{"id":92208,"date":"2022-10-09T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=92208"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:35:02","slug":"dr-bayles-shares-research-vision-at-all-campus-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/10\/09\/dr-bayles-shares-research-vision-at-all-campus-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Bayles shares research vision at all-campus forum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, Thursday praised UNMC\u2019s growth in research under Jennifer Larsen, MD, and formally welcomed Ken Bayles, PhD, who this month began serving as UNMC\u2019s new vice chancellor for research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m honored and truly humbled to be (UNMC\u2019s) third vice chancellor for research,\u201d Dr. Bayles said during the all-campus forum on Oct. 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Bayles thanked his predecessor for her mentorship and leadership and then highlighted a few early initiatives, including plans to recruit both an associate vice chancellor for clinical research and an associate vice chancellor for basic science research, as well as form advisory boards for each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond continuing to grow UNMC\u2019s research, Dr. Bayles said he sees opportunities to market UNM<\/a>C<\/a>\u2019s core facilities<\/a> to external audiences for additional revenue, strengthen the IT infrastructure, enhance the workforce pool and build strong teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A working group is being assembled, Dr. Gold noted, to look broadly at the academic and clinical IT programs and needs and then establish priorities to help students, faculty and staff be more successful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the medical center community can view the forum.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Gold also said an agreement between the Nebraska Hospital Association and UNMC to provide aggregate de-identified hospital data to researchers is \u201ctruly historic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a powerful research tool not previously available,\u201d he said, and will enable researchers to study trends on a broader scale, as well as help hospitals and the communities they serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security for UNMC, reiterated UNMC\u2019s current COVID-19 safety guidelines<\/a>, which require masking in clinical areas and recommend, but do not require, them in non-clinical areas. Dr. Meza encouraged individuals on campus to have a mask handy as they may pass through areas that still require them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also noted that campus events have returned to standard capacity and no longer require completion of an event safety form. Related to NU\u2019s Executive Memorandum 25 on travel, Dr. Meza said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed its COVID-related travel notices, which will reduce the number of UNMC international travel waivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other matters, Dr. Gold noted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n