Faculty Council Meeting& Town Hall

June 7, 2017

AgendaSection I 1. Welcoming remarks, VP-Dean Eidelman2. Approval of agenda3. In memoriam4. Report from the Steering Committee

- Member succession5. Consent agenda

- Faculty Council minutes (March 13, 2017)

Section II6. Computational medicine, G. Bourque7. CFREF, A. McKinney8. Research space allocation guidelines, S. Baum

Section III9. State of the Faculty, D. Eidelman10. Kudos

Section IV: Open Session/Town Hall

In MemoriamJames Baxter

Emeritus Professor, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery*

Sean MurphyEmeritus Professor, Ophthalmology

* Andrew Gonda

Professor, Nephrology*

Zafer Ali-KhanEmeritus Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

* Mark Wainberg

Director, McGill AIDS Centre, Professor, Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology

*Mostafa Elhilali

Professor, Urology

Report from Steering Committee

• Report circulated and posted:– www.mcgill.ca/medicine/files/medicine/20170426_steering

_committee_report_to_faculty_council_final.pdf

• Liang Chen, MSS Executive President, replacing Xin Mei Liu• Jasmine Alami, Nursing graduate student, replacing Kiesha

Dhaliwal• Maria Monica, Physical & Occupational undergraduate student,

replacing Ivona Yordanova• Lennie Lalla, Faculty Leadership Commons, replacing Raj

Aggarwal• Jarrod Nichol, Faculty administration, replacing Francois Girard Call for nomination: Resident representative, to replace

Caroline Hosatte-Ducassy

Welcome to New Members

Consent Agenda

• Faculty Council Minutes (March 13, 2017)

Guillaume BourqueDirector of Bioinformatics,

McGill University & Genome Québec Innovation CentreComputational Medicine

McGill initiative in Computational Medicine

(MiCM)

Motivation

In many ways, the future of biology and medicine is computational. Diverse problem sets, ranging from clinical and epidemiological research to molecular biology are dominated by the need to analyze massive datasets.

McGill Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry Strategic Research Plan, 2014

A Vision for Computational Medicine at McGill

McGill initiative in Computational Medicine (MiCM)

Data

MethodsInference-basedBioinformaticsSystems biologyPopulation genetics …

Prediction-basedMachine learningNeural networksDeep learning …

Precision medicine

Personalized healthcareCompute

A Vision for Computational Medicine at McGill

Building on our strengthsOver $36M recently awarded to build software and compute infrastructure in this area at McGill

Faculty involvement

Additional recruitment is under way…

Reaching out to stakeholders

MiCM

Faculty of Medicine

At McGill- Faculty of Medicine, Science and Engineering- MUHC, JGH, etc.- Graduate and Postdoctoral studies- Research centers (MUQGIC, Goodman, Complex Traits, etc.)

National- Compute Canada- Genome Canada- CFI, CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC- CFIA, Ontario Public Health, Health Canada

International- ELIXIR, GA4GH- Kyoto U., Oxford, RIKEN

Companies- IBM, DDN, EMC- Telus, Hydro-Québec- M2Gen

Provincial- Calcul Québec- Génome Québec- FRQS- MSSS- INSPQ

MiCM

Links to other large initiatives

Medicine Computing

FoSData Science

UdeM CFREF Machine Learning

CFREF Healthy

Brains for Health Lives

Strategic Plan 2017-2022

Goal 1. Strengthen collaborative research in Computational Medicine

Goal 2. Develop and support education programs in quantitative life sciences

Goal 3. Build strategic partnerships with major stakeholders

Quantitative Life Sciences (QLS) PhD program (Ad Hoc Fall 2017)

Life Sciences & Medicine

Biology, Ecology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology,

Neuroscience, Human Genetics, Epidemiology, Environmental Science &

others

Interdisciplinary Program in Quantitative Life Science

Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Biophysics,

Medical Informatics, Computational Biology,

Computational Pharmacology, Computational Neuroscience,

Mathematical Biology & others

Quantitative & Physical Sciences

Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Statistics, Computer Science, Material Science,

