UF Department of Anesthesiology leadership have appointed several clinical directors of research with the goal of increasing research and scholarly activity across the department’s clinical divisions. These new leadership positions were created to develop a cohort of clinicians with an in-depth knowledge of research resources and methodologies.
“The role of these positions is to liaise with the research office to define clear and measurable research goals for each division,” said François Modave, Ph.D., professor of artificial intelligence and associate chair of research for the department. “This will enable the research office to allocate resources as needed to meet these objectives thereby meeting the broader departmental research goals.”
In addition to acting as liaisons between the clinical faculty and the established research infrastructure within the department, clinical directors of research will act as advisors and mentors for their colleagues.
Meghan Brennan, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology, was selected to be the clinical director of research for the Critical Care Medicine division. “My main goal as director is to engage the critical care medicine team and encourage collaborations in high-quality clinical studies and research projects that will then contribute to the evidence base and improve the understanding and treatment of critically ill patients,” Brennan said.
Congratulations to all of our new clinical directors of research:
- Meghan Brennan, M.D., clinical director of research for the Division of Critical Care Medicine
- Melissa Burger, M.D., clinical director of research for the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
- Timothy Martin, M.D., MBA, clinical director of research for the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology
- Basma Mohamed, MBChB, clinical director of research for the Division of Perioperative Medicine
- Rene Przkora, M.D., Ph.D., clinical director of research for the Division of Pain Medicine
- Josh Sappenfield, M.D., clinical director of research for the Division of Multispecialty Anesthesiology
- Christoph Seubert, M.D., Ph.D., clinical director of research for the Division of Neuroanesthesiology
- Cameron Smith, M.D., Ph.D., clinical director of research for the Division of Acute & Perioperative Pain Medicine
- Adam Wendling, M.D., clinical director of research for the Division of Obstetrical Anesthesiology