Posted on July 16, 2001 at 2:35 p.m.
BIRMINGHAM, AL — Jacqueline Feldman, M.D., professor of psychiatry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), has been chosen to participate in the seventh annual class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program. ELAM is the nation’s only in-depth program that prepares female faculty for senior leadership positions at academic health centers.
“Despite the current ratio of women students in medical and dental schools, there is a paucity of women in senior academic administrative roles, and women continue to lag significantly in advancement to top positions,” say Page Morahan, Ph.D., and Rosalyn Richman, M.A., co-directors of ELAM.
Feldman is the sixth member of UAB’s faculty to be chosen for the ELAM program. In previous years, Kathleen Nelson, M.D., Amie Jackson, M.D., Sarah Morgan, M.D., R.D., Nancy Dunlap, M.D., Ph.D., and Lourdes Corman, M.D., have been chosen to participate in the program. The curriculum combines traditional MBA topics with discussions on emerging issues, professional development, and network building. Programs include sessions with nationally known leaders in academic medicine, health care, government agencies, and industry. The year-long program involves a total of three weeks of intensive study in the Philadelphia area, along with additional work undertaken between sessions.
“I am extremely pleased that Dr. Feldman has been selected for this prestigious program,” said William B. Deal, M.D., vice president and dean of the School of Medicine at UAB.
Feldman is medical director of UAB’s Community Psychiatry Program, executive director of UAB’s Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center, and director of the division of public psychiatry. She received her undergraduate training at the University of Iowa, graduate training in behavioral genetics at the University of Texas at Austin, and her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
She completed a residency in psychiatry at Duke University and served as a faculty member there until she moved to Birmingham 10 years ago. She has served on numerous national and regional planning and review committees and is presently president of the American Association of Community Psychiatrists.
Feldman has published and spoken widely on the areas of depression, schizophrenia, quality improvement, advocacy, public sector psychiatry, and policy development and is the co-author (with her husband, Marc Feldman, M.D.) of the recently published book, Stranger Than Fiction: When Our Minds Betray Us.
“I am thrilled and honored to have received this fellowship, and am appreciative of the support from Dean Deal, which clearly reflects the commitment of this academic center to the development of leadership potential in women faculty,” said Feldman. “I am hopeful that this fellowship will enhance my capacity to serve the School of Medicine and the field of psychiatry.”