Engineering & others

MiCM Next Steps

• Form an Executive Committee (EC) that will serve as the core

advisory group for the initiative (Done)

• Meet with potential participants and interested stakeholders

to gather feedback (Now)

• Organize 2-day workshop to launch initiative (Fall 2017)

• Update and finalize the MiCM strategic plan (Fall 2017)

• David Buckeridge (Epi & Biostat)

• Celia Greenwood (Epi & Biostat)

• Isabel Fortier (Medicine)

• Jay Brophy (Medicine)

• Jean-Baptiste Rivière (Human Genetics)

• Mathieu Blanchette (Comp Science)

• Joelle Pineau (Comp Science)

• Guillaume Bourque (Human Genetics)

Executive Committee

Areas of feedback

1. What are the major areas of strength at McGill onto which the proposal should be built?

Add relevant projects and participants to the initiative.

2. Going forward, what are the key areas that the initiative should focus on?

Improve strategic plan and refine areas to promote.

3. What type of programs and which flagship projects should be supported?

Suggest implementation strategies and support projects.

Questions / Suggestions ?

Anne McKinneyAssociate VP (Innovation & Research)

CFREF – Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives

Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives

Neuroinformaticsand modelling

Models of neurodegenerative

diseasesCognitive

neuroscience of brain plasticity

Population neuroscience

and brain health

Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF)

HBHL Sub-committees• Functions that cut across the four themes• Tasks/tools/mechanisms supporting HBHL deliverables• Promote inter-disciplinarity

Laurence Kirmayer

SocialSciences

Doina Precup

Neurohub Clinical and KnowledgeTranslation

BrigitteKieffer

AnimalModels

EdwardFon

Cell and TissueMechanisms

Lesley Fellows

Gustavo Turecki

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• to define the goals and objectives of the 4 HBHL Research Themes and 5 RMC Subcommittees

• workshops with researchers from McGill, partner institutions (Western, UdeM, UBC), and invited guests

• will help orient the HBHL funding programs, and provide guidance to the college of reviewers

• reports due September 1• strategic approach to funding technology development and

core facilities

Research Theme & Subcommittee Development

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• Goal: attract, train and retain top students at the graduate and post-doctoral level from across disciplines and around the world to participate in interdisciplinary research related to brain and mental health research, knowledge mobilization and innovation.

• Eligibility: Canadian or foreign students/postdocs enrolled full-time at McGill; project aligned with HBHL goals and objectives

• Amount: $10K (MSc), $15K (PhD), $35K (PD) per year• Term: 1 year (MSc, PhD) or 2 years (PD)• Number of awards per year: ~40-50• Pilot competition: deadline April 18, 237 applications received;

announcements late June; awards starting July 1• Next competition: will be launched in the Fall

HBHL Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Fellowships Program

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• Goal: foster inter-institutional exchanges by allowing external researchers on leave or sabbatical to come to McGill and vice versa.

• Eligibility: McGill faculty or non-faculty traveling abroad, and non-McGill researchers traveling to McGill; project aligned with HBHL goals and objectives

• Amount: up to $50K per project• Term: minimum 1 month to maximum 1 year, non-renewable• Number of awards per year: ~4• Competition: open, but reviewed on a quarterly basis

HBHL Visiting Fellows Program

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• Goal: Invest in research and technology development projects with promising commercial potential; Leverage funding from and develop strong collaborative ties with industrial and government (e.g. CQDM) partners

• Eligibility: Projects must be directly relevant to HBHL goals and objectives, and conform to eligibility criteria established in concert with the partnering organizations

• Amount: up to $500K HBHL funds available per year, depending on the partnership program; Awards will be matched (1:1) by pooled commitments from existing Quebec government programs and/or industrial partners

• Term: 1-2 year projects• Number of awards per year: dependent on available funds• Competition: open, but reviewed on a regular basis

Neuro-Partnerships Program

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• partnership established with CQDM for 1:1 matching funds• projects focused on biopharmaceutical research; reviewed by

HBHL RMC• McGill researchers can apply to 2 different CQDM programs:

• Quantum Leap: • Timelines: LOI due 10 July, full application by invitation• Funding: 40% from HBHL, 60% from CQDM and its industrial partners• Project: 2-3 years; $500,000 to $2,500,000 total budget

• SynergiQc: • Timelines: no LOI stage; full application due July 10; decision in September• Funding: up to 40% from HBHL, 20-40% from CQDM and 20-40% from a private

industrial partner or foundation identified by the researcher, depending on the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of the project.

