerships that support growth for both mentors and mentees. Dr. Kim Skarupski Peer-Reviewed Publications Rayaz H, Yedavalli V, Sair H, Sharma G, Rowan N, Tackett S, Infosino A, Nabipour S, Kothari P, Levine R, Ishii M, Yousem D, Agrawal Y, Skarupski K, Faraday N, Lee J, Brady MB. Staying Virtual: A survey study of the virtual lecture experience in academic medicine. Anesth Analg. 2024 May 1; 138(5):1020-1030. Doi.:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006490. (Best-in-Class; AAMC, GFA Faculty Affairs & Faculty Development Research and Scholarship; 2025). Dr. Kim Skarupski Peer-Reviewed Publications Skarupski KA, Bickel J. Helping Medical Education Faculty Navigate a Post-Academic Landing Pad. Acad Med. 2025; 100(11). Dr. Susan Chubinskaya Podium-Oral Presentations Early-career members' mentoring session. Program organizer and presenter. ICRS 18th World Congress, Boston, MA, October 10-14, 2025. Dr. Susan Chubinskaya Podium-Oral Presentations Empowering women leaders in the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society. TERMIS-EU Congress, Freiburg, Germany, May 20-23, 2025. Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations Szauter, K. Everling, K., Syed, M., West, H. Highlighting Teaching Excellence- the Student Perspective. Short Communication (Virtual) for Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Annual Virtual Conference. Barcelona, Spain. Aug 2025. Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations Kovaric K., West, H., Corliss, S., Lama, L., & Simpson, D. Supporting Professional Identity Formation of the Medical Educator Across the Continuum. Presentation for the AAMC Learn Serve Lead Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX, Nov 5, 2025 Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations Lama, A., Stoddard, H., Corliss, S. Hedrick, J., Nelson, B., West, H. Solving the Puzzle of LCME Element 8.3: Designing Effective Curricular Phase Reviews. Workshop for The Generalists in Medical Education Conference. San Antonio, TX, Oct 31, 2025. Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations Dolezal S, Buck E, Elferink L, West H. Perceptions of analog vs digital platforms for immediate feedback in team-based learning. Oral presentation for the TEACH-S Educational Symposium, Houston, TX. May 9, 2025. Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations Everling, K., West, H., Buck, E., and Monteiro, M. A Focus on Active Learning: Choosing Optimal Instructional Methods. Workshop presentation for the AAMC Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) Annual Conference. Miami, FL., April 2025. Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations Dolezal S, Buck E, Elferink L, West H. Perceptions of analog vs digital platforms for immediate feedback in team-based learning. Oral presentation for the Kenneth I Shine MD Academy of Health Science Education 2025 Innovations in Health Science Education Meeting, Austin, Texas. February 20, 2025 Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations West H, Szauter K, Monteiro M, Buck E, Everling K. Measuring what matters: Checklists and Rubrics for Active Learning. Workshop for the Kenneth I Shine MD Academy of Health Science Education 2025 Innovations in Health Science Education Meeting, Austin, Texas. February 20, 2025 Dr. Holly West Poster Presentations Freeman, E., Elferink, L., Faircloth, J., Mallini, M. & H. West. Implementing an Exam Review Process in the Preclinical Curriculum. Lessons Learned. Poster presentation for the TEACH- S Educational Symposium. Houston, TX. May 9, 2025. Dr. Holly West Poster Presentations West, H., Buck, E., Elferink, L., Monteiro, M., Freeman, E., Faircloth, J., & M. Mallini. Implementing an Exam Review Process in the Preclinical Curriculum. Lessons Learned. Poster presentation for the Kenneth I. Shine MD Academy of Health Science Education 2025 Innovations in Health Science Education Conference. Austin, TX. Feb 21, 2025. -
