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Winds of Change

This proposal is dedicated to the 200+ Supercourse faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, highlighting their achievements and the importance of improving global health through prevention education. It emphasizes the need for better lectures, sharing of knowledge, and empowering teachers. The proposal showcases the Supercourse network, which has taught over a million students worldwide, and the impact it has made on improving public health.

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Winds of Change

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  1. Winds of Change Supercourse, Science and Education A proposal for the 2007 Teaching Award, dedicated to the >200 Supercourse faculty at the University of Pittsburgh

  2. 2007 Teaching Award Distinguished Teacher Distinguished Supercourse Teachers

  3. Brief BioDr. LaPorte • MS, Ph.D. Cognitive Psychology, Pitt • MS Epidemiology, Pitt • World Health Organization Collaborating Centre Director • Professor of Epidemiology • 505 publications in PNAS, Science, Nature, Nature Medicine, Lancet, BMJ • Kelly West Award, American Diabetes Association for Outstanding Diabetes Epidemiologist • Top 50 Graduates Graduate School of Public Health • Developer and PI of the WHO multinational Project for Childhood Diabetes, involving 155 centers in 70 countries

  4. First Outstanding Teacher Award Graduate School of Public Health, 1991 Life Time Achievement American Public Health Association Leading educator in Public Health, 2005

  5. Teaching History • Cognitive Psychology, 1973-74 • Statistics, 1975-77 • Chronic disease Epidemiology 1982-99 • Grant writing 2002-Present • International Health 2003-2005 • Supercourse 1999-Present

  6. www.pitt.edu/~super1/

  7. Global Health Networkand the Supercourse Network of international health Collaborations improving Prevention Coursework

  8. What can we best improve Global Health? Prevention Education • Prevent Multiple diseases • Apply in many places world wide • Proven Effectiveness • Cheap • Sustainable

  9. Evidence of Excellence in Teaching … teaching excellence has no single, simple definition. It is demonstrated in the manner by which faculty members fulfill the University’s mission to provide high quality undergraduate and graduate programs in the arts and sciences and professional fields. This includes the ways they generate intellectual excitement in students and motivate them to acquire the knowledge essential to personal and professional achievement. Distinguished teaching implies sustained commitment, effectiveness in helping students achieve meaningful goals, and overall teaching excellence.

  10. Commentary on the Supercourse We want to improve the health of the world by improving knowledge of the Science of Prevention. This is being accomplished with the Supercourse with the goals of Networking over 40,000 people world wide, and empowering teachers by sharing our best PowerPoint lectures. Our Supercourse has taught over a million students. We do this by acting as a Supercourse team, many of whom are at the University of Pittsburgh. We will honor a University of Pittsburgh Supercourse distinguished teachers.

  11. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela

  12. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, 2006 winners

  13. My Ph.D./Dr.PH Students • Jane A. Cauley, Dr.P.H, 1984 • Lucile Adams, Ph.D., 1984 • Janice Dorman, Ph.D. 1984 • Mark Eberhardt, Ph.D., 1984, • H.K. Lee, Ph.D., 1986, • Karen Cruickshanks, Ph.D., 1987 • Andrea Kriska, Ph.D., 1988 • Suzanne Cook, Ph.D. 1988 • Wen Ta Chiu, M.D. Dr.P.H., 1989 • Claudia S. Moy, Ph.D., 1989 • Thomas Songer, Ph.D., 1990 • Jeffery Gavard, Ph.D., 1990 • Rebecca Lipton, Ph.D., 1990 • Anne Sweeney, Ph.D., 1991 • Sarah L. Patrick, Ph.D., 1992 • Toomadher Mohammed Dokheel, Dr.P.H, 1993 • Robyn Anderson, Ph.D., 1993 • Todd Olsen, Ph.D., 1993 • Deborah Aaron, Ph.D., 1994 • Deborah Landen,, M.D., Ph.D., 1996 • Ingrid Libman de Gordon, M.D., Ph.D 1996 • Emma Barinas-Mitchell, Ph.D., 1997 • Akira Sekikawa, M.D., Ph.D. 1999 • Kahlood Salman, Dr. Ph, 2001 • Beatriz Rodriquez, 2003 M.D., Ph.D. • Luis Ruiz, Ph.D. 2004, • Faina Linkov, Ph.D. 2005 • Sonita Dodani, M.D., Ph.D. 2006 Deans CA, Injury Center heads Professors Associate Professors Assistant Professors

