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FACULTY OFMEDICAL SCIENCES

DR. TOMLIN J. PAUL MB, BS, MPH, DFPHM, FAcadMEd

Dean

MonaYear ending July 31, 2018

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– Dean’s Overview –

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WORK IN THE FACULTY

The Faculty of Medical Sciences was part of a major transitioning inthe UWI during academic year 2017/2018. e Faculty started theyear with its 14th Dean since inception in 1948. Coupled with this, wasthe transitioning of the Doctor of Dentistry (DDS) Programme into theSchool of Dentistry with an appointed Head and the transfer of theDivision of Sports Medicine under the newly formed Faculty of Sport.Both the DDS programme and the Division of Sports Medicine wereoriginally established within the Dean’s Office, and all members attachedto those areas were re-assigned accordingly. Another major achievementwas that the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicineand other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) considered and accepted theMay 18, 2018 progress report from the UWI School of Medicine, andwas pleased with the remarkable progress made to address the concernspreviously highlighted. As such, the Authority extended accreditationwith conditions to the MB BS Programme for three years (2018–2021)effective July 31, 2018. is meant that the UWI School of Medicinereceived an overall five year accreditation from 2016. Additionally, theMay 28, 2018 progress report from the DDS programme was presentedto and accepted by CAAM-HP, and arrangements have started inpreparation for a full site visit in 2019.

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e Faculty made concerted efforts to create and maintain significantmedia/digital presence through the various social media outlets, in a bidto communicate to its current stakeholders and to ensure that it stays intouch with the global arena. e Faculty, working closely with the MonaInformation Technology Services and UWI’s Marketing, Recruitmentand Communications Office, also sought to revamp its website but thiscontinues to be a work in progress which should be completed withinacademic year 2018/2019. To enhance this initiative an administratorwas assigned to give direct support to these efforts.

Dr. Winston De La Haye, who previously served as Chief MedicalOfficer in the Ministry of Health, Jamaica, returned to the Faculty andwas re-assigned to the Dean’s Office as Coordinator for International andAlumni Affairs in the Faculty. is task included the formulation ofstrategies and making linkages to promote the various programmes inthe Faculty in an effort to attract international students. It also seeks tore-engage alumni, with the view of building capacity in the Faculty.

TEACHING, LEARNING AND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT

Special attention continues to be given to the improvement of theteaching and learning components of the Faculty. To this end, severalinitiatives were undertaken by the Dean’s Office. ese included thechange of the titles: (1) Deputy Dean Student Affairs to the Deputy DeanTeaching and Learning – To ensure the delivery of high quality teachingand learning across all undergraduate programmes in the FMS. Prior tothis, focus was only placed on the MBBS’ students; and (2) Deputy DeanInformation Technology to Deputy Dean Educational Technology – Toactively promote the application of relevant educational technology insupport of teaching and learning across all FMS’ programmes. A DeputyDean Student Success was also appointed to actively promote a vision ofstudent success in the FMS, as well as to identify and work collaborativelyto address the range of issues affecting student achievement across alldomains (curricular and co-curricular). e Faculty also engaged anadditional Personal and Professional Development Officer to work closelywith the Deputy Dean Student Success in supporting the needs and

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DEAN ’ S OVERV IEW

providing academic and personal guidance to students, with a view toincreasing the throughput rate but more importantly to guide studentsalong the proper career path.

e Medical Education Unit was renamed the Health ProfessionsEducation Unit (HPEU) with a renewed thrust at supporting andengaging all training programmes in the Faculty.

A Continuous Quality Improvement Committee was established andhas commenced work in improving the quality of various areas ofconcern in the Faculty including technological skills; innovation in thedelivery of information; improvement of operational systems and theprofessional conduct of lecturers/instructors. To support these initiativesthe HPEU held several Brown Bag Sessions for lecturers. e Unit alsohosted workshops on lesson planning aimed at providing guidance onhow to effectively plan, design and deliver lectures. ese sessions werenormally well-attended and well-received. Efforts continued to be madeto conduct Online Exit Surveys for students, in collaboration with thePrincipal’s Office and Mona Information Technology Services. esecond such survey was done for MB BS students to obtain feedback onhow they viewed their overall experience and to improve the quality ofthe programme.

ere had also been a push toward more online based learning andassessment. is resulted in MB BS’ clerkship examinations that oncerequired students to travel back to Mona from the Affiliate sites, nowbeing able to complete the sessions at the respective remote location. einvolvement of the nine affiliate hospital sites and the twenty-fourprimary care clinics (fourteen in the Kingston Metropolitan area and tenin the rural areas), has made a significant impact on the clinical experienceand exposure of our undergraduate students. ey are more confidentand comfortable with the standard of teaching at these sites and there hasbeen negligible resistance to assignments and site selection. e outcomeof the clinical experience continues to be demonstrated in the results ofthe Mona MBBS students, in particular, who each year, copped the mostprizes across the campuses in the final examinations. Nevertheless, despitethe challenges with the physical plant, the rotations at the Cornwall

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FACULTY OF MEDICAL SC IENCES

