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 Teacher s

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

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

Teaching History Cognitive Psychology, Statistics, Chronic disease Epidemiology Grant writing 2002-Present International Health Supercourse 1999-Present

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

1.Jane A. Cauley, Dr.P.H, Lucile Adams, Ph.D., Janice Dorman, Ph.D Mark Eberhardt, Ph.D., 1984, 5.H.K. Lee, Ph.D., 1986, 6.Karen Cruickshanks, Ph.D., Andrea Kriska, Ph.D., Suzanne Cook, Ph.D Wen Ta Chiu, M.D. Dr.P.H., Claudia S. Moy, Ph.D., Thomas Songer, Ph.D., Jeffery Gavard, Ph.D., Rebecca Lipton, Ph.D., Anne Sweeney, Ph.D., Sarah L. Patrick, Ph.D., Toomadher Mohammed Dokheel, Dr.P.H, Robyn Anderson, Ph.D., Todd Olsen, Ph.D., Deborah Aaron, Ph.D., Deborah Landen,, M.D., Ph.D., Ingrid Libman de Gordon, M.D., Ph.D Emma Barinas-Mitchell, Ph.D., Akira Sekikawa, M.D., Ph.D Kahlood Salman, Dr. Ph, Beatriz Rodriquez, 2003 M.D., Ph.D. 26.Luis Ruiz, Ph.D. 2004, 27.Faina Linkov, Ph.D Sonita Dodani, M.D., Ph.D My Ph.D./Dr.PH Students Deans CA, Injury Center heads Professors Associate Professors Assistant Professors

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

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

How can we improve science education worldwide? Question: 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

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

Indian Supercourse Network faculty members 130 lectures 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 Cuttington University, Liberia Last Biomedical Journal 1990

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.

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

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