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USU School of Medicine Commandant Position
USU, Commandant, SOM – President requests qualified candidates for the Commandant position. Candidates must be in the grade of 05 or 0-6 or has been selected for promotion to that grade. Candidate must have character traits to represent the University within the DoD, the federal government and within the academic community. The candidate will serve as a role-model of a career-oriented military health professional and is eligible for a faculty appointment at the level of assistant professor or above. The candidate has completed grade-appropriate service military professional education. The candidate has demonstrated the ability to led successfully within the complex military environment and has previous success in a military command and in an academic setting are preferred, though not required. The candidate is available for a three-year assignment. The desired report date is NLT than 1 Jul 2025.
Nomination Package Requirements: Command endorsement letter, CV, letter of intent, up to three supplemental letters of recommendation and copies of the last three performance reports. The letter of intent should include a summary of military and civilian education, assignment history and the names with contact information of three references with names and contact information. The letter of intent must include the candidate’s commitment to USU and that, if selected, they will accept the job.
Fully completed and combined nomination packages will be emailed to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1200 EST Monday, 28 October 2024.
Call for 2024 Henry C. Wu, James J. Leonard, & Llewellyn J. Legters Awards for Excellence in Research
Introduction
The Henry C. Wu, James J. Leonard, and Llewellyn J. Legters Awards for Excellence in Research will be awarded annually to the USU Faculty members, in the estimation of their peers, have made the most significant contribution to the published literature during the previous three years (2021 or newer).
- The Wu Award recognizes excellence in basic biomedical research.
- The Leonard Award recognizes excellence in clinical research.
- The Legters Award recognizes excellence in population health science research.
Award recipients will present an Award Lecture named in honor of Drs. Wu, Leonard, and Legters during a Research Symposium. Each awardee will also receive a memento and a cash award of $2,500.
Nomination Requirements
The nominee must have a current university faculty appointment at the level of Instructor or above, excluding adjunct appointments. Any USU faculty member, staff, or student, may submit nominations for the Awards. Self-nominations by USU faculty are permitted. Resubmission of previous nomination packages is encouraged provided that the three-year publication deadline has not expired. Previous recipients of the award are not eligible within the first three full years of their last award.
The nomination package should include 3 items:
1) A copy of one (1) selected original research paper (Published after January 2021) upon which the nomination is based and meets the following criteria:
(a) Paper must have been published within the last three years
(b) Paper must have been published while the nominee performed as the faculty at USU with a minimum rank of Instructor or above and must be considered a member of the Faculty Assembly
(c) The nominee must be first or senior author on the paper, in addition to having the USU affiliation documented on the published paper
(d) The research reported is original and empirical.
2) A brief statement from the nominator outlining the significance of the published original research paper.
3) A copy of the nominee’s current curriculum vitae.
The closing date for nominations is October 4th, 2359hrs. Please send the completed nomination packages to wu-leonard-legters-awards-ggg@usuhs.edu.
If you have questions, please contact Dr. Joshua Gray, joshua.gray@usuhs.edu, Chair of the Faculty Senate Research Policy Committee.
USU Faculty Reappointment Cycle Update
Good morning/afternoon to everyone,
Just an update about the faculty reappointment cycle. And thank you to all that responded to my last email.
First – 100% of initial letters were sent by 17 July. If you signed and returned to the facultyreappointment@usuhs.edu email, thank you.
Second – Approximately 2 weeks ago I received a list of emails that bounced back to Human Resources and that list went to the department Chairs here at USU, and thank you for sending those back if you received one.
Now we are in the last 2 phases playing catch-up. Last week I started receiving letters from those of you who reached back to me last month and I am sending those out. Please give me this week to complete that.
By the end of the month I should receive a full list of names who need to return their letters. At that point, I will work with the Department Chairs here at USU to finish connecting with each of you.
As I stated before – I know many faculty have found inaccuracies in military rank or location. I am sorry USU has not had a clear process to keep up with this in the past. If you have an issue with location or military rank sign the letter, email back and then let me know directly. These items I will work on throughout the fall once we finish this. If you have a colleague not receiving this email they either have an inaccurate email OR they do not have an active appointment and send that to me.
Thank you for your patience as we are working through this and hopefully will continue to improve our processes and communication.
**If you emailed me to inactivate you and you still received this email, it should be the last time.
**For those of you who have requested wall hanging certificates — an update. We have distributed all of the local ones in the NCR that I knew about. If you are at a teaching GME MTF you should get yours the week of 9 September. The remainder we are mailing some every week, and should be done by mid-Sept with the 4 year backlog.
**Of note — mark your calendars as I will be doing the Fall Faculty Affairs briefing VIRTUALLY ONLY on 22 Oct. There will be 2 times – 0730 and 1500 EST. More info to come.
Thank you for all you do for the University.
Jessica
Jessica T. Servey, MD, MHPE, FAAFP
Col(ret), USAF
Professor of Family Medicine
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD 20814
Office: 301-295-9470, D3013
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