Name Category Information Dr. Holly West Leadership Role Chair (Elected), The Generalists in Medical Education (TGME) Dr. Kim Skarupski Books and Book Chapters Callanan CJ, Skarupski KA. The Academic Medicine Starter Kit: Timeless tips & guidance for early-career faculty members. The Faculty Factory. 2024. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZV85KBW; https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZFDVG7R Dr. Holly West Conferences Organized Chair, May 2024. Texas Education Academies Collaborative- Southeast (TEACH-S). Galveston, TX Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Skarupski KA. “Optimizing Your Next Chapter in Retirement: Identity, Purpose, and Community.” Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. Chicago, IL. Zoom (N=23 faculty and staff). 4/8/2024 Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Skarupski KA. “Career Development Coaching Workshop” U.S. Association for the Study of Pain. Annual Conference. Workshop developed for the Leadership Skills Trainees (N=11) Seattle., WA. 4/12/2024 Dr. Kim Skarupski Invited Presentations Skarupski KA. et al. (Hackworth J, Crow S, Tapia B). “Designing and Implementing Faculty Development Programs.” AAMC GFA Professional Development Conference, New Orleans, LA. N~80 7/15/2024 Dr. Holly West Invited Presentations West, H. Ensuring Quality of Learner Assessments. Virtual Workshop Presentation to Badya University in Cairo Egypt. November 19, 2024. Dr. Kim Skarupski Peer-Reviewed Publications Skarupski KA, Roth DL, Durso SC. Family caregiving experiences of medical school faculty: High prevalence, high strain, and low resource awareness. Hum Resour Health 22, 75(2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00944-7. Dr. Kim Skarupski Peer-Reviewed Publications Lee JK, Levine RB, Yousem DM, Faraday N, Skarupski KA, Ishii M, Daugherty Biddison EL, Oliva-Hemker M. Commitment to inclusion: The importance of collaboration in gender equity work. Women’s Health. 2024; (16):287-302. Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations Buck, E., West, H., Monteiro, M., Everling, K. Navigating the Medical Education Maze: Choosing an Optimal Instructional Method. Focus Session/Workshop for the 2024 Annual Conference of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). Minneapolis, MN, USA. June 17, 2024 Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations Kovaric, K., Corliss, S., West, H., & Lama, L. Supporting Professional Identity Formation of the Medical Educator across the Continuum. Workshop for The Generalists in Medical Education 2024 Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA, November 7, 2024. Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations Szauter, K., West, H., Buck, E., Monteiro, M. Fostering a Thriving Learning Environment in Health Professions Education. Workshop presentation for the AAMC Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) Annual Conference. Houston, TX. April 11, 2024. Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations Everling, K., West, H. From theory to practice: Cultivating Dynamic Learning Environments with Constructivist Theory. Workshop presentation for the AAMC Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) Annual Conference. Houston, TX., April 13, 2024. Dr. Holly West Podium-Oral Presentations Buck, E., West, H., Monteiro, M., Everling, K. Exploring the Path to Effective Medical Education: Selecting the Ideal Instructional Approach. Workshop presentation for the Kenneth I. Shine MD Academy of Health Science Education 2024 Innovations in Health Science Education Conference. Austin, TX. Feb 22, 2024 Dr. Susan Chubinskaya Podium-Oral Presentations AAMC/GFA Webinar: Solving Faculty Affairs Challenges with AAMC Data: Three Case Studies. September 16, 2024. Invited webinar presenter. Dr. Susan Chubinskaya Podium-Oral Presentations Apps J, Allie J, Chubinskaya S, Drifka A. Exploring Diverse Models of Faculty Promotion in the Modern Academic Medicine. GFA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, July 15-18, 2024. Dr. Kim Skarupski Poster Presentations Skarupski KA, Brod H, Lee J. “The Johns Hopkins Career Development Coaching Camp” Poster at the Coaching in Leadership & Healthcare Conference; Institute of Coaching, Boston, MA. 5/3/2024 Dr. Kim Skarupski Poster Presentations Chen R, Coplit L, Skarupski KA. “Podcasting for Inclusion.” Poster at the Northeast Group on Educational Affairs Annual Meeting, New York, NY. 5/29/2024 Dr. Holly West Poster Presentations Elferink, L., Buck, E., Everling, K., Monteiro, M., & West, H. Enhancing peer-led learning: A comparative study of single and shared facilitator models in Problem-Based Learning. Poster presentation for the Kenneth I. Shine MD Academy of Health Science Education 2024 Innovations in Health Science Education Conference. Austin, TX. Feb 22, 2024. Dr. Holly West Poster Presentations Szauter, K., West, H. No impact on student performance with reuse of exam materials. Poster presentation for the Texas Academies Collaborative Educational Symposium (TEACH-S), Houston, Tx. June 14, 2024. 1st Place Poster Award Winner