Committees

Advocacy for Academic Pediatrics

Advocacy for Academic Pediatrics

Mandate:

Advance child health through scholarship and advocacy for the profession of academic pediatrics.

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Functions & Responsibilities:

Establish and charge and APS Advocacy Committee to advance the Core Values and priorities of APS
Establish priorities for approval by Council
Strengthen linkage of APS Advocacy Committee to the Council and to the Pediatric Policy Council (PPC)
Align priorities to available advocacy resources through AAP Department of Federal Affairs Washington Office
Establish concrete outcomes and timelines for tracking and accountability
Launch communications and media relations plan to promote advocacy agenda to internal and external audiences and engage members in advancing priorities
Develop an Advocacy “Focus Page” for website with monthly updates
Develop with the Communication Committee a clear, value-added advocacy communication process going forward

Committee Members & Terms

The Chair is appointed by Council and serves a three-year term, with future terms at the discretion of Council and a one-time maximum re-appointment
Committee Members are appointed for three-year terms, with a one-time maximum re-appointment. Terms will be staggered to ensure institutional memory

Chair
Scott C. Denne, MD (Term: 5/2018 – 5/2021)

Council Liaison
Jonathan M. Davis, MD (Term: 5/2012 – 5/2019)

Members
Jeffrey S. Gerdes, MD, MBA (Term: 5/2018 – 5/2021)
Bertram Lubin, MD (Term: 5/2017 – 5/2020)
James M. Perrin, MD (Term: 5/2017 – 5/2020)
DeWayne Pursley, MD, MPH (Term: 5/2017 – 5/2020)
Roberta G. Williams, MD (Term: 5/2018 – 5/2021)

Communications

Communications

Mandate:

Develop and implement effective internal and external communication strategies and programs to engage the membership and promote the APS mission.

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Functions & Responsibilities:

Establish a joint APS and SPR Communications Committee
Redesign, launch and maintain an attractive, relevant, high quality website
Increase media relations to advance APS Core Values

Committee Members & Terms:

The Chair is appointed by Council and serves a three year term, with future terms at the discretion of Council and a one-time maximum re-appointment.
Committee Members appointed for three-year terms, with a one-time maximum re-appointment. Terms will be staggered to ensure institutional memory.

Chair
Thomas D. Scholz, MD (Term: 5/2018 – 5/2021)

Members
Michael Cabana, MD, MPH (Term 5/2018 – 2021)
Valerie Charlton (Term 5/2018 – 2021)
Michael DeBaun, MD, MPH (Term: 5/2018-2021)
Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD (Term: 5/2016 – 5/2019)
Akhil Maheshwari MD (Term: 5/2017 – 5/2020)
Barbara Ostrov, MD (Term 5/2018 – 2021)
Michael A. Portman, MD (Term: 5/2018 – 5/2021)

Leadership in Academic Pediatrics

Leadership in Academic Pediatrics

Mandate:

Build leadership skills and mentor strong leaders at every phase of career development in academic pediatrics.

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Functions & Responsibilities:

Responsible for reviewing leadership sessions organized at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting and identifying those that would be beneficial for APS members seeking to learn more about issues in academic medicine, administrative practice and national initiatives and perspectives that influence clinical care, research in children’s health and educational training. These sessions will be designated in the PAS Program Guide as “APS Recommended Leadership Development Sessions.”
Work with APS staff to enhance website to provide leadership information: a) to enable the linking of interested mentors with mentees focusing on specific leadership positions, and b) to link other sites that provide information on leadership training (e.g., AMSPDC Pediatric Leadership Development Fellowship, ELAM, etc.).
Identify national leadership positions for which qualified APS members might serve, i.e. Dean, University President, Provost, Research Institute Director, NIH Directorships, FDA, ABP, etc.
Collaborate with other pediatric organizations to develop or to foster leadership coaching and mentoring.
Increase the number of APS members placed in key national leadership positions.
Identify leaders who should be nominated for membership in APS and encourage APS members and leaders throughout academic pediatrics to nominate them.

