Fall/Winter 2006 - University of Rochester Medical Center
Fall/Winter 2006 - University of Rochester Medical Center
Fall/Winter 2006 - University of Rochester Medical Center
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one <strong>of</strong> the strongest features <strong>of</strong> the Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Pediatrics … is the breadth and depth <strong>of</strong> the<br />
specialties available to the children <strong>of</strong> the region<br />
“ It was something exciting and new and couldn’t have been<br />
studied the way we do now even five years ago,” she said.<br />
But she chose pediatrics for very simple, pure reasons:<br />
“ I really enjoy being with children. I enjoy their candor.<br />
I enjoy their humor even when they aren’t trying to be<br />
humorous. I enjoy that when I make a difference,<br />
I potentially made a difference for a lifetime and for a whole<br />
family.”<br />
Schor, who is 51, has targeted pediatric research as an area where<br />
she hopes to make major changes. The department also is ready<br />
to ratchet up its research enterprise.<br />
“ There is a perfect meshing between what the department<br />
wants to do and what the senior leadership thinks needs to<br />
be done,” she said. She noted that pediatrics already has<br />
many <strong>of</strong> the needed resources, including faculty and clinical<br />
enterprise.<br />
Schor is re-establishing her laboratory at the <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
and she plans to expand the participation and<br />
presence <strong>of</strong> researchers focused on pediatrics and developmental<br />
biology in research centers across the <strong>University</strong>.<br />
She also sees opportunities to expand the department’s research<br />
and educational base by creating collaborations with basic<br />
and clinical scientists throughout the <strong>University</strong> and<br />
at the technological industries in the greater <strong>Rochester</strong> area.<br />
“ The idea, which has been a thread throughout my career,<br />
is the notion that the clinical and the research enterprises<br />
feed <strong>of</strong>f one another, inform one another,” Schor said. “Why<br />
would you do research at a hospital instead <strong>of</strong> doing it<br />
at a think tank unless you wanted constantly to be fueled by<br />
the problems that arise in a clinical enterprise The idea <strong>of</strong><br />
bringing it all together … in a way that maintains and, in<br />
fact, enhances the clinical operations is exciting.”<br />
what ties Schor’s<br />
very diverse agenda<br />
together is her<br />
leadership and<br />
teaching styles and<br />
her passion for both<br />
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