{"id":1827,"date":"2023-11-06T18:37:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2023-12-14T19:06:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T19:06:09","slug":"michel-on-the-move-first-weeks-as-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/2023\/11\/06\/michel-on-the-move-first-weeks-as-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel on the Move: First Weeks as Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written By: <\/strong>Sarah L.J. Michel, PhD, dean and professor of the School of Pharmacy<\/p>\n

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On Oct. 6, when University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) President Bruce Jarrell named me the new dean of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (UMSOP), I experienced so many emotions.<\/p>\n

For being chosen, I felt gratitude. For the excitement that lies ahead, I felt joy. For the work that is required to see my vision through, I felt determined to get to work.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve spent the last two decades \u2013 my entire professional career \u2013 at the School in various roles: professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC)<\/strong><\/a>, associate dean for graduate studies, director of the PhD in PSC<\/strong><\/a> program, teacher, mentor, researcher.<\/p>\n

I became interim dean on June 1, and that role helped prepare me to hit the ground running as dean.<\/p>\n

One of my first goals has been to get out into the community. Our School is a beautiful composite of faculty, staff, students, preceptors, alumni, and more, and it is important for me to get to know everyone.<\/p>\n

I have been on a bit of a whirlwind tour these first few weeks, but I\u2019m so grateful for these meaningful interactions. Here\u2019s a brief summary of what I\u2019ve been up to lately.<\/p>\n

\"Sarah<\/a><\/p>\n

On Oct. 13, I attended our Grad Gathering<\/strong><\/a> and PATIENTS Day<\/strong><\/a> events. Grad Gathering holds a special place in my heart, as I helped start the first event more than a decade ago when I was program director for the PhD in PSC. It has expanded to now include the Pharmaceutical Health Services Research graduate program and MS programs in Regulatory Science and PSC.<\/p>\n

PATIENTS Day<\/strong><\/a>, an annual event with our esteemed PATIENTS Program<\/strong><\/a>, is a great example of promoting the voice of the patient and collaborating with our surrounding community. Congratulations to Executive Director Daniel Mullins, PhD<\/strong><\/a>, and his staff on another successful PATIENTS Day.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 17, I stopped by the UMB Vaccination Clinic<\/strong><\/a> held at the Heath Sciences and Human Services Library. Our student pharmacists, led by Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA<\/strong><\/a>, did a fantastic job preparing and providing vaccines to the UMB community and serving as ambassadors for the School and pharmacy profession. I received my flu shot while there and encourage everyone to get their flu shot and updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect themselves and their loved ones this fall.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 21, I welcomed prospective students to our PharmD program\u2019s Open House in Pharmacy Hall. Our Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)<\/strong><\/a> is the flagship program of our School, and it was great to talk with future students about the School of Pharmacy and our top-ranked PharmD.<\/p>\n

\"Sarah<\/a><\/p>\n

On Oct. 23, Rho Chi<\/strong><\/a> and Phi Lambda Sigma<\/strong><\/a> hosted an afternoon tea for students and faculty members to mingle and get to know each other a little better. I enjoy these types of casual events, where we can easily get to know one another and strengthen the bonds of our community.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m proud to be part of the UMSOP and UMB community and look forward to attending more events as your dean. I know together we can continue delivering on our School\u2019s mission to globally engage and lead pharmacy education, practice, research, and pharmapreneurial initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A recap of Sarah L.J. Michel’s first weeks as dean of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,31,33,7,6,30,34,4,23],"tags":[509,71],"class_list":["post-1827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-admissions","category-baltimore","category-community","category-events","category-faculty","category-practice","category-research","category-student-life","tag-dean","tag-sarah-michel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1833,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions\/1833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}