Subcommittees
Faculty Recruitment, Retention & Advancement
Charge: Recruit faculty members from all backgrounds to the department
Priorities:
- Seminars for promising candidates from all backgrounds - The Steve Warren Early Career Investigator Seminar Series
- Broadly advertise and increase outreach for hiring position before the application cycle starts
Clinical Interactions
Charge: To increase and improve interactions between healthcare professionals (e.g., nurses, clinicians, clinical psychologists) and clinical research teams who have direct contact with patients and research participants - and create a culture where each DOHG staff member is an active contributor to the department’s mission; and is noticed, heard, valued, and supported, and thrive because this is where they belong.
Priorities:
- Empower and equip current and new hires with information on how to access support and/or services
- Ensure all staff members work in a culture where they are valued and have access to all available resources for any issues that may arise.
- Use patient feedback to disseminate to the clinical team positive and negative interactions reported
- Develop protocols to ease relevant social/environmental barriers to patient care