• Project: 1-3 years; $500,000 to $7,500,000 total budget

Neuro-Partnerships ProgramExample: CQDM

• Ronald G. Lafrenière, PhD – Managing Director, Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives

• McGill University | James Administration Building, Suite 201 | 845 Sherbrooke St. W. | Montreal, QC H3A 0G4

• T: 514-398-4443 | C: 438-350-4080 |

• ronald.lafreniere@mcgill.ca

• https://www.mcgill.ca/hbhl/home

Shari BaumAssociate Dean, Research

Research Space Allocation Guidelines

Faculty of MedicineFaculty Council – 7 June 2017

holds a tenure-track or CAS position at the level of Assistant, Associate or (full) Professor

receives grants of more than $10,000 (dry lab) or $25,000 (wet lab) annually (average of past 3 years’ grants and awards with peer review, or contracts);

has published within the last three years; supervises undergraduate, graduate, and/or

postdoctoral trainees.

Basic wet lab unit is the lab bench

Standard bench measure of 5.27 linear metres

Trainee office space excluded

Table 1: Funding Ranges & Associated Bench Allocations

From To Lab

Bench Sides

$ -

$ 25,000 0.00

$ 25,001

$ 150,000 2

$ 150,001

$ 250,000 3

$ 250,001

$ 400,000 4

$ 400,001

$ 600,000 6

$ 600,001

$ 900,000 8

$ 900,001

$ 1,200,000 11

$ 1,200,001

$ 2,000,000 15

$ 2,000,001

$ 3,000,000 18

Basic dry lab unit is lab module

Standard module is 40 sq m

Table 2. Dry Lab Module Funding Ranges

From To Dry Lab Modules

$ - $ 10,000 0.00$ 10,001 $ 100,000 .5$ 100,001 $ 175,000 .75

$ 175,001 $ 250,000

1.00$ 250,001 $ 400,000 1.25$ 400,001 $ 600,000 1.5$ >600,001 2.0

Number of students, postdocs Proportion of funding that may be associated

with large teams Special equipment requirements Shared equipment space is excluded from

allocation New investigators

Applying the algorithm, without adjustments for other factors, yields potential available wet lab space of 100-300 linear metres of bench length (~10-30 benches)

Algorithm to be used primarily to identify outliers, to serve as tool for chairs to address space issues

Chairs/Directors assign and manage space within their units based on the algorithm

No changes should be made for minor adjustments associated with funding fluctuations (e.g., <2 bench lengths or .25 dry lab)

PIs cannot re-assign space to one another Allocations must be reported to Faculty Space

Committee & Building Director’s Office Research Space Allocation Committee must be

consulted in cases of controversy or cross-unit allocations

Oversight of 3 yr review of existing research space allocation

Make recommendations concerning space reallocation, after consultation with relevant PIs, department chairs/directors and Building Director’s Office

Oversight of adjustments that involve multiple units or that are potentially contentious

Review space requirements for large CFI applications

Response to appeals

Vice-Dean, Life Sciences Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs Associate Dean, Research Chair, one of the Basic Science Departments

(nominated by that group – Dr. Annmarie Adams)

Director, one of the Schools (for dry lab issues, as needed)

The Committee reports to the Dean & VP (Health Affairs).

