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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), and co-director of the M.D./Ph.D.
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 Concentration
in Immunology
& Microbiology, including
"Principles
of Immunology"
(GMS 6140). He directs the Fall IDP core course "Fundamentals
of Biomedical Science" (GMS 6001), the Fall & Spring core course
"Biology of Disease
Seminar" (GMS 6901), the Spring
elective course "Fundamentals of
Biomedical Science Education" (GMS 7001), and the Summer core course
"Responsible Conduct of Biomedical Research"
(GMS 7003).
Research
Dr. 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 simplifying the form and analysis
of medical student summative peer evaluation, including dimensions of
professional competence, interpersonal skills, humanism, and community
service. Team-based learning is being used in training for the
responsible conduct of research and graduate level immunology courses.
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
Dr. McCormack serves on the national advisory council and executive committee for the Gold
Humanism Honor Society and co-chairs the GHHS Research Committee. He
serves on the medical advisory board of the American
Vitiligo Research Foundation, and is the editor of a quarterly newsletter for the Florida Chapter of the Children's
Tumor Foundation.
In the Gainesville community, Dr. McCormack is active in March of Dimes
fundraising and in Scouting, serving as the Training
Chair for the Alachua District of the North
Florida Council, an Assistant Scoutmaster
for Boy Scout Troop 125, and a Pack Committee Member for Cub Scout Pack 127.
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