Office Initiatives

Thrive and Flourish Wellness Leadership Development and Mini-Grant Program A wellness-centered leadership development program for faculty with a passion for driving local wellness projects and learning process improvement, change management, and leadership skills so they can promote a culture of wellness at a local level. Project outcomes will be presented at the annual Faculty Wellness retreat in June. The required components of the program include:

• 4 hour in-person workshop on Wellness-Centered Leadership and Team Building
• 4-hour in-person workshop on Project Planning, Execution, and Assessment
• Monthly Virtual Group Coaching Sessions
• Independent and 1:1 project consultation work throughout the year
• Final presentation of the project at the Faculty Wellness Retreat in June

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In partnership with the Medical Informatics leadership, this group meets monthly with identified specialty medical informatics officers (DMIOs) to discuss ways to optimize the EMR, learn and share tools that may enhance local EMR workflow, connect DMIOs with EPIC analysts and managers to develop division specific EMR tools and priorities, create open lines of communication between medical informatics leadership and end-users, and allow local DMIOs to transmit information and ideas back to their local divisions and clinics.

Chairs: Ling Chu, M.D. and Susan Matulevicius, M.D., M.S.C.S.

Project Manager: Julian Longoria

Monthly book club with both virtual and in-person engagement centered on topics pertinent to wellbeing and belonging.

Champion: Jaime Harry, LCSW

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Faculty Wellness and Engagement is coming to you—right where you live. Led by Jaime Harry, LCSW, these informal gatherings are designed to foster connection among UTSW faculty in local communities. All it takes is a faculty champion in your area who’s interested in hosting a meet-up at a nearby park, restaurant, or sports center. We’ll help launch the first event with you, and from there, faculty can continue meeting independently.

Interested in co-hosting a meet-up near you?

Contact Jaime Harry to host a meet-up

Your feedback drives our strategy—and your wellbeing is our priority. At Faculty Wellness and Engagement, we believe that listening to faculty is only the first step—taking action is what truly matters.

1. Survey Frequency Adjusted: Based on your input, we now conduct the faculty engagement survey every two years.
2. Direct Debriefing: We meet with faculty locally to review results, hear concerns, and identify opportunities for improvement.
3. Action Commitment: We partner with department chairs and division chiefs to commit to at least one actionable item based on your feedback.
4. Ongoing Support: We work with local leadership to help implement and sustain the chosen action item over the following year.
5. Follow-Up Survey: We re-survey to assess progress and ensure that changes are making a difference.

Want to train as a survey debriefer?

Contact us to train!

Biannual meeting with the Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs and the 8 University of Texas Health related campuses to share ongoing wellness-oriented work on all campuses, create shared metrics to evaluate professional fulfillment and burnout, advocate for change in leave policies, access to mental health services on a system level, and endorse the importance of faculty engagement and wellness at a system level.

Chair: Jonathan Cheng, M.D., Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, UT Southwestern, Email

Administrative representative: Susan Matulevicius, M.D., M.S.C.S., Professor, Email

Faculty representative: Rina Sanghavi, M.D.,M.B.A., Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern, Email