| The members of the Faculty Affairs Office (FAO) coordinate the academic appointment process for approximately 3800 regular faculty, 300 research faculty, and more than 600 research staff. All phases of these appointments, from opening new positions via pre-search process and approving offer letters to candidates, to initial appointment, reappointment, change in appointment, leaves of absence, terminations, retirements and emeritus requests are managed by this office. In addition, the Faculty Affairs Office directs the recruitment of Department Chairs and Center/Institute Directors. The staff serves as the resource for academic appointment policies and procedures for chairs and administrators of the 28 Departments and 7 Institutes and Centers of the Medical School, the faculty information and the statistical source for many Medical School administrative departments. In addition, this office acts as liaison with the University Provost, Office of Research and Office of Postdoctoral Affairs as well as outside organizations, such as the American Association of Medical Colleges. Two Feinberg organizations, the Women’s Faculty Organization and the Medical Faculty Senate, as well as newly organized faculty development/mentoring programs, also fall under our jurisdiction. The Faculty Affairs Office coordinates the annual Conflict of Interest process for faculty and the Faculty Hiring Plan. Several programs each year are presented for faculty, including an annual Promotion and Tenure Panel and soon to be instituted bi-annual New Faculty Orientation Program.
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