Dean’s  Report

Faculty  Board  Mee/ng  March  6,  2014  

Faculty  of  Health  Sciences  Educa/on  Leadership  

Dr.  Leslie  Flynn  formally  appointed  Vice-­‐‑Dean  Education Now  a  Faculty-­‐‑wide  role

Our  programs  are  (really)  popular  

School  of  Medicine  

4,400  applications  for  100  seats  in  MD  program

School  of  Rehabilitation  Therapy  

1589  applications  for  165  seats  in  PT/OT  

programs

School  of  Nursing  

940  applications  for  99  seats

in  the  4-­‐‑year  B.Nursing

A  fantas/c  result!  

 

Student  side  All  but  1  student  matched  in  1st  iteration!

Resident  side  133  spots  available  

Only  6  going  to  2nd  iteration,  less  than  half  the  number  from  the  past  5  years!

New  educa/on  programs/partnerships  are  a  great  success  

•  QuARMS • MD/PhD • MSc/HQ •  CIP •  Lakeridge  (LHEARN)

Many  new  programs  In  development  

Queen’s-­‐‑certified  mental  health  training  program  with  Morneau  Shepell

International  students  for  Queen’s  MD

MD/MBA,  MSc  Health  Quality/MBA

New  partnership  with  Humber  River  Hospital

e-­‐‑Pre-­‐‑Health  Undergraduate  Degree  

MSc  in  Drug  Development  and  Human  Toxicology

MSc  Mental  Health  and  Addictions  Nurse  Practitioner  –  School  of  Nursing

Masters  in  Health  and  Aging  –  School  of  Nursing  and  School  of  Rehabilitation  Therapy

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FHS:  the  research  ‘powerhouse’  for  Queen’s  

The  Faculty  of  Health  Sciences  (FHS)  generates  more  than  half   of  Queen’s  total  research  revenue

1    Source:  2012-­‐13  Financial  Statements.  Queen’s  University,  April  30  2013      

A  few  research  highlights…  

Heather  Stuart,  Shu-­‐‑Ping  Chen  (Public  Health  Sciences)  and  Terry  Krupa  (School  of  Rehabilitation  Therapy)  -­‐‑    $1.7  million  from  Movember  Canada  to  lead  a  national  study  to  address  student  mental  health  issues  on  campus

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School  of  Nursing  is  leading  province-­‐‑wide  $5.8  million  initiative  to  redesign  upper  year  clinical  courses  and  develop  new  clinical  simulations.

Dr. Jacob Sosnoff—U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign"Dr. Susan Coote—U. of Limerick, Ireland"Dr. Hilary Gunn—U. of Plymouth, UK"Dr. Patricia Matsuda— U. of Washington, Seattle"Dr. Davide Cattaneo— Don Gnocchi Centre, Milan, Italy"Dr. Johanna Jonsdottir—Don Gnocchi Centre, Milan, Italy"Dr. Marcia Finlayson—Queen’s University, Kingston"

1st  international  meeting  held   held  this  week  at  Queen’s   hosted  by  Marcia  Finlayson

Challenge  Study  -­‐‑  NCIC  Clinical  Trials  led  by  Chris  Booth  (Oncology)   First  study  to  test  if  exercise  can  improve  the  survival    rate  of  colon  cancer  patients. 46  cancer  centres  in  Canada  and  Australia,  expanding    to  the  United  States  and  Israel.

Industry  Outreach  

Increased  Queen’s  profile  at  the    C-­‐‑suite  level  in  the  pharmaceutical  and  medical  device  sector Meetings  with  more  than  40senior  executives  from   two  dozen  companies Next  stage  -­‐‑  dialogue  with  industry  representatives  industry  representatives   responsible  for  sales,  sales  management,  service,  medical  affairs,   clinical  trials  and  government  affairs        

Queen’s  medical  students  led  the  successful  bid  to  host  the  Canadian  Federation  of  Medical  Students  2014  national  conference   Reminder  -­‐‑  Canadian  Medical  Hall  of  Fame  Induction  Ceremony  in  Kingston  this  April  24th

Thank  you  to  the  departments  who  have  already  bought  tables  

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 Campaign  progress (as  of  February  28,  2014)  

Faculty  of  Health  Sciences: Goal  to  be  raised  by  2016:  $50,000,000   Total  donated:    $38,200,000,  76%  of  goal Queen’s  total: $500  Million  Initiative  Campaign   Total  Donated:  $398  Million,  79%  of  goal

It  has  been  a  terrific  year Thank  you  for  all  of  your  hard  work Three  Schools  are  working  together   beger  than  ever   We  are  making  progress  in  this  Faculty We  have  a  lot  to  be  proud  of