October – December 2013      The academic year has reached the half‐way  mark. In December, students had their exams and  faculty members met the dean and vice dean to  review their annual reports. I hope you have all  taken advantage of the Christmas holidays to  spend time with family and friends, and get some  much needed rest. This second quarterly report  brings you up to date on several key events in the  School and a preview of activities that we shall  engage in during 2014.  On November 21, I put on my academic finery at  the Fall Convocation and presented MPH and MSc  graduates with their parchments and hooded our  newly minted PhDs. Altogether, 25 students  graduated. It was a moving experience, and I fully  share the emotions shown by graduates and their  families. The names of our graduates can be found  on our website: http://bit.ly/1dJ607i. 

National Forum  On November 13, some 190 students, faculty and  staff gathered at Lister Centre for the National  Forum on Public Health Education and Research.  Representatives from several Canadian schools  and programs also attended. In the morning,  invited speakers and panellists discussed the past  and future of public health education and  research. In the afternoon, some of our faculty  members and students presented their work, and  throughout the day student posters were on  display. The Douglas R. Wilson Award for best  posters were presented to Elisa Ahn and Michael  Sclegelmilch (MPH), Stephanie Kowal and Linwei  Wang (MSc), and Amy Colquhoun and Jacqueline  Torti (PhD). Dr. Wilson himself presented the  prizes. We thank all those who helped in making  the event a success. 

The National Forum raises the issue concerning  the future of INSIGHTS, the annual scientific day  of the School, which in the past has focused on  presentations by our own faculty and students.  Should it be replaced by a national event with  different themes each year, especially in view of  the very successful Campus Alberta Students  Conference on Health, which the School would  very much like to support? A committee will be  formed to discuss the whole issue of School‐ sponsored scientific events. 

Faculty Evaluation  A new Faculty Evaluation Committee (FEC) was  elected in October. Members are Tania Bubela,  Linda Carroll, Jeff Johnson, Dev Menon, Jane  Springett, and Paul Veugelers. In addition, Wendy  Rodgers continues to serve as a representative of  the President’s Review Committee. Penny  Lightfoot, chair of the School of Public Health  Alumni Chapter, sits as a non‐voting member. The  current FEC Guidelines were widely considered to  be in urgent need of revision to improve clarity  and consistency. The FEC decided on a two‐stage  process: an initial set of revisions were adopted by  Faculty Council in December, and a more radical  rewriting of the entire guidelines will be  undertaken early in 2014.  Throughout December, Vice‐Dean Davis and I had  the opportunity to meet every faculty member to  go over their annual reports. It was particularly  important for me as a newcomer to get a full  picture of the breadth and depth of our faculty  members’ engagement with research, teaching  and service. I am truly impressed by the quality of  our faculty–and I shall present some statistical  data later in this report to support this conclusion. 

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN | January 6, 2014 



Budget Situation 

Academic Measures 

As I have previously announced at a Town Hall  meeting, the School’s 2014/15 base budget will be  reduced by 7% of the $7.5 million in the 2013/14  budget. This translates to $530,582 that we need  to cover through cuts. However, there is some  relief in that 2% out of the 7% ($151,595) would  be “forgiven” if the School can demonstrate a  revenue generation plan to recover that amount  over a five‐year period. In December, the  provincial government announced an infusion of  $14.4 million to U of A. None of that would be  used to reduce the budget cuts of individual  faculties, but instead it is earmarked for  “strategic” investments. The Provost’s Office will  accept proposals for revenue generation that will  result in a $2 return for every dollar added to the  base budget under this scheme. If the term  “revenue generation” appeared twice in this short  paragraph, it is because this is the mantra that has  been drummed into every dean’s head. This is the  new/future way of running universities across  Canada, as provincial government grants will  account for less and less of the total budget. 

And now, for the quantitative minded, here are  some interesting stats. The School continues its  trend of steady increase in enrolment since  2007/08, from 161 FLE to 212 in 2012‐13. The  number of international (visa) students has  doubled over six years, accounting for 15% of  students. 

Strategic Planning  The budget realities put some urgency in our  stalled strategic planning exercise, which we shall  re‐start in the New Year. I am glad that our  executive‐in‐residence, Aslam Bhatti, will help us  in this effort. He has already reviewed and  summarized all existing documents. We plan to  hold several half‐day retreats early in the New  Year. We shall quickly confirm/validate our vision,  mission, and values, and move on to mapping out  some key strategic directions.  

   

Number of FLEs

250 200 150 100 50 0 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 International

Other

We do need to streamline our admissions process.  We also need to determine and allocate in  advance the number of places for the different  degree programs and specialization. The  increasing number of international students has  occurred without any explicit recruitment  strategy. Clearly one is needed, including  scholarship support.   I am proud to state that research remains strong  in our School. Our faculty members brought in  over $17 million in research funds from all sources  in 2012/13. Note the important contribution of  provincial funding for research–in this regard,  Alberta continues to be the envy of other  provinces.  

 

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN | January 6, 2014 

Millions

Other

Provincial



In closing, let me wish you all a Happy New Year.  I  look forward to working with you all to  accomplish various outstanding tasks and to begin  actively planning for the continuing growth and  development of the School. 

TriCouncil

20 15 10 5 0 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

 

 

  Kue Young, Dean  

Among the 18 faculties in U of A, the School of  Public Health ranks 5th, behind such power houses  as Science; Engineering; Agricultural, Life and  Environmental Sciences; and Medicine and  Dentistry. 

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH  UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA  www.publichealth.ualberta.ca 

Research funding by faculty, 2012/13

Central

Nat Stud

Augustana

Extension

Law

St‐Jean

Pharm

Phys Ed

Education

Nursing

Business

Arts

Rehab Med

Public Health

ALES

Med/Dent

Science

 

Engineering

Millions

  80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

We need to be constantly alert to new  opportunities for strategic initiatives and  personnel awards offered by federal and  provincial funding agencies. The CIHR funding  environment is rapidly changing, with reforms in  the operating grants program and the initiation of  the Foundation Scheme, which can potentially  benefit our School.         

 

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