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Administration
Dr. McCormack serves the
University of Florida College
of Medicine as the
Associate Dean for Graduate Education, director of the
Ph.D. program, the Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical
Sciences (IDP), associate director of the
M.D./Ph.D.
program, and co-director of the
Clinical & Translational Science T32
program. He serves as the Program Director for graduate studies in the Dept. of Pathology, Immunology
& Laboratory
Medicine. Dr. McCormack is a faculty adviser for the Chapman Chapter
of the Gold
Humanism Honor Society.
Teaching
Dr. McCormack directs and/or
teaches in several Fall graduate-level immunology
courses for the IDP Advanced Program
in Immunology
& Microbiology, including
"Principles
of Immunology"
(GMS 6140). He directs the Fall IDP core course "Fundamentals
of Biomedical Science" (GMS 6001), the Fall core course
"Essentials
of Graduate Research & Professional Development" (GMS 6003), the Spring
core course "Responsible Conduct of Biomedical Research"
(GMS 7003), and the Spring
elective course "Fundamentals of
Biomedical Science Education" (GMS 7001).
Research
Educational Research: McCormack's
education research focuses on student peer
evaluation in medical education and the use of team-based learning in
graduate education. Although a major determinant of later
professional success, peer evaluation is under-utilized in medical
education. Ongoing studies focus on medical student summative peer evaluation, including dimensions of
professional competence, interpersonal skills, humanism, and community
service. Team-based learning is being used in graduate level
immunology courses, training in the responsible conduct of research, and the
IDP core course.
Biomedical Research: In collaboration with Dr.
Margaret Wallace and doctoral candidate
Deborah Herbstman, Dr. McCormack's immunogenetics
research focuses on the genetics of susceptibility to vitiligo,
a human autoimmune disease that causes skin depigmentation. Susceptibility to autoimmune diseases
has both genetic and environmental
components. The genes involved
in vitiligo susceptibility may be important for normal functioning of the skin
pigment-producing melanocytes and/or in the regulation of lymphocytes in
the immune system. Case/control and family-based
genetic association methods provide
evidence of association of such genes with vitiligo (Research Abstracts).
Service
National:
Dr. McCormack is the a member of the steering committee for the AAMC Graduate Research, Education
and Training (GREAT)
Group and a member of the GREAT Group for Aspiring Biomedical Scientists.
He also serves on the national advisory council and executive committee for the Gold
Humanism Honor Society and co-chairs the GHHS Research Committee. Dr.
McCormack serves on the medical advisory board of the American
Vitiligo Research Foundation. He also serves as a member of the
Scholarship Committee for the
Team-Based Learning
Collaborative.
State: Dr. McCormack is the medicine
course coordinator for the Florida Dept. of Education
Statewide Course
Numbering System. He is also the editor of a quarterly newsletter for the Florida Chapter of the Children's
Tumor Foundation.
University: Dr. McCormack serves as a
member of the University Curriculum Committee (UCC) and Undergraduate Advising
Committee (UAC).
Community: In the north Florida area Dr. McCormack is active in Scouting, serving
as chair of the North
Florida Council training
committee, member of the Alachua District training
committee, an Assistant Scoutmaster
for Boy Scout Troop 125, and Pack
Trainer for Cub Scout Pack 127.
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