Goals
- Create and support a community of leaders in education and a culture of excellence in teaching
- Foster the careers of educators in health professions
- Provide programming to improve the skills of teachers
- Stimulate and support the creation and implementation of innovative approaches to teaching, learning and assessment
- Support educational research and scholarship in health professions education
3 Pillars
- Teaching Excellence: Academy members will be charged with offering faculty development in a variety of settings and venues, including mentoring of junior faculty, teaching workshops, and development of enduring educational materials such as videos, podcasts, etc. Academy members will oversee ENRICH Week, UAB’s annual medical education week.
- Career Advancement: the Academy will provide mentorship and tools to ensure promotion and advancement for members. It will do this through dedicated workshops and one-on-one mentoring.
- Professional Meaning: the Academy will support professional wellbeing, and professionalism, including work-life balance and role modeling. It will do this through fostering a community of educators, as well as dedicated workshops and mentoring.
Leadership
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Steering Committee
Hussein Abdullatif, MD, Department of Pediatrics
Chad Burski, MD, Department of Medicine
Tosi Gilford, MD, PA-C, School of Health Professions
Adam Gordon, OD, MPH, FAAO, School of Optometry
Caroline Harada, MD, Department of Medicine
Ben Jones, MD, Department of Neurology
Maninder Kaur, BDS, MPH, MS, School of Dentistry
Robin Lanzi, PhD, MPH, School of Public Health
Loretta Lee, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC, CNE, School of Nursing
Jason Morris, MD, Department of Medicine
David Resuehr, PhD, MSc, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
David Rogers, MD, Department of Surgery
Dawn Taylor Peterson, PhD, School of Health Professions
Max Thompson, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine
Lisa Willett, MD, Department of Medicine
Audra Williams, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Jessica Zarzour, MD, Department of Radiology
2023-2025 Cohort
| Mentee | Mentor |
| Mercy Aula, PhD, MS | Candace Knight, PhD, RN, FAAN |
| Sima Baalbaki, MD | Andrew Edwards, MD |
| Christine Blass, DMD | Michelle Brown, PhD, MS, MLS(ASCP) SSB |
| Channing Brown, MD | Erin Snyder, MD |
| Luke Burleson, MD | Meredith Gartin, PhD |
| Jewel Dickson-Clayton, OTD, MPH, OTR/L, ATP, FAOTA | Lisa Willett, MD, MACM |
| Danielle Edwards, PhD | Stephen Mitchell, DMD, MS |
| Steven Fox, MD | David Resuehr, PhD |
| Siddhartha Gaddamanugu, MD | David Rogers, MD, MHPE |
| Sarah Gallups, PhD, MPH, RN | James Willig, MD, MSPH |
| Amy Logan, OD, FAAO | Curry Bordelon, DNP, MBA, NNP-BC, CPNP-AC, CNE |
| Sarah Novara, MD, MSHQS | Starr Steinhilber, MD, MPH |
| Chinwendu Onwubiko, MD, PhD | Todd McCarty, MD |
| Zachary Pacheco, MD | Chad Burski, MD |
| Andrew Rothstein, OD | Dawn Taylor Peterson, PhD |
| Winn Seay, MD | Will Brooks, PhD |
| Deepti Sharma, MD | Marissa Natelson Love, MD |
| Teneasha Washington, PhD, MPH, MBA | Laurel Hitchcock, PhD, MPH, LICSW/PIP |
Previous Cohorts
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2021-2023 Cohort
Mentee Mentor Dana Mitchell, DNP, ACNP-BC, CHFN Michelle Brown, PhD, MS, MLS(ASCP) SBB Tamara S. Oechslin, OD, PhD, FAAO Tedra Smith, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-PC, CNE Tamika Smith, PhD Keshia Elder, OD, MS, FAAO Bradley Barger, PhD Desiree Morgan, MD Jaron Raper, MD Stephanie Berger, MD Adam Edwards, MD Dawn Taylor Peterson, PhD Stefanie Woodard, DO Dorothy Odgon, MSIS, AHIP Danielle Sutzko, MD, MS Winter Williams, MD Meghan Hofto, MD, MPH, FAAP Meredith Garten, PhD Haller Smith, MD Susan Black, MD Harshvardhan Singh, PhD Greg Pavela, PhD Ramakiran Chavali BDS, MS David Resuehr, PhD