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

Supercourse, Science and Education
A proposal for the 2007 Teaching Award, dedicated to the >200
Supercourse faculty at the University of Pittsburgh
2007 Teaching Award
Distinguished Teacher
Distinguished Supercourse Teachers
Brief Bio
Dr. 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
First Outstanding Teacher Award
Graduate School of Public Health, 1991
Life Time Achievement
American Public Health Association
Leading educator in Public Health, 2005
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
www.pitt.edu/~super1/
Global Health Network
and the Supercourse
Network of international health
Collaborations improving Prevention
Coursework
What can we best improve Global
Health?
Prevent Multiple diseases
Apply in many places world wide
Proven Effectiveness
Cheap
Sustainable
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.
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.
Education is the most
powerful weapon which
you can use to change
the world.
Nelson Mandela
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, 2006 winners
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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
A rather diverse lot
Obesity
Telepreventive medicine
Injuries
Ageing
CHD
Exercise
Osteoporosis
Diabetes
Disability
Environment and Reproduction
Cancer
Lesbian Health
International health
The
best academic teachers are those whose students
Amputation
surpass them.
Nutrition
Molecular Epidemiology
Nutrition
Science
State Health Dept
Lesbian Health
Aging
Mexican MOH Survey
Statistics
Lithuanian Minister of health
Hearing loss
Neurology
Zilvanis Padaiga , M.D.
Currently MOH
Lithuania
Eugene Shubnikov, M.D.
Director Supercourse FSU
Teaching in Pittsburgh
Question:
How can we improve science
education worldwide?
Answer:
Get better lectures
Why don’t scientists share our
most exciting PowerPoint
lectures for free?
What is the global language of
research and teaching?
Global Network of Scientists in
Prevention Sharing Lectures
Empowering
Teachers
Supercourse Mirror Sites
42 Mirrored Sites,
MOH Egypt, Sudan, China, Mongolia, Russia
39,000 Faculty
4000 from Developing Countries
3500 Universities
152 Countries
5657 Faculty
246 Lectures
64 Departments
Joshua Lederberg
(1958)
Baruch S. Blumberg
(1976)
Ferid Murad
(1998)
Gunter Blobel
(1999)
Nobel Prize Laureates in the Supercourse
(Medicine)
Eric R. Kandel
(2000)
Paul Greengard
(2000)
Leland H Hartwell
(2001)
Paul C Lauterbur
(2003)
Indian Supercourse Network
5500 faculty members
130 lectures
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/india/india.htm
Mita Lovalekar, MBBS, MPH
Teaching a Million
Can we teach 1,000,000 people world wide with a single prevention lecture?
Ali Ardalan, M.D.
Tehran University
120 countries
400,000 students
20,000 students x 5 yrs.
100,000 students trained
$1000/100,000
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Last Biomedical Journal
1990
Cuttington University, Liberia
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
Library of Alexandra Team
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
Ismail Serageldin
Layla Abdelhady
Noha Adly
Ahmed Azara
Hani Sawires
Rabab Khamis
Peter Soccar
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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