1. F ACULTY D EVELOPMENT Brahm Segal, MD Professor of Medicine Vice Chair, Faculty Development

2. M ENTORSHIP, EDUCATION, AND NETWORKING Meet and greet for research-intensive junior and senior faculty held Department-wide conference on promotion & tenure held Monthly department-wide research conferences began Feb. 2013 Emphasis on junior faculty presenting their research Development of more structured mentorship for selected faculty Identify and encourage more opportunities for collaborative research between divisions and departments

3. C LINICAL R ESEARCH Develop common areas of mentored clinical research among clinical faculty focused on relevant challenges faced during practice Individual courses in Epidemiology and Statistics at UB are available (SPM) Formal MS degree in Epidemiology: Clinical Research Track Train select clinical faculty as hospital-based and clinic- based leaders in QI and outcomes research Publish results Effort for training and research will be reflected in P4P

4. New faculty recognition awards for research 1. Award to junior faculty within 5 years of completing fellowship for outstanding laboratory-based research 2. Award to junior faculty within 5 years of completing fellowship for outstanding clinical research 3. Award to faculty for outstanding mentorship in research 4. Award to faculty for outstanding research 5. Award to clinical faculty for scholarship