Committee Members & Terms

Limited to five (5) active APS members including the Chair who will be an active member of APS Council with an appointment of no less than three (3) years.
Membership is solicited from APS membership and include individuals who have either:
An interest in or formal training in leadership/coaching, and/or
Experience in a leadership position, i.e. Chair/Dean/Institute Director
In the first year of committee establishment, terms will be staggered to ensure continuity.

Co-chairs
Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH (Term: 2014-2017, 2017-2020)
Norman D. Rosenblum, MD (Term: 2015-2018, 2018-2021)

Members
Aaron Friedman, MD (Term: 2017-2020)
Maryellen Gusic, MD (Term: 2017-2020)
Jonathan Klein, MD, MPH. (Term: 2017-2020)

Diversity & Inclusion (CODI)

Diversity & Inclusion (CODI)

Mandate:

The Committee priorities are the creation of the membership database and planning for a plenary symposium or workshop for the PAS Meeting. The Committee Chair submits a written or oral update to APS Council at the Spring meeting and additional updates as needed.

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Goal:

To promote diversity and inclusion within APS
To promote diversity and inclusion in academic pediatrics

Committee Members & Terms:

The Committee on Diversity and Inclusion consists of nine members, including the Chair. All committee members are APS members who serve a three-year term that can be renewed once.
All members of the committee must be APS members. Committee members must agree to serve a three-year term; a committee member’s term may be renewed once.
All Task Force members were invited to serve on the original committee. To complete the committee roster we solicit self-nominations from APS members. The APS Nominating Committee reviews the list of nominees and makes a recommendation to the APS Council. The APS Council makes the final decision.
Committee members are randomly assigned to staggered terms. One group (two people) is appointed to a one-year term that may be renewed once. A second group (two people) is appointed to a two-year term that may be renewed once. The third group (two people) is appointed to a three-year term that may be renewed once. After three years, there are two-three new members each year, with sufficient institutional memory to assure continuity on the committee.
The APS President and Secretary/Treasurer must be ex officio committee members during their tenure in these roles.
The APS President and Secretary/Treasurer recommend a candidate for Committee Chair to the APS Council. The Chair serves a three-year term that may be renewed once.

Chair
Leslie R. Walker-Harding, MD (Term: 5/2018 -5 /2021)

Members
Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH (Term: 5/2017 – 5/2020)
Glenn Flores, MD (Term: 7/2016 – 5/2019)
Gary Freed, MD, MPH (Term: 5/2017 – 5/2020)
Christine A. Gleason, MD (Term: 5/2013 – 5/2019) ex officio
Karen Hendricks-Munoz, MD, MPH (Term: 5/2018 – 5/2021)
James Jarvis, MD (Term: 5/2017 – 5/2020)
Lee Pachter, DO (Term: 5/2018 – 5/2021)
Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH (Term: 7/2016 – 5/2019)

APS at PAS

APS at PAS

Mandate:

Ensure that APS has a strong identity at the PAS meeting by sponsoring state-of-the-art invited science presentations, academic leadership development activities, networking and exchange of ideas among current and future APS members.

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Functions & Responsibilities:

Establish an “APS Day” within the PAS meeting that features robust, high quality, well-attended scientific programming led by and identified with PAS.

Committee Members & Terms:

The Chair is appointed by Council, with the goal to have the position filled with the current APS Secretary/Treasurer and held during the Secretary/Treasurer’s five-year term on APS Council.
Committee Members appointed for three-year terms, with a one-time maximum re-appointment. Terms will be staggered to ensure institutional memory.

Chair
Christine A. Gleason, MD (Term ends May 2019)

Members
Bruce Gleb, MD (APS President) (Term ends May 2019)
Robin Steinhorn, MD (APS President-elect) (Term ends May 2020)
Vineet Bhandari, MD, DM (Term ends May 2021)
David Cornfield, MD (Term ends May 2021)
Jessica G. Moreland, MD (Term ends May 2019)