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Name: Amy Wang
Email: ausen018@umn.edu
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Brian Sick, MD is a Professor and academic leader at the University of Minnesota where he completed a dual residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. He is originally from Rochester, New York where he completed both his bachelor's and medical degrees at the University of Rochester. His academic interests include interprofessional education, history of medicine, chronic care medicine and clinical quality improvement. His clinical interests include preventative medicine and primary care for the whole family.
Clinical Summary
Internal medicine; Pediatrics; Preventative medicine; Primary Care
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Name: Colleen Doyle
Email: doyl0050@umn.edu
Mail: 717 Delaware Street SE
Suite 166
MMC 1932
Minneapolis, MN 55414
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Dr. Thomas completed her Ph.D. training in clinical psychology, with an emphasis on behavioral medicine at Louisiana State University. She later completed internship training in Health Psychology at the University of California, San Diego and a post-doctoral research fellowship in tobacco research at the Nicotine Dependence Center and the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine. Prior to joining the faculty of the University of Minnesota, she was an Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center. There she taught Health Promotion and Disease Prevention to first year medical students and served as a preceptor to students in the Master's in Public Health program. Although primarily a behavioral scientist, Dr. Thomas is also a licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxiety disorders. Her primary research interests targets tobacco control efforts among underserved populations including African American, Native American and East African communities. Her current research uses behavioral interventions to decrease smoking among young adult college students using contingency management approaches or "Quit and Win" smoking cessation contests. She has also utilized this approach to address weight loss among college students. In addition, she is investigating the use of biomarker feedback documenting child exposure to tobacco specific carcinogens to promote smoke free homes. Finally, she is collaborating with the Twin Cities East African community to decrease waterpipe smoking (hookah) in homes and public venues. She has served as an NIH grant reviewer.
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Name: Amy Wang
Email: ausen018@umn.edu
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Dr. Heather Thompson Buum is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. She joined the faculty in 2002 and devotes half her time to outpatient general internal medicine/primary care, the other half to various teaching and administrative roles. She formerly served as an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency and is now a Course Director for Human Health and Disease in the Medical School and the Interim Division Director for Geriatrics, Palliative and Primary Care. She is also the author of two books: "Mirth is God's Medicine: Coping with Cancer as a Physician'' and "With Mirth and Laughter: Finding Joy in Medicine After Cancer." Dr. Thompson has won numerous awards for teaching and patient care, including Mnpls St. Paul Magazine’s “Top Docs” in 2020, Outstanding Medical School Teacher in 2016, Clinical Excellence Award in 2013, Minnesota Monthly’s “Top Doctors for Women'' in 2013 and 2011, and the Department of Medicine Award for Outstanding Resident Teaching in 2004. She is a member of the Society for General Internal Medicine and a fellow in the American College of Physicians. Her patient care interests include women's health, breast cancer survivorship, hypertension, and also consultative general medicine (the "second opinion" workup.) Dr. Thompson endorses a philosophy of using diet, exercise, and other modalities before resorting to medication or invasive procedures to promote health. Her outside interests include choral music, performing with the Oratorio Society of Minnesota for over 20 years. She also enjoys cooking, running, and an occasional round of golf.
Clinical Summary
Women's health; Preventive medicine; Consultative general medicine
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Email: cviolato@umn.edu
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Professor and Assistant Dean, Assessment, Evaluation and Research at the University of Minnesota Medical SchoolDr. Violato has taught at and held leadership positions at Wake Forest School of Medicine, the University of Calgary, University of British Columbia, University of Victoria, and the University of Alberta. Dr. Violato's publications in medical education include competency based assessment, psychometrics, research methods, leadership, and clinical reasoning and cognition. In addition to 10 books, Dr. Violato has published more than 300 scientific and technical articles, abstracts and reports in major journals such as Academic Medicine, Medical Education, British Medical Journal, Canadian Medical Association Journal, and the Lancet. He has received millions of dollars in research funding from various institutions including the US National Institute of Health. His most recent book, Assessing Competence in Medicine and Allied Health Professions is published by Taylor & Francis, 2019.
Research Summary
- Psychometrics and research methods
- Biostatistics
- Medical education research
Teaching Summary
- Psychometrics and research methods
- Biostatistics
- Medical Education Research
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Name: OFAD
Phone: 612-624-2909
Email: dom-ofad@umn.edu
Fax: 612-626-3107
Mail: 420 Delaware ST SE
MMC 194
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Dr. Weber-Main's interests and expertise are in research faculty development, with concentrations in scientific/medical writing and mentoring models. She is a prolific scientific writing and career advancement mentor for faculty/fellows across the health sciences. In addition to earning her PhD in chemistry, she completed a Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowship through the American Association for the Advancement of Science and earned two editing/writing certificates from the American Medical Writers Association. Her extensive teaching experience includes development of the Proposal Preparation Program, a longitudinal grant writing workshop series for early-career faculty. She adapted this successful curriculum for national dissemination through the NIH-funded National Research Mentoring Network, which supports the career advancement of research trainees from under-represented groups in biomedical disciplines. She has developed several online training modules for the professional development of mentors. Currently, she co-directs the Mentoring Excellence Training Academy for the University of Minnesota's Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
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Name: Colleen Doyle
Email: doyl0050@umn.edu
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Dr. White is a board certified clinical health psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of South Florida and completed a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in primary care behavioral health in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota, Dr. White worked as an integrated primary care psychologist at Hennepin Healthcare. Dr. White specializes in health psychology and behavioral medicine with clinical expertise in stress, anxiety, and the biopsychosocial aspects of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity. She also has a passion for health equity and social justice. Dr. White’s primary area of interest is in the overlap among health psychology, behavioral medicine, and environmental sustainability. Specifically, she is interested in taking an environmental justice perspective to promote equitable human and environmental co-benefit solutions, using her academic training as a stress researcher to guide her work.
Research Summary
- The stress-reducing and health-promoting effects of restorative natural environments
- Environmental and human health co-benefit solutions
- The role of environmental sustainability in human well-being
- Environmental justice
- The health impacts of climate change
- The health benefits of climate solutions
- The symbiotic relationship between humans and the natural environment
Clinical Summary
Stress reduction, anxiety management, health promotion and disease prevention, inflammatory illness, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, physical and mental health impacts of climate change, and health benefits of climate solutions
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Name: Colleen Doyle
Email: doyl0050@umn.edu
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Dr. Williams is a Native American physician with an interest in caring for complex medical care of adult diverse populations, with a special interest in Native American peoples. Prior to coming to the University of Minnesota, Dr. Williams was a Complex Primary Care provider for M Health Fairview in Eagan and prior to this was Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion when he was at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine while being a hospitalist. Research interest involving health inequities with special interest in rural and urban Native American populations.
Research Summary
Research interest involving health inequities with a special interest in rural and urban Native American populations
Teaching Summary
Research interest involving health inequities with a special interest in rural and urban Native American populations
Clinical Summary
Complex social and medical care