SPHHS ALL-SCHOOL TOWN HALL FY18 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PLANNING Friday, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

SPHHS ALL-SCHOOL TOWN HALL FY18 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

Friday, January 27, 2017 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Integrated Sciences Building, Room 221

FY18 DEPARTMENT BUDGET DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS & EPIDEMIOLOGY

Graduate education/Research, No New Resources

BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

Graduate education:

• Promote new 4+1 degrees and accelerated MS in biostatistics
• Increase RA/TA funding to 20 hrs. for multiple years for PhD students
• Review curriculum to modernize, ensure sufficient breadth, optimize

class size, and sufficient access to recommended/required courses

• Develop an e-mail survey to determine reasons why admitted students

decline to matriculate (more detail than “other institution better suited”)

• Hire a FT lecturer to support teaching efforts

Research:

• Use current monthly Departmental Seminar series to invite outside

speakers with whom faculty wish to start new collaborations, or receive input from re: grant ideas.

Graduate education/Research, New Resources

BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

Graduate education and Research:

• Increase TT faculty numbers to increase breadth of curriculum, increase

graduate student support, enhance research. Faculty size in each program is small relative to peers (e.g., <30% of median in 2012). Propose:

• 1 Biostatistics TT (e.g., expertise in big data, biostatistical methods applied to

neuroscience, or personal health monitoring)

• 1 Epidemiology TT (e.g., expertise in addiction [preferably substance abuse],
• r in infectious disease focused on women’s health issues, or in CVD/obesity)

Research:

• Support school efforts to facilitate establishing at UMASS a workable high-

speed computing/data storage system with HIPAA-required safeguards. (Not clear as to what, if any, new resources needed).

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

CommDis Actions: No New Resources Needed

Undergraduate Education:

• Increase the quality and quantity of faculty/student interactions by assigning each

undergraduate student a faculty guide.

• CHUM (Chief Undergraduate Mentor) program: beginning Spring semester 2017;

evaluation and modification, as needed, in FY18

• Initiation of major revisions to the undergraduate curriculum

Graduate Education:

• Explore and implement new clinical activities to increase the number and scope of clients.

Research:

• Increase “culture of research” in the department by promoting writing retreats, research

forums, etc.

• Revise merit criteria to provide clear incentives for submitting peer-reviewed papers and

grant proposals.

CommDis Actions: New Resources Needed

Undergraduate Education:

• Reduce the size of our upper-level undergraduate courses by hiring lecturers, who also may

provide clinical supervision and potentially teach on-line courses.

• Goal for FY18: lecturer to cover Audiology courses and supervision
• Initiate on-line programs (Post-bac program, SLP-A program)

Graduate Education:

• Increase research assistant funding for Ph.D. students, possibly through revenue generated

by the on-line programs.

• Convene an advisory group to evaluate the Center for Language, Speech and Hearing.

Research:

• Increase faculty access to high-quality research space that is close to departmental offices

and provides adequate parking for research subjects.

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (EHS)

Department of Environmental Health Sciences

(No new resources)

Undergraduate Education

• Strengthen conduit from undergrad to graduate program

Graduate Education:

• Increase number, quality, and diversity of graduate students
• Increase number and funding of PhD students

Research:

• Increase overall research funding, including graduate student

grants

• Develop effective faculty mentoring support

Curriculum Development; Competencies; Staffing Needs:

• Comprehensive review to build a case for new faculty line/s

Department of Environmental Health Sciences

(New resources needed)

New Faculty Line/s:

• Based on needs assessment, diversity criteria, etc.

Undergraduate Education

• Support for Lab supplies, lab equipment

Graduate Education:

• Increase funding opportunities for PhD students

Research:

• Add staff support for post-award management
• Partial support for lecturer position to stabilize teaching due to

grant buyouts

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROMOTION & POLICY

Department of Health Promotion & Policy

Plans requiring new resources

• Increase HPM faculty to minimum of 7
• Social action to save America

Department of Health Promotion & Policy

Plans that do not require new resources

• Launch marketing plan to increase applications to doctoral

program

• Increase quantity and quality of doctoral students
• Revise UG & HPM curricula

DEPARTMENT OF KINESIOLOGY

Budget Development Processes – No Resources

§ Undergraduate

• Work to maximize KIN use of new SPHHS advising

resources

• Develop group-level advising program

§ Graduate

• Formalize Grad TA mentoring
• Continue PhD progress reports and add Individualized

Development Plans when available from graduate school

§ Research

§ Update research culture document

Budget Development Processes – Resources

§ Undergraduate

• Develop courses to support CPE

prevention/rehabilitation certification

§ Graduate

• Continue to support student presentations and student

publications

§ Research

• Pay for external pre-review of grant submissions

DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION

Dept of Nutrition- No New Resources

UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE RESEARCH

• Increase recruitment & retention of under-represented minority students
• Increase enrollment of UG nutrition majors focused on global nutrition track

& health sciences track (premed/pre professional) v Increase the number of full tuition paying Master’s students v Institute a 4+1 UG/MS program q Increase the amount of extramural grant funds & peer-reviewed publications q Increase utilization of UMass resources (e.g., IALS, faculty expertise)

• Dept. of Nutrition - New Resources Needed

UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE RESEARCH

• Hire a Coordinator of Experiential Learning Opportunities (research,

fieldwork,internships, etc)

• Establish a “Student-Helping-Student” network (Facebook posts, study groups,

peer advisors, etc.) v Increase the number of PhD students with full 20h stipends v Develop a new online M.S. in Nutrition program q Increase the number of Nutrition Department TT faculty members from 8 to 9 q Develop a departmental fund to support nutrition dept. seminar series

PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM

No Resources:

• Improve resources available to students to improve advising
• Implement group advising sessions for freshman and sophomore

students.

• (both as measured by Senior Survey data on satisfaction with

academic advising)

New Resources:

• Increase the number and options of electives for undergraduate

students

• Continue to improve access to advising by hiring an additional

advisor

• (As measured by improvement in access to faculty and access to

classes)

PHS - Priority Areas 2017-2018