Approved by Basic Science Chairs, School Directors, Deanery Executive

Ensure communication to Faculty (posted on Research website, circulated to Chairs and Directors)

Implement algorithm within McGill systems for future use

David EidelmanVP (Health Affairs) & Dean

State of the Faculty

Year in Review

• New MDCM program rollout completed• Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives awarded

CFREF funding• Tanenbaum Open Science Institute launched• Quebec announces funding for Campus

Outaouais• New School of Population and Global Health

approved• Nursing curriculum revisions approved and

school garners first CRC• Indigenous Health Professions Program

launched

A Few Highlights

• 1st Masters Physiotherapy cohort in Chicoutimi graduates• Interprofessional Education Office launched• Assessment & Evaluation Unit officially launched• Steinberg Centre for Simulation & Interactive Learning

celebrates 10th anniversary• 5 major accreditation visits completed• Faculty’s philanthropic income reaches $21 million, 30%

beyond target• McGill24 breaks record, thanks to faculty, staff & student

engagement (600 donors, $281K)

A Few Highlights

Budget UpdateWhere does it all go?

Conflicts of Interest

• I am not an accountant• I am not a bookkeeper• I was so bad at this sort of thing that my own

father fired me • I am 100% accountable for the finances of the

Faculty of Medicine

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Presentation Objectives

• Understand the broad outlines of revenue and expenditure in the Faculty

• Understand the processes that are used to decide on expenditures

• Understand the way that “soft funds” are used• Understand how Ministry of Education funds

are used in the hospitals

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Where does the money come from?

• Where does the money go?

• Who decides how the money is spent?

• How are the decisions made?

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Where does the money come from?

• Hard Money– 1A budget– Capital budget (restricted)

• Soft Money – Endowments– Charitable donations– Middle East money– Contracts, overhead and other business

• Flow through– Research grants– Education budget for hospitals

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1A Budget

• Our share of the university’s grant from the government

• Primarily driven by enrolment• Governed by the Agreement

– Confidential document– Signed by the Dean and the Provost– Negotiated annually– Semi-transparent

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The Agreement

• Proposal in November, Response in February• Divided into sections:

– Enrolment projections– Fund raising targets– Academic recruitment (Basic Science, Clinical, Schools)– Financial requests, new initiatives

• Pascale’s team– Responsible for proposals related to administrative

issues• Mara’s team

– Responsible for proposals related to faculty hiring

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How do we build our requests?

• Discussions with Chairs and Directors regarding professorial and administrative staff

• Integrate programs as they are approved by the Provost’s Office (e.g., new graduate programs)

• Make requests for new academic programs• Make requests for correction of budgetary

anomalies

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How does the Provost respond?

• Tries to balance increased demands with available revenue and resources

• We do not work on a zero-based budget model– there is redistribution both between faculties and

within faculties

• Attempts to promote the overall strategic vision of the university

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What about this year?

Wins

• Forgiveness ($3.6M) and Freeze on repayment of Genome loan for 3 years

• Rentals now assumed by Provost (>$1M)

• New hires in Nursing• IHP Program

Losses

• No relief for educational administrative costs

• Low support of new initiatives

• Computational Medicine initiative to go in next year

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Soft Money

• Refers to the overall availability of funds from sources that are not completely guaranteed by government grants

• Some is discretionary, most is not• Critical to the survival and success of the

Faculty and the university• We have been living off this money for the last

few years – reserves are drying up

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Endowment Funds

• Currently the Faculty of Medicine has about $400M in endowments, generating ~$17M per year

• Most is designated to specific use:– Chairs– Fellowships and Studentships– Targeted endowments

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Charitable Donations

• Generally get ~$15M in donations per year• Mainly designated funds similar to

endowments• Even “undesignated funds” tend to come with

restrictions: e.g. medical research

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Middle East Money

• Currently get ~$18M per year after deducting the direct expenses of running the program– Direct support of postgraduate medicine– Direct support of educational and administrative initiatives

• Evaluation and Assessment• UGME/PGME administration• Simulation Centre• Global Health• AECs

– Direct support of major research initiatives, including the SRP

– Matching funds for major donations/grants

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Contracts, overhead, etc.

• Variable amount of money

• Overhead from research $1M– All departments get a portion of overhead back

• Unless otherwise designated, goes to “Dean’s Discretionary Fund”

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Dean’s Discretionary Fund?