  14. A rather diverse lot Obesity Ageing Telepreventive medicine CHD Injuries Exercise Diabetes Osteoporosis Disability Environment and Reproduction Cancer Lesbian Health International health The best academic teachers are those whose students surpass them. Science Amputation Nutrition Molecular Epidemiology Nutrition State Health Dept Lesbian Health Aging Mexican MOH Survey Statistics Lithuanian Minister of health Neurology Hearing loss

  15. Zilvanis Padaiga , M.D. Currently MOH Lithuania Eugene Shubnikov, M.D. Director Supercourse FSU Teaching in Pittsburgh

  16. Question: How can we improve science education worldwide? Answer: Get better lectures

  17. But how do I get better lectures? Why don’t scientists share our most exciting PowerPoint lectures for free?

  18. What is the global language of research and teaching?

  19. Global Network of Scientists in Prevention Sharing Lectures

  20. Empowering Teachers

  21. Supercourse Mirror Sites 42 Mirrored Sites, MOH Egypt, Sudan, China, Mongolia, Russia

  22. Global Health Network 39,000 Faculty 4000 from Developing Countries 3500 Universities 152 Countries

  23. 2782 Lectures

  24. Uni. of Pittsburgh Supercourse Collaboration 5657 Faculty 246 Lectures 64 Departments

  25. Joshua Lederberg(1958) Gunter Blobel(1999) Baruch S. Blumberg(1976) Ferid Murad(1998) Nobel Prize Laureates in the Supercourse (Medicine) Eric R. Kandel (2000) Paul Greengard (2000) Paul C Lauterbur (2003) Leland H Hartwell (2001)

  26. Indian Supercourse Network 5500 faculty members 130 lectures http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/india/india.htm Mita Lovalekar, MBBS, MPH

  27. Supercourse JIT Lectures Teaching a Million Can we teach 1,000,000 people world wide with a single prevention lecture?

  28. Ali Ardalan, M.D. Tehran University 120 countries 400,000 students

  29. Cost Effectiveness 20,000 students x 5 yrs. 100,000 students trained $1000/100,000 $0.01/Student

  30. University of Khartoum, Sudan Last Biomedical Journal 1990 Cuttington University, Liberia

  31. Student Evaluations The student evaluations have been collected by having a survey form (Like Amazon.com) at the end of each lecture. Over 3000 students have contributed to the ratings. Overall the course faired quite well, 4.12/5.00 A description of our evaluation procedures has recently been published. http://www.cmj.hr/2005/46/6/16342339.pdf

  32. Library of Alexandra Team Ismail Serageldin Layla Abdelhady Noha Adly Ahmed Azara   Hani Sawires Rabab Khamis Peter Soccar Global Core Team Francois Sauer Faina Linkov Mita Lovalekar Eugene Shubnikov Soni Dodani Ali Ardalan Rania Azmi Rania Saad Arlene Cohen Jiaying Xu Eun Ryoung Sa Akira Sekikawa Nicolás Padilla Raygoza Thank You

  33. Final Summary, Why the University of Pittsburgh Supercourse Teachers should receive the Distinguished Teaching Award • New model to empower teachers and improve teaching world wide • Networking of Noble Prize winners, Leaders in Pittsburgh • Local, National and Global Recognition • Teaching over one million students last year • Teaching after disasters of over 400,000 students in 120 countries • Over 200 faculty and students working together to teach globally

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