Regional Hospital (C.R.H.) continued to be very robust and highlysought after by the students. Rotations were accommodated at adjacentbuildings and other health facilities. In regards to postgraduate DMstudents, the need to expand the facilities was evident, and the AccreditationCommittee strives to seek suitably equipped and staffed sites to offer postgraduate training. As such, during the 2017/2018 academic year, sitessuch as the Paediatric Department, Spanish Town Hospital, and theNursery Victoria Jubilee Hospital were visited to determine their suitabilityfor graduate training in Paediatric Medicine. e Spanish Town Hospitalwas deemed suitable to offer parts of the DM Paediatric trainingprogramme, however, there were important human resource issues thathad to be agreed on before the commencement of rotations.

e Dean and his team of Deputy Deans, Heads of Departments andProgramme Co-ordinators visited all of the affiliate sites with the exceptionof St. Ann’s Bay Hospital, which would be done in the academic year2018/2019. ese visits were done as part of the continued efforts toensure inclusiveness and congruence in the delivery of the programmesand to also address the concerns and issues of staff and students. A majorarea of concern was the lack of adequate student facilities at these sites asthey were built only for service. e UWI had invested in the studentfacilities at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, the Spanish TownHospital, the May Pen Hospital and the Kingston Public Hospital.However, greater emphasis would be placed on improving studentfacilities at the other affiliate sites in the near future.

e FMS Accreditation Committee has the responsibility to oversee thefacilities used for clinical undergraduate and postgraduate training,internship programmes, clinical exposure for the DDS and Physicalerapy students, as well as the internship programme for the Doctoratein Pharmacology. In the academic year 2018/2019, the Committeewould seek to reaccredit all internship programmes as well as affiliatesites, in keeping with the Faculty’s commitment to CAAM-HP, that thiswould be done on a three-year basis.

e FMS Skills Lab continued in its developmental stages with increasedutilization by the clinical disciplines. Some well needed equipment was

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promised from private organisations and were anticipated. e UHWIdonated a table and mobile X-ray unit which was installed and madeavailable to the School of Medical Radiation Technology (SMRT) fortraining. Software had also been identified that would increase theparticipation of students and staff in the learning environment. Firecracker,an adaptive learning software was piloted in the MBBS programmeacross all three campuses during the 2017/18 academic year.

Workshops covering a range of topics were held for DM students andsupervisors, in an effort to ensure that everyone was aware of andunderstood their roles and responsibilities in the teaching and learningprocess; these sessions would continue. Also, changes were made toseveral graduate programmes in an effort to improve standards and toensure relevance based on global trends and demands; all of whichreceived support/approval at the Faculty level and some at the Campuslevel. ese include: Proposal for the restructuring of the DM Pathologyprogramme; Post Graduate Diploma in Health Research and Epidemiology;Proposal for Postgraduate Diploma programme – “Adolescent Healthand Advocacy”; Proposal for adjustments to Child & Youth PsychiatryFellowship programmes. Other efforts to improve the standards in theoffering of postgraduate programmes included proposals supported atFaculty levels and submitted to the relevant UWI bodies for furtherconsideration. ese were: proposal for the award of research grants forclinical research projects for the DM programmes; standardizing theroles and responsibility of the University Examiner in postgraduateprogrammes; proposal for the amendment of DM Clinical ResearchProjects and Casebooks; review of Specialty Boards; establishment ofManagement Boards for Research Degrees and Taught Masters; establishmentof Staff-Student Liaison Committee(s); and proposal for the establishmentof DM Codes. Most of these initiatives were borne out of the effort toaddress the recommendations arising from a survey completed in2016/2017 with the DM programme coordinators regarding the contentand delivery of the programmes.

e Faculty continues to facilitate the awarding of bursaries andscholarships to students in the MBBS, through collaboration with the

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UWI Development and Endowment Fund as well as with the Alumnifrom the Faculty. We currently offer the Class of 1948 Society Scholarshipto two needy students yearly as well as the class of 1973 Scholarship andthe Faculty Bursary. During the academic year of 2017/18 the Facultywas able to secure an additional scholarship from Indies Pharma for thestudents in the DDS and MBBS programmes, which would commencein academic year 2018/19.

e revision of the BSc Diagnostic Imaging curriculum continued, andpreparations were being made for the programme to undergo a QualityAssurance review by the Board for Undergraduate Studies in Semester I,academic year 2018/2019. SMRT continued to offer the PostgraduateDiploma programme in Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound in collaborationwith Michener Institute in Toronto, Canada. e senior cohort benefittedfrom acquisition of an ultrasound unit by the Faculty, which enabled thetimely completion of the clinical assessment of the Scanning Labs.