• Lavish lunches• Limousine travel• Vacations in exotic locales• Expensive art• Mining futures• Decanal “posse”• Gifts to loyal supporters• None of the above…

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Examples of “Undesignated Funds”

• Unfunded core operating expenses $8M– At least $3M should be on the 1A– $2M is AECs

• Educational expenses $6M– PGME $3M direct funding

• Tenure-track agreement $1.94M• Rossy Cancer Network $568K• MNI related $4M• Ludmer Centre $750K• Research varia $2.4M

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Who gets to decide?• Operational decisions are made in consultation

with the Dean’s Operations Committee (DOC):– Dean– Vice-Deans

• Health Affairs• Academic Affairs• Life Sciences• Education

– Executive Director• Decisions are by consensus

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Project RenaissanceUpdate and Next Steps

5 Areas of Focus• Education• Research• Academic Affairs• Health Affairs:

– Montreal Island (June 19 meeting)– Campus Outaouais

• Governance, Space & Administration

Maude Abbott PrizeProf. Srividya Iyer

Haile T. Debas Prize Dr. Robert Carlin

Rosemary Wedderburn Prize Prof. Nicole Yee-Key Li-Jessen

Canada Research Chairs (May 2017)Prof. Ahmad Haidar, Tier 2 – Artificial Pancreas Systems

Prof. Dennis Jensen, Tier 2 - Clinical Exercise and Respiratory PhysiologyProf. Bartha Maria Knoppers, Tier 1 Renewal – Law and Medicine

Prof. Nicole Yee-Key Li-Jessen, Tier 2 – Personalized Medicine of Voice DisordersDr. Ashok K. Malla, Tier 1 Renewal – Early Psychosis & Early Intervention in Youth Mental

HealthProf. Alexandre Orthwein, Tier 2 – Genome Stability and Haematological Malignancies

Prof. Ian R. Watson, Tier 2 - Functional Genomics of Melanoma

Kudos

McGill University Medal for Exceptional Academic AchievementProf. Brenda Milner

Osler Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Faculty of Medicine Prof. Fraser Moore

Principal’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging ResearchersProf. Srividya Iyer

Canadian Association for Medical Education’s Meridith Marks New Educator AwardProf. Meredith Young

Canadian Association for Medical Education’s Wooster Family Grant in Medical Education Dr. Robert Sternszus

Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences New Investigator AwardProf. Martin Schmeing

Canadian Association for Medical Education Certificate of Merit AwardsDr. Sarkis Meterissian

Dr. Laurie Plotnick Prof. David Ragsdale

Kudos

McGill Award for Equity and Community Building (Academic Staff Category)Prof. Liliane Asseraf-Pasin & Prof. Hiba Zafran

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s President’s Medal for Media in ArchitectureProf. Annmarie Adams

Officer of the French National Order of Merit Prof. Brigitte Kieffer

Graham Boeckh Foundation’s Dr. Samarthji Lal Award for Mental Health ResearchDr. Gabriella Gobbi

Quebec Medical Association Awards of Excellence (Prestige Award) Dr. Guy-Paul Gagné

Quebec Medical Association Awards of Excellence (Emerging Professional Award)Dr. Ji Wei Yang

Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians Lifetime Achievement AwardDr. Bernard Lapointe

Karen Campbell Award for Research Excellence Prof. Patricia Tonin

Kudos

Member-in-Training Outstanding Poster Award (Lens subspecialty category)Dr. Jade Lasiste

Ingram School of Nursing F. Moyra Allen PrizeAlex Magdzinski

Ingram School of Nursing Barbara Ann Altshuler PrizePeter Maklan

MD Financial Management Student Leadership Award Xin Mei Liu

McGill Scarlet Key AwardAdamo Donovan

Xin Mei LiuAli MohammedColin Ratcliffe

Ellen Zhou

Kudos toOur Students

McGill’s second annual 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) winners Kashif Khan (1st), Necola Guerrina (2nd) & Nicholas Zelt (3rd)

People’s Choice AwardLaura-Joy Boulo

Étudiants-chercheurs étoiles Award, Fonds Santé (April)Simon Papillon-Cavanagh

Étudiants-chercheurs étoiles Award, Fonds Santé (March)Said Izreig

Congratulations to all.

Kudos toOur Students

Congratulations

Open Discussion/Town Hall

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