Elizabeth Edwards

Department Administrator – Clinical
Department of Dermatology

First UTSW job: Staff Services Specialist in Pathology.

Best part about my job: That it’s complicated, service-focused, challenging, frustrating, rewarding, and offers opportunities to bring ideas to life and encourage new young leaders. I love the mix of these things that my job provides.

What energizes me at work: Fresh ideas and challenges. I love to learn and try new things.

How co-workers describe me: Caring and, probably, opinionated.

Recipe for success: Having a keen sense of responsibility.

Best UTSW memory: When Y2K had everyone in the world worried that computers would fail to boot up on Jan. 1, 2000. For months, the country and the University prepared for this event, and I was designated as the person to come in on New Year’s Day to check all the computers in the Department. The world, the nation, and UTSW all breathed a sigh of relief; the computers were fine.

I’m really good at: Finger snaps. I do them all the time.

I wish I were an instant expert at: Playing a musical instrument like the guitar, mandolin, or piano. Music feeds the soul.

Hobby or passion: My husband and I love to find things at estate sales, restore or repurpose them, and then resell them. In some small way, I think I’m helping the Earth by saving something from the landfill.

Surprising fact: I’ve actually gotten into the water with a full-grown shark just so I could get my picture taken. I don’t know if that makes me brave or stupid.

Claim to fame: I once won a chili cook-off.