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

e Faculty continues to make efforts to improve its research productivitythrough increasing engagement of academics across departments andimproving collaboration and saw a marginal increase of 6 percent in peerreviewed research publications for this academic year. e Deputy Deanwith responsibility for research established a framework to promote andstrengthen the research drive in the Faculty. rough this thrust,researchers are encouraged to identify themes within which they canwork in a collaborative manner. ere was a strategic push to increasebook chapter publications through intra-faculty, inter-faculty andgovernment agency collaborations. is has resulted in the publicationof one book and three book chapters with Dr. Jasneth Mullings from theDean’s Office. Copies of her book, entitled “Going Crazy in the City”were disseminated to key government Ministries and agencies (e.g.Planning Institute of Jamaica, Ministry of Health, Ministry of LocalGovernment and Community Development, Child Protection andFamily Services Agency, Ministry of National Security, Bureau of GenderAffairs, Jamaica Library Services) and agencies including the Pan American

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Health Organization, Inter-American Development Bank, United NationsDevelopment Programme and the Jamaica Mental Health AdvocacyNetwork. Articles from the book appeared in the March 2018 edition ofthe Caribbean Studies Association newsletter – CSA News. e bookwas also featured in the Research Room segment of the UWI TV’sprogramme on May 30, 2018.

While giving credit to Departments and faculty that achieved significantgrant funding in this academic year, a renewed strategic effort is neededto identify opportunities for research funding, to promote grant writingand provide methodological and statistical support for research. eClinical Trials Unit and the Health Research Resource Unit of the Dean’sOffice continue to provide support to staff and students in these areas.e UWI and State University of New York (SUNY) worked to moveforward the research collaborative initiative which was established underthe overarching agreement signed between the UWI and SUNY UniversitySystems. e collaboration received a grant of US$1.1 million from theNational Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Centre totrain virology researchers in the study of Zika, dengue, HIV, hepatitisand other viruses.

e Faculty’s Annual Research Conference continued to be used as aplatform to encourage faculty and student research. As a criterion forparticipation, staff and students were offered incentives for the bestpublication(s). is included financial support for a student to attendand present at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) conference.e premises located on 27 West Road was assigned for refurbishing asthe new animal house for the Faculty, and this would enhance theresearch capacity in the Faculty.

A New Initiative Grant for the sum of J$2,500,000.00 for the project,“Living Legacies [FMS]: UWI at 70” was awarded to Drs. JasnethMullings and Tomlin Paul. is publication would document the storiesof individuals within the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mona Campuswho demonstrated significant institutional impact and contributed toincreasing the net worth of the Faculty, e UWI and their country. is

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initiative is expected to enhance the global presence of e UWI, thussupporting the UWI’s Triple A strategy as it relates to ‘Agility’.

e Faculty continues to provide major support to the operations of theUWI Mona Campus Ethics Committee. e online web portal for theCommittee has been completed. e next phase would be an in-housepilot of the system scheduled for Semester I - 2018/2019 preceding a fullrollout later in that academic year.

PUBLICATIONS

Book

Mullings J and Wilks. R. Going Crazy in the City: Neighbourhood•Context and Mental Health. Arawak Publications. November 2017

Book Chapters

Mullings J, Archer C, McCaw-Binns A, Younger-Coleman N, Wilks•R. The right to the city and the responsibility of citizens: Equitableaccess to basic urban services and infrastructure for health and socialdevelopment in the Small Island Developing State of Jamaica. InUrban Planning and Renewal. Nova Science Publishers. Hauppauge,New York, United States.

Abstracts

NJ Nunes, HA Small, JA Smith, M Jackson, S Weaver, TJ Paul•(2018) Opportunities and challenges for promoting health professionalstudents’ outreach at The UWI, Mona. Presented at the BeyondFlexner Alliance 2018 Conference, Atlanta, USA, April 9–11, 2018.

Darrion Walker, Colin A. McKenzie, Professor M. Voutchkov•Quality Control of a Plain Radiography Unit using a Radcal AccuPro Quality Control system.

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Invited Presentations

Carole Rose, “A Philosophy of Teaching and Learning: The Radiologic•Sciences Educator.”, presented at the Association of Collegiate Educatorsin Radiologic Technology [ACERT] 42nd Annual Conference heldin Las Vegas, Nevada: 29-1-18–1-2-18.

Christine Walters, “Overview on Data Analysis” presented to the•Department of Microbiology, UWI (Mona) – February 2018.

Christine Walters, “Conveying the Weight of Evidence: The Role of•Statistics in Forensic Science” presented to the Jamaica StatisticalSociety – April 2018

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Publications by Department (2017/2018)

DepartmentPublica

tions

Presentations-Conferences/

Scientific Meetings

Books &Monographs

(b)/Book Chapter (bc)

Technical Reports

Basic Medical Sciences 18 45 – 6Child & Adolescent Health 16 19 – –Community Health & Psychiatry 39 44 1(b) 5Medicine 7 21 1(b) –Microbiology 8 5 – –Obstetrics & Gynaecology 4 9 – –Pathology 8 7 1(bc) –Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care

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Caribbean Institute for HealthResearch

30 42 4(bc) –

Dean’s Office 0 3 1(b); 2(bc) –School of Dentistry 3 – 2(b) –UWI School of Nursing 12 4 2(b) –Mona Ageing & Wellness Centre 1 8 – –

Hugh Wynter Fertility Management Unit

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Total 151 270 7(b), 7(bc) 11

Research Awards

In February 2018, several members of staff received the Principal’sResearch Day Awards for outstanding work done (with their collaborators),as follows:

The Best Research Publications

Badal, S, Valenzuela, AMM, Zylstrac, D, Huang, G, Vendantam, P,•Francis, S, Quitugua, A, Amis LH, Davis, W, Tzeng, TJ, Jacobs, H,Gangemi, GJ, Raner, G, Rowland, L, Wooten, J, Campbell, P,Brantley E, and Delgoda, R, (2017). Glaucarubulone glucosidefrom Castela macrophylla suppresses MCF-7 breast cancer cell growthand attenuates benzo[a]pyrene-mediated CYP1A gene induction.Journal of Applied Toxicology, 37(7):873-883, doi: 10.1002/jat.3436.(IF 3.159)

Fraser T and Brown P.D. (2017). Temperature and oxidative stress•as triggers for virulence gene expression in pathogenic Leptospiraspp. Front. Microbiol.8:783.Doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00783 (IF4.076)

Thompson DS, Younger-Coleman N, Lyew-Ayee P, Greene LG,•Boyne MS, Forrester TE. “Socioeconomic factors associated withsevere acute malnutrition in Jamaica”. PLoS One. 12, 3 (2017):e0173101.doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.017310 (IF 2.806)

The Most Outstanding Researcher/Research Activity

Dr. Lowell Dilworth, Department of Pathology •

Book Chapter: Dilworth L, Riley C and Stennett D “Plant Constituents:Carbohydrates, oils resins, Balsams and plant hormones”. In Badal Sand Delgoda R (ed) Pharmacognosy: Fundamentals, Applicationsand Strategy. Elsevier: 2016, 61–76

Articles: Foster SR, Omoruyi, FO, Bustamante J, Alexander LindoRL and Dilworth LL (2016). e Effect of Combined Inositol

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Hexakisphosphate and Inositol Supplement in Streptozotocin-inducedType 2 Diabetic Rats. International Journal of Experimental Pathology97(5): 397-407 [DOI 10.1111/iep.12210] (IJEP- 2016-04-2328)(IF 1.78) � Foster SR, Dilworth L .L, Dilworth, ompson R,Alexander-Lindo RL and Omoruyi. FO (2017). Effects of CombinedInositol Hexakisphosphate and Inositol Supplement on AntioxidantActivity and Metabolic Enzymes in the Liver of Streptozotocin-induced Type 2 Diabetic Rats. Chemico-Biological Interactions (309-R1) (IF 2.577) � Gardner N, Luke K, Wheatley W, De La Haye, P,Bahado-Sing L, Dilworth L, McGrowder D,et al. “Plasma cocainemetabolite and liver CYP450 3A4 isoenzyme levels as indicators ofcocaine dependence in rats treated with nutritional supplements”.International Journal of Measurement Technologies and InstrumentationEngineering 2015; 5(2): 28-43. � Tapper M, ompson R, DilworthL, McGrowder D. “Chemical composition of urinary tract calculiassessed by a basic method. Indian Journal of Applied Research2017; 7(7):537-539. (IF 0.11) � Facey A, Dilworth L, Irving R(2017) “A Review of the Leptin Hormone and the Association withObesity and Diabetes Mellitus”. Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism8:727.doi:10.4172/2155-6156.1000727 (IF 1.15) � Aldeam Facey,Lowell Dilworth, Rosemarie Wright-Pascoe, Melissa Walker, RachelIrving. “Association of Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase, CreatinineKinase and Adiposity with Basal lactate Concentration in Male andFemale Jamaican Athletes”. International Journal of Sports Science.2017; 7(2):94-98. Doi:10.5923/j.sports.20170702.11. � AldeamFacey, Lowell Dilworth, Rosemarie Wright-Pascoe, Melissa Walker,Rachael Irving. “e metabolic Hormones Leptin, Adiponectin andtroponin T in Type 2 Diabetes Patients and Athletes in Jamaica”.International Journal of Diabetes Research, Vol 6 No 2, 2017, pp.35-40. Doi:1-.5923/j.diabetes.20170602.01. (IF 2.717).

Professor Roger Gibson, Department of Community Health &•Psychiatry

Book Chapter: Suicidal behaviour, Adolescents and Alcohol byHeron T, Gibson R, Whitehorn-Smith P, Abel W. in Caribbean

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Adolescent: Misuse and Abuse of Alcohol, Editors Cecilia Hegamin-Younger and Joav Merrick, New York: Nova Science, 2017.

Articles: Bernard O, Gibson R, Reece J, Coore-Desai C, PellingtonS, Samms-Vaughan M, McCaw-Binns A. Antenatal depressivesymptoms in Jamaica associated with limited partner and other socialsupport: a cross-sectional study. PLOS One. (IF: 3.54). � Eldemire-Shearer, D., James, K., Gibson, R. Johnson, P. & Willie-Tyndale, D.(2017). Dementia among Older Persons in Jamaica: Prevalence andPolicy Implications. West Indian Medical Journal Epub ahead ofprint. DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2017.133. (IF 0.26) � Gibson R, WaldronNK, Abel W, Eldemire-Shearer D, James K, & Mitchell-Fearon K.(December, 2016). � Heron T, Gibson R, Whitehorn-Smith P, AbelW. (2017) Gender and suicidal behaviour among adolescents whouse alcohol. International Public Health Journal, 9, 51-58. (IF 1.978)� Roopchand- Martin SC, Mason GE, Gibson R. (2016) Compliancewith dance video gaming: facilitating and inhibiting factors amongJamaican university students. Caribbean Journal of Psychology, 8,38–53 � Sarangi AK, De Castro K, Gibson R, Lowe GA, FergusonTS. (2016) Psychopharmacological options in the management oflupus cerebritis: A case report. West Indian Medical Journal, Epubahead of print, doi: 10.7727/wimj.2016.345. (IF 0.26) � ompsonEMA Ph.D., Whitehorn-Smith P MSc, Atkinson U MSc and ClarkP MSc, Gibson R DM, Abel W MBBS, DM. (2017). e JamaicanSecondary School Survey: Parental influences associated with adolescentalcohol use. International Public Health Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp.59–66. (IF 1.978).

Professor Jean-Pierre Louboutin, Department of Basic Medical•Sciences

Book Chapters: Louboutin, JP, Strayer, DS (in press). Gene deliveryof antioxidant enzymes in HIV-1-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder.In V.R. Preedy and R.R. Watson (Eds.). HIV/AIDS: Oxidative Stressand Dietary Antioxidants. Academic Press, Elsevier. � Marusich, E,Louboutin, J.P, Strayer, D.S. (2017). Expression of GluR6, a kainatereceptor, in human lymphocytes. In Walker, JT and Jones, CM

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(Eds.). Biochemistry Research Summaries, Vol. 2. Nova SciencePublishers, Hauppauge, NY. Hardcover and ebook, Chapter 89. �Louboutin, J.P, Reyes, B.A.S, Agrawal, L, van Bockstaele, E.J, Strayer,D.S (2016). Assessment of apoptosis and neuronal loss in animalmodels of HIV-1-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder. In E.J. vanBockstaele (Ed.). Neuromethods 115. Transmission Electron MicroscopyMethods for Understanding the Brain. Humana Press, SpringerVerlag, New York, NY, (pp. 217-243).

Articles: Aronica, E, Bauer, S, Bozzi, Y, Caleo, M, Dingledine, R,Gorter, JA, Henshall, DC, Kaufer, D, Koh, S, Loscher, W, Louboutin,JP, Mishto, M, Norwood, BA, Palma, E, Poulter, MO, Terrone, G,Vezzani, A, Kaminski, RM (2017). Neuroinflammatory targets andtreatments for epilepsy validated in experimental models. Epilepsia.58: 27-38.doi: 10.1111/epi.13783 (IF 4.706) � Hinderer, C, Katz,N, Louboutin, JP, Bell, P, Yu, H, Nayal, M, Kozarsky, K, O’Brien,WT, Goode, T, Wilson, JM (2016). Delivery of an adeno-associatedvirus vector into cerebrospinal fluid attenuates central nervous systemdisease in mucopolysaccharidosis type II mice. Human Gene erapy.27: 906-915. (IF 4.25) � Hinderer, C, Bell, P, Louboutin, JP, Katz,N, Zhu, Y, Lin, G, Choa, R, Bagel, J, O’Donnell, P, Fitzgerald, CA,Langan, T, Wang, P, Casal, ML, Haskins, ME, Wilson, JM (2016).Neonatal tolerance induction enables accurate evaluation of genetherapy for MPS I in a canine model. Molecular Genetics andMetabolism. 119: 124-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2016.06.006 (IF3.769) � Dennie, D, Louboutin, JP, Strayer, DS (2016). Migrationof bone marrow progenitor cells in the adult brain of rats and rabbits.World Journal of Stem Cells. 8:136-57. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v8.i4.136.

The Research Project Attracting the Most Research Funds

Professor Celia Christie, Professor Russell Pierre, Professor John•Lindo, Dr. Orville Morgan, Dr. Joshua Anzinger, Dr. RoxanneMelbourne-Chambers, for grant funding in the amount of 877,065,00Euros for the period under review, for work done on “ZIKAction:Preparedness, Research and Action Network on Maternal-paediatricAxis of ZIK V Infection in Latin American and the Caribbean”.

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NATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH

e Faculty has placed social accountability as a key strategic goal. Itcontinued its engagement in the Consortium on Social Accountability inHealth Professions Education in the Region of the Americas, in which itholds executive membership. Over the year, it contributed to thedevelopment of the “Indicators of Social Accountability in MedicalEducation Tool” which should be published shortly. Additionally therewas growing interest and participation by students and faculty in a socialmissions’ agenda. A Faculty working group on social accountability andinter-professional education was established. Additionally a Workinggroup on diversity and inclusion was also commissioned and began aprogramme of sensitization on relevant issues.

e Faculty assigned an administrator through the Dean’s Office tosupport outreach to underserved communities throughout the island.e outreach drive was revamped to become an inclusive effort where allprogrammes would volunteer together at varying events. is was donein an effort to promote a culture of equality, cooperation, collaborationinter-professionalism through the programmes of the Faculty. Under thisinitiative, several outreach events were held throughout the academicyear of 2017/8.

A forum on ‘National Conversations on Mental Health: Environment &Development’ was hosted under the UWI Research Days 2018 onFebruary 9, 2018. e event was a research-driven and public serviceinitiative to spark national conversations on the mental health of Jamaicansin the context of gender, environment, social and economic development.Presentations were shared by representatives of the Institute for Genderand Development Studies (Mona Unit), Jamaica Social Investment Fund,Ministry of National Security, the Inter-American Development Bank,Jamaica, UNICEF, Jamaica and the Faculty of Medical Sciences (HealthResearch Resource Unit and the Department of Community Health andPsychiatry). Members of the public and advocacy groups were also inattendance.

e publication by Mullings J, Dunn L, Sue Ho M, Wilks, R, Archer C

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entitled: Urban Renewal and Sustainable Development in Jamaica: Progress,Challenges and New Directions represented a collaboration with theJamaica Social and Investment Fund (M. Sue Ho), the governmentagency charged with implementing significant investments in urbaninfrastructure and the University of Technology’s urban planning unit(C. Archer). e team has also collaborated to produce an abstract –‘Evidence for the re-engineering of urban Jamaican informal settlementsas health equity and social justice tool’ [Mullings J, Sue Ho M, Dunn L,Archer C, Wilks, R], which has been accepted for presentation at the15th International Conference on Urban Health in Kampala, Uganda,November 26–30, 2018.

REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

e Dean and the Head of the UWI School of Nursing visited theBirmingham City University through funding from the Erasmusprogramme with the aim to promote collaboration in research andeducation in nursing. A partnership to develop an MSc for critical carenurses and training in this area along with midwifery would also bedeveloped with a possibility for joint research between both universities.e proposal was submitted to the Ministry of Health and discussionshave begun with key stakeholders within the UWI community. Also,e UWI School of Nursing had formed collaborative relationships withinternational universities to allow for staff and student training/exchange.As a result, the UWI School of Nursing welcomed two representativesfrom University of Kristianstad in Sweden on February 3, 2018.Representatives from the UWI also went to University of BirminghamCity for staff exchange.

Professor Celia Christie worked with Professor Russell Pierre, Dr Anzingerand the other members of the team to conduct extensive research on theZIKA Virus. ey collaborated with the Ministry of Health to providepertinent information that assisted with the care, treatment and preventionof the virus nationally. is work attracted large research funding andyielded pertinent and relevant information that is globally recognized inthe field.

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Professor Branday, in his capacity as Medical Educator, served as BoardMember, CAAM-HP (representing Civil Society); Team Leader, CAAM-HP Visiting Accreditation Team to the St. James School of Medicine, St.Vincent and the Grenadines; Team Leader, CAAM-HP Visiting AccreditationTeam to All Saints University School of Medicine, Dominica and St.Vincent & the Grenadines; and Team Leader, CAAM-HP VisitingAccreditation Team to Xavier University School of Medicine, Aruba,Dutch West Indies. He has delivered the following guest lectures:

Meeting Global Standards; Retaining Caribbean Relevance - Quality•the key to success, Keynote Address, Healthcare Quality Symposium,UWI St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad

Medical Education in the Caribbean – The Importance of Accreditation•UWI Medical Alumni Reunion Conference, St. Lucia

Facilitator for CAAM-HP Capacity Building Workshop, Trinidad•

His expertise and participation in these activities resulted in the increasedrecognition to medical education in the Faculty.

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

e Faculty of Medical Sciences continues to engage in collaborationwith international partners and during the academic year a number ofpersons for various universities visited with the Dean and members ofstaff in various departments/programmes:

Hilary Hart – Highland, Wyandotte, Michigan, USA, November 7,•2017

John Zervos – Detroit, Michigan, USA, November 7, 2018•

Professor Maryilyn Huestis and Mr. Michael Smith, Shore Road,•Severna Park, MD, USA, November 8, 2018.

Dr. Ramon Arscott, Boston, MA, USA, December 21, 2017. •

Professor Lisolette Jakobsson, Associate Professor Medical Sciences,•Kristianstad University, Sweden, February 9, 2018.

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Eva Granath, Lecturer/International Coordinator Faculty of Health•Science, Kristianstad University, Sweden, February 9, 2018.

Professor Amanda Howe, President, World Organization of Family•Doctors & Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia,NR47TJ, Norwich, Norfolk, UK, May 4, 2018.

Ms. Karen Young, National Commercial Bank (NCB) University•Branch, Jamaica, May 4, 2018.

Ms. Beverley Cassanova, Personal Financial Officer, National•Commercial Bank (NCB), Jamaica, May 4, 2018.

Ms. Alicia Cargill, Business Development Representative, National•Commercial Bank, Jamaica, May 4, 2018.

Professor Joy Notter, Professor of Community Health, Birmingham•City University, Birmingham B1537N, UK, May 22, 2018.

Professor Victoria Clarke, Associate Professor Mental Health,•Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK, May 22, 2018.

Dr. Barbara Howard-Hunt, Senior Lecturer/Researcher, Birmingham•City University, Birmingham, UK, May 22, 2018.

Dr. Stephen Wanless, Associate Professor (Clinical Biomechanics &•MSD Prevention), Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK,May 22, 2018.

Dr. Joel Zive, Director of Pharmacy Education, Medley Pharmacy,•Brooklyn, New York, June 1, 2018.

Professor Benedetto Saracen, Professor of Global Health, Lisbon•Institute of Global Mental Health, New University of Lisbon,Portugal, June 5, 2018.

Claudina Cayetamo, Advisor Mental Health, PAHO, Washington,•USA, June 5, 2018.

Professor Maureen George, Associate Professor, Columbia University•of Nursing, New York, June 11, 2018.

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Undergraduate enrollment for the academic year 2017/2018

e number of Specially admitted students from overseas institutionswho registered for clinical rotations/electives in various specialties for theperiod was 50, compared to 39 in the previous year.

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Programme Majors and MinorsNo. of Students

2016/2017No. of Students

2017/2018

Associate DegreeChild Developmenterapy

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BBMedSci Anatomy 48 51

Biochemistry 2 1

Pharmacology 111 100

Physiology 24 22

Subtotal 185 174

BScNursing (Post RN)Online Delivery

145 102

Nursing (Generic) 1271 1291

Physical erapy 178 152

Diagnostic Imaging 97 90

Subtotal 1691 1635

DDSDoctor of DentalSurgeon

100 90

PharmD Doctor of Pharmacy 23 52

MBBSBachelor ofMedicine & Surgery

1652 1627

Total 3651 3578

The MBBS Examination Results – Academic Year 2017/2018

Graduated – Undergraduate Students – Academic Year 2017/2018

Undergraduate Student Awards – 2017/2018

is is the first year students from the PharmD programme participatedin this important activity in the Faculty.

DDS

Outstanding Graduands: 2 students•

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Subjects Pass Honours Distinction Fail/FA Total

Medicine (MDSC553) 297 27 – 18 342

Obstetrics and Gynaecology (MDSC5554)

296 59 – 8 363

Surgery (MDSC555) 311 8 1 21 341

Total no. of student whosat the exams

346

Programmes No. of Students 2017/2018

MBBS 342

DDS 10

BSc Nursing (Generic) 271

BSc Nursing (Post RN) 34

BSc Physical erapy 49

BBMedSci 37

BSc Diagnostic Imaging (Radiography) 26

Total 769

MBBS

Dean’s List: 17 students•Honour Society: 6 students•Outstanding Graduands: 2 students•

BSc Nursing


Physical erapy


BBMedSci

Dean’s List: 8 students•Honour Society: 3 students•Outstanding Graduands 3 students•

BSc Diagnostic Imaging


PharmD

Dean’s List: 5 students•Honour Society: 2 students•

Prizes/Medals

e following students were awarded prizes in the final MBBS examinationsheld in May/June 2018:

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Subject Medals (All Campuses)

Obstetrics and Gynaecology – Courtney Chase

_ Miltonia ompson

Surgery Subject Medal – Tareefe Montaque

Overall Clinical Medal _ Tareefe Montaque

Pathology/Microbiology Medal _ Craig omas

Prizes/Bursaries

e General Surgery Prize (All Campuses) – Marshaun Reid

Aubrey McFarlane Bursary – Tareefe Montaque

Sir Harry Annamunthodo Prize in Surgery – Tareefe Montaque

Professor Owen Morgan Prize in Medicine – Kevin Robinsonand erapeutics

Allenbury Prize in Medicine – Jade Bertley

– Rebecca Daley

– Kevin Robinson

Dr. e Hon. John Hall Book Prize – Kevin Robinson

– Petra Greenidge

– Tamara Edwards

Astley Karl Bambury Foundation Prize in Medicine Donclair Brown

Professor Louis Grant Book Prize Kevin Robinson

Professor S.E.H. Brooks Memorial Prize Kimberley Harrow

Medical Council of Jamaica Prize Tareefe Montaque

Medical Association of Jamaican InsuranceFund Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Courtenay Chase

Miltonia ompson

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Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited Award – Kevin Robinson

Guardian Life Jamaica Limited Prize Shadae Facey

Medical Protection Society Prize Joshua Wright

Prizes awarded in the BSc Physical Therapy Programme, 2017/18

Best Performance in Anatomy Kareem Miller

Best Performance in Physiology Kareem Miller

Best Performance in Rehabilitation Kareem Miller

Best Performance in Rehabilitation 2 Kareem Miller

Best Performance in Rehabilitation 3 Cathy-Ann Brown

Outstanding Performance in Clinical Practice Biranna Deterville

Best Performance in Medical Science 1 Kareem Miller



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ProgrammesNo. of Students

2016/2017No. of Students

2017/2018

Advanced Certificates _ 11

Diploma 40 44

DM 418 399

DrPH 31 31

MPH 64 60

Taught Masters 174 169

MPhil 40 48

PhD 40 32

Clinical Fellowship 6 8

Total 813 802

Registered Graduate Students – 2017–2018

STAFF MATTERS

Promotion

Professorship

e following members of staff were promoted to the level of Professor:

Dr. Joseph Plummer, Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia•& Intensive Care

Dr. Roger Gibson, Community Health & Psychiatry•

Dr. Eulalia Kahwa, The UWI School of Nursing •

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Roxanne Melbourne-Chambers, Department of Child &•Adolescent Health

Dr. Arvind Babu Santosh, School of Dentistry•

Dr. Doreen Brady-West, Department of Pathology•

Dr. Belinda Morrison, Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia•& Intensive Care

Dr. Collette Cunningham-Myrie, Community Health & Psychiatry•

Resignation

e following members of staff resigned from their positions in theFaculty:

Dr. Michelle Harris, Lecturer, Department of Community Health•& Psychiatry – December 15, 2017.

Dr. Sophie Turfus, Lecturer, Department of Basic Medical Sciences•– December 31, 2017.

Ms. Lovette Byfield, Lecturer, Department of Community Health•& Psychiatry – January 31, 2018.

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Awards

Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence

Dr. Helen Trotman-Edwards, Deputy Dean Teaching and Learning•for Teaching Excellence

Professor Wendel Abel, Head of the Department of Community•Health and Psychiatry for Public Service.

National Honours

Professor Horace Fletcher – Order of Distinction in the Rank of•Commander for outstanding contribution to Jamaica’s Health Servicesas a leading Clinical and Research Obstetrics and Gynaecologist.

Dr. Kenneth Vaughan – Order of Distinction in the Rank of•Commander for excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery and VoluntaryCommunity Service throughout the Caribbean

Others

The UWISON, Mona-Western Jamaica Campus – School of the•Year in the LASCO/NAJ Awards.

Mr. Desmond Campbell, WJC – the LASCO student nurse of the•year award (The first male student to win this award).

Professor Horace Fletcher – Guyana/Jamaica award contribution to•Medicine in the Region.

Dr. Tracia-Gay Kennedy-Dixon – the Caribbean Distinguished•Pharmacy Researcher Award from the Caribbean Association ofPharmacist; and the Alavi-Mandell Award from the Society ofNuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging for the publication entitled“Evaluation of radiopharmaceutical adverse reaction reports to theBritish Nuclear Medicine Society for the period 2007 to 2016”.

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Staff Development

Members of staff in the Dean’s Office participated in and receivedcertification for training in areas aimed at enhancing their competenciesto support the execution of their assigned responsibilities.

Miss Mellisa Walker, Administrative Secretary – Writing for Public•Relations Certificate – CARIMAC, UWI, Mona, July 2018.

Mr. Robbert Johnson, Handy Man – Project Management – UWI•Open Campus, South Camp Road, February 2018.

Miss Janel Goulbourne – Introduction to Project Management –•Mona School of Business and Management, UWI, Mona, January2018.

Miss Elva Langott – Systematic Review Standard Author Training•Workshop – Cochrane Caribbean Centre, April 2018.

Mr. Craig Hall – Dental EZ Certificate, Alabama, October 2017;•and training on Compressors, Vacuums and Dental Equipment,New York, March 2018;

Obituaries

e Faculty mourned the passing of the following persons:

Dr. Knox Hagley, retired Lecturer, Department of Community•Health & Psychiatry – August 19, 2017.

Miss Loraine Gardner, Senior Medical Technologist, Department of•Pathology – November 7, 2017.

Professor Sir Kenneth Stuart, retired Professor, Department of•Medicine – November 11, 2017.

Dr. Matthias Antoine, Senior Lecturer, Child & Adolescent Health•– December 3, 2018.

Professor Dipak Shah, retired Professor, Department of Pathology –•December 16, 2017.

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Mrs. Gwendolyn Grant-Johnson, retired Senior Department Attendant,•Department of Pathology – January 16, 2018.

Ms. Claudette Tucker, Laboratory Attendant, Department of Pathology•– March 2, 2018.

Dr. Franklyn Ottey, retired Lecturer and Associate Lecturer,•Department of Community Health & Psychiatry – March 2, 2018.

Mr. Milton Pinnock, retired Lecturer, Department of Community•Health & Psychiatry – March 13, 2018.

Mr. Randolph Oliphant, laboratory Attendant, Caribbean Institute•for Health Research – April 10, 2018.

Miss Phillipa Williams, MB,BS student, Faculty of Medical Sciences•– June 3, 2018.

Dr. Satnarine Maharaj, retired Lecturer, Department of Community•Health & Psychiatry – July 6, 2018.

Mr. Alton McLeod, Stores Attendant, Department of Pathology –•July 10, 2018.

CONCLUSION

Overall, academic year 2017/2018 was a productive one, and already thedrive continued to ensure equal/increased successes in 2018/2019 toimprove the work of the Faculty for the benefit of all stakeholders.

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FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, MONAOverviewHighlights of the Work in the FacultyTeaching, Learning and Student DevelopmentResearch and InnovationPublicationsNational Engagement and OutreachRegional and International CollaborationDistingished VisitorsStudent AchievementsStaff MattersConclusion

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