January 10, 2007

 

MEMORANDUM:

 

TO:                   Chairs, School of Medicine (copy to Administrators)

                        Center and Institute Directors (copy to Administrators)

Vice Deans, Senior Associate Deans, Associate Deans,

    and Assistant Deans, School of Medicine

                        Faculty, School of Medicine

 

FROM:              Steven A. Lieberman, M.D.

                        Vice Dean for Academic Affairs

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ann W. Frye, Ph.D. as Assistant Dean for Educational Development, effective January 1, 2007.  Dr. Frye has served as Director of the Office of Educational Development since 2005 and will succeed Dr. Robert Beach in the title of Assistant Dean for Educational Development.  Dr. Beach will continue to serve in OED as a Senior Fellow.  Dr. Frye’s accomplishments in teaching and education research have greatly benefited UTMB’s education mission.  She is a well-respected medical educator, both nationally and internationally, and brings extensive experience to this position. In her expanded role, Dr. Frye will interact regularly with leadership across the SOM as she continues to provide leadership for the education mission.

Dr. Frye joined UTMB in 1997 as Associate Director in the Office of Educational Development.  She received her Ph.D. in 2001 and was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. From 2004-2005, Dr. Frye held the title of Special Member – Graduate Faculty, School of Biomedical Sciences, in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health.   In 2005, she was named Director of the Office of Educational Development and was promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine.  Dr. Frye has been of invaluable service to the institution in her role as medical educator.  She has been instrumental in the design, implementation and evaluation of the Integrated Medical Curriculum, and has made a significant impact in faculty development activities on our campus.

Please join me in welcoming and supporting Dr. Frye in her new role, and in thanking Dr. Beach for his past and future contributions to medical education at UTMB.