We have been holding a series of events called “Find-Your-Role-Model” Session to provide students with opportunities to interact with TMDU alumni and worldwide leaders in health sciences. Through this roundtable-type, relaxed atmosphere event, we hope students will be able to find their role models in order to facilitate their career development in becoming future global leaders.

In the seventh FYRM session of academic year 2016 we will be hosting Dr. Melissa Piasecki, the Executive Associate Dean, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Psychiatry at University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. She is a graduate of Washington University at St. Louis School of Medicine, completed her residency in Psychiatry at University of Vermont and a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at University of Hawaii. Her present career entails more than being a clinical psychiatrist– as a researcher, she has edited and co-edited texts on Correctional Psychiatry, Communication Skills and Problem Based Learning. She is also engaged in education of medical students and residents as well as legal professions such teaching judges and attorneys.
For the first half of this session, Dr. Piasecki, a woman playing active roles in various academic fields, will give a presentation on “Balancing work and family.” For the latter half, we will carry out a round-table discussion, which will cover the following points. Everyone is welcome to join us in a hearty discussion.