Vice Chair for Wellness and Engagement
As Vice Chair for Wellness and Engagement, I am excited to build on the Department of Medicine’s commitment to fostering a supportive, connected, and sustainable work environment.
Our work is centered on five key priorities: a strong organizational Structure through an engaged Wellness Committee, meaningful Recognition of faculty and staff contributions, comprehensive Support for the multifaceted needs of our community, intentional Community Building, and ongoing efforts to Optimize Workplace Efficiency.
Utilizing our divisional champions on the Wellness Committee, we aim to have a bidirectional flow of information and ideas to develop targeted working groups informed by departmental survey data. This fall we will celebrate the contributions of faculty and staff through our newly created DOM Awards. We are expanding support through caregiver-focused programming and education around leave policies and benefits. We are creating opportunities for connection through events like DOM Family Day coming next spring and interdivisional networking. In parallel, we are identifying workplace challenges and partnering with existing efforts to amplify and implement solutions.
Together, these initiatives reflect our shared goal of cultivating an environment where all faculty can thrive.