Fifteen UMB faculty members participated in a 10-month program to enhance their leadership skills and prepare for career advancement.
Photo: Left to right: Qoot Alkhubaizi, Richard Traub, Jose Diaz, Shannon Takala Harrison, Nader Hanna, Thelma Wright, Chanel Whittaker, Joshua Lubek, Megan Ehret, Jim Kucher, Stephanie Kahntroff, Jinaya Beatty, Margo Candelaria, Karen Clark, Tara Wink.
The second cohort of the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Faculty Leadership Program was honored during a ceremony Nov. 15 at the Gladhill Boardroom in the Health Sciences and Human Services Library.
The 15-member group was recognized for completing a program that aims to enhance the leadership skills of UMB faculty members and prepare them for advancement in their careers. From January to October, the participants met virtually and engaged in a range of leadership development activities on topics such as executive presence, diversity and inclusion, hiring and firing, interacting with the media, office politics, conflict resolution, strategic planning, mentoring, crisis management, and more.
The program’s sessions were held once a month in person in the Gladhill Boardroom and led by facilitators such as UMB President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, and UMB Provost and Executive Vice President Roger J. Ward, EdD, JD, MSL, MPA, who also is dean of the Graduate School. The sessions also included remarks from leadership across UMB and the University System of Maryland.
“Many of the program’s participants will continue their leadership training through mentorship and professional development over the next year,” Jarrell said in his opening remarks. “My hope is that these faculty leaders will use what they’ve learned through this program to improve UMB.”
The second cohort was composed of faculty members representing six of UMB’s seven schools and library:
- Qoot Alkhubaizi, BSc, BChD, MFDRCS, Irel, MS, ABGD, Program Director, Advanced Education in General Dentistry, School of Dentistry
- Jinaya Beatty, DNP, Instructor, School of Nursing
- Margo Candelaria, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
- Karen Clark, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
- Jose J. Diaz, MD, CNS, FACS, FCCM, Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine
- Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP, Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, School of Pharmacy
- Nader Hanna, MD, FACS, FSSO, FICS, Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine
- Shannon Takala Harrison, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Medicine
- Stephanie Kahntroff, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, School of Medicine
- J. Howard "Jim" Kucher, DPA, MBA, Associate Professor of Social Innovation, Graduate School
- Joshua Lubek, DDS, MD, FACS, Associate Professor, School of Dentistry
- Richard Traub, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry
- Chanel Whittaker, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, School of Pharmacy
- Tara Wink, MLS, Historical Librarian and Archivist, Health Sciences and Human Services Library
- Thelma B. Wright, MD, JD, MBA, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine