Highlights: December MAC Meeting

December 13, 2017 by Brian Murphy

Opening Comments from the Dean
David S. Wilkes, MD

Implications of HR 1, Tax Cut and Jobs Act, on Graduate Student Stipends
- Negative impact upon our students, UVA, and nation
  - College will be less affordable
  - Discourages participation in higher education
  - Discourages employer investment in employee learning
  - Decreases US competitiveness
  - Brightest minds will go outside of the US to advance
- Elimination of Section 117(d) provisions
  - Devastating to research programs
  - No longer able to provide tax-free tuition for graduate students
    - Example: stipend of $24K and tuition waiver of $29K – student’s tax bill triples to $4,920
  - Erodes progress made in developing strong interest in STEM programs
    - Puts STEM education out of the reach of many students
  - Our legislators
    - Senator Tim Kaine
      231 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510
      (202) 224-4024
      kaine.senate.gov/contact
    - Senator Mark R. Warner
      703 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510
      (202) 224-2023
      warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact
    - Thomas Garrett
      415 Cannon House Office Building, Washington DC 20515-4605
      (202) 225-4711
      https://tomgarrett.house.gov/email-congressman-tom-garrett
  - Themes of Incoming UVA President Ryan
    - Community: opportunity to interact with and learn from a broadly diverse group of students, faculty, staff
    - Discovery: new knowledge that solves problems, leads to practical application, and brings new perspective to enduring questions
    - Service: public universities serve the public, starting with their own states
  - New Strategic Hire: Ken Walsh, PhD. Professor of CV Medicine and Director, Whitaker CV Institute, at Boston University SOM. Starts January 25, 2018. $.9M year one, $3.5M over five years.

Overview of Equal Opportunity & Civil Rights Policies and Reporting Options
Catherine Spear, AVP Equal Opportunity & Civil Rights
Emily Babb, AVP for Title IX Compliance & Title IX Coordinator

Presentation addressed:
- Notice of non-discrimination and equal opportunity
- Policy of Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment and Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence (Title IX Policy)
- Preventing and Addressing Discrimination and Harassment (PADH Policy) and Preventing and Addressing Retaliation (PAR Policy)
- Why reporting is important
- How to report prohibited conduct under these policies
- How to address prohibited conduct
See presentation.

December Health System Board Update
A. Bobby Chhabra, MD, Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Chhabra shared highlights from the December 6, 2017, HSB meeting. The HS goals dashboard showed notable improvement in solid organ and bone marrow transplants and addition investments by Seed & Venture Funds, moving these two indicators to green. All other categories are yellow.
FY18 first-quarter financial results were shared.

The next meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in the BIMS Classroom.

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