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Faculty of Neuroscience Business Meeting May 12, 2011

Faculty of Neuroscience Business Meeting May 12, 2011. Agenda. Thanks to those who contributed to TAMIN Funding update Graduate enrollment New students Committee Updates. Thanks to our committees:. GRADUATE PROGRAM COMMITTEE co-Chair (TAMU) - Mike Smotherman , Biology (6/10-8/11)

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Faculty of Neuroscience Business Meeting May 12, 2011

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  1. Faculty of NeuroscienceBusiness MeetingMay 12, 2011

  2. Agenda • Thanks to those who contributed to TAMIN • Funding update • Graduate enrollment • New students • Committee Updates

  3. Thanks to our committees: GRADUATE PROGRAM COMMITTEE • co-Chair (TAMU) - Mike Smotherman, Biology (6/10-8/11) • co-Chair (HSC) – Farida Sohrabji, NExT (9/10-9/12) • Member 1- Gladys Ko, VIBS (9/09-8/11) • Member 2- Brian Perkins, Biology (9/10-8/12) • Member 3- Teresa Wilcox, Psychology (9/10-8/11) • Member 4- Louise Abbott, VIBS (9/10-8/12) MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE • Chair- Ursula Winzer-Serhan, NExT (9/10-8/12) • Member 1- Louise Abbott, VIBS (9/9-8/11) • Member 2- Ginger Carney , Biology (9/10-8/12) • Member 3- Jane Welsh, VIBS (9/9-8/11) • Member 4- SoshyEitan, Psychology (9/10-8/12) GRADUATE RECRUITING COMMITTEE • Chair- Gregg Wells, Mol. Cell. Med. (9/10-8/12) • Member 1- Ursula WinzerSerhan, NExT(9/9-8/11) • Member 2- Mark Zoran , Biology (9/10-8/12) • Member 3- MendellRimer, NExT (9/9-8/11) • Member 4- Jianrong Li , VIBS (9/10-8/12) SEMINAR COMMITTEE • Chiar- Danna Zimmer, Vet. Pathobiology (6/10-8/11) • Member 1- Jane Welsh, VIBS (9/9-8/11) • Member 2- JyotsnaVaid, Psychology (9/10-8/12) • Member 3- Mike Smotherman, Biology (9/9-8/11) • Member 4- Eddie Harmon-Jones , Psychology (9/10-8/12) UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM COMMITTEE • Chair- Louise Abbott, VIBS (9/10-8/11) • Member 1- YoonsuckChoe, Computer Science (9/10-8/11) • Member 2- Gladys Ko, VIBS (9/10-8/12) • Member 3- Michelle Hook, Psychology (9/10-8/11) • Member 4- Marcel Amstalden, Animal Science (9/10-8/12) FINANCE COMMITTEE • Chair- Mark Zoran, Biology (9/10-8/12) • Member 1- Caurnel Morgan, Nutrition (9/10-8/11) • Member 2- Dave Earnest, NExT (9/10-8/12) • Member 3- Jane Welsh, VIBS (9/10-8/11) • Member 4- Paul Wellman, Psychology (9/10-8/12) SFN Chapter President: Mark Zoran

  4. 3rd Annual TAMU & HSC Neuroscience SymposiumApril 2, 2011 • Robyn Balden, Chair • Sunny Scobell • Rebecca Hofford • Francisco Gomez • XiemenaPaez • Shruti Sharma • Shameena Bake

  5. TAMIN Service Award • Mark Zoran • Jen Bizon • Barry Setlow

  6. TAMIN Service Award • Mark Zoran • Jen Bizon • Barry Setlow • Sylvia Bernal

  7. Funding • Remained stable • College/VPR down from $54,070 to $38,220 • determined by a new formula from RGS • TAMIN/HSC stable

  8. Graduate Program 11 Students -7 TAMU -4 HSC

  9. Recruiting Admitted 7 new students -63.3% hit rate

  10. Committee Updates • Undergraduate Program • Graduate Program • Membership • Seminar • SFN Chapter

  11. Policies: Selection of vice Chair • The Vice Chair of the Faculty of Neuroscience will be elected annually by the Executive Committee (at the first meeting after September 1) from its membership. The Vice Chair will serve as chief officer of the Faculty of Neuroscience in the absence of the Chair or when designated by the Chair. To assure effective representation and oversight at both TAMU and TAMHSC, the Vice Chair should normally be selected from the system component not represented by the Chair.

  12. Markers of Success: Goals by 2015 • Increase proportion of NIH funded research at A&M from 14 to 18% • Increase the number of articles per year from 2.5 to 3, with more published in top-tier outlets • Establish a graduate program of 25 graduate students, a minor of 160, and an undergraduate major • Increase the number of postdocs by 36% from 22 to 30 • Bolster the TAMIN faculty by 20%

  13. Goals and Direction • Build on Areas of Concentration to promote research strengths that make us unique • Large-scale funding initiatives • Program projects • Training grants • Changes if these goals are not met • Elected Chair versus appointed Director • Funding, senior hires, space

  14. What do we need to do? • Hiring (Psychology, VIBS, Biology) • Have interviewed candidates • Aim to complete by the end of the summer • Demonstrate that we have the leadership to move the program forward • Define/expand duties • Do a better job of defining our areas of strength • Identify core strengths and promote these • Develop incentives to promote large-scale grants

  15. Ways to get there. Ideas? • Build our administrative support • Clarify/define committee structures • Redefine duties/incentives so that individuals will agree to serve • Address an old issue: Oversight Committee • Promote communication w/key investors • External advisory • Promote local/national visibility • Ideas?

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