Current News Google Transition Information Dr. Anne Joseph, Director of the Applied Clinical Research Program, has been appointed as the president-elect for the Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) for the 2012-2013 year. Dr. Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, General Internal Medicine Division, Director of CHE and Associate Director of the UMN CTSI, has been named to the national Board of Directors of the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS). ACTS is being created through the merger of three different national clinical research organizations SCTS, ACRT and APOR. Patient Care (click on sites below)  International Health  Global Health Immigrant Medicine Video Resources from Free Country Media, Medicine Box Series: | DOM Featured Faculty Brad Benson, M.D.  Dr. Bradley Benson, Associate Professor and General Internal Medicine Division Director, is shifting his leadership focus. After 10 years as the Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program Director, Dr. Benson is stepping down to allow Dr. Michael Aylward (Associate Director of Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program) to serve as Director. With Dr. Aylward at the helm, Dr. Benson will also concentrate on his new role as Executive Director of the Hospitalist Program. In his next phase of leadership, Dr. Benson will continue to expand and develop the Hospitalist Program at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. This year, under Dr. Benson’s leadership, the Hospitalist Program faculty has rapidly expanded, the program has incorporated advanced practice providers onto the service teams, and the program has assumed more service responsibilities. We thank Dr. Benson for directing the Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program over the past 10 years and look forward to seeing the Hospitalist Program thrive under his leadership. |