 Dr.
Mishoe elected to professional leadership positions, appointed by
governor
Jennifer Hilliard
June 22, 2006
Dr. Shelley Mishoe, dean of the Medical College of Georgia School of
Allied Health Sciences, has been elected an officer of two professional
organizations and has been appointed by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to
serve on a work group studying substance abuse.
Dr. Mishoe was elected chair of the Southern Association of Allied
Health Deans at its spring meeting in Little Rock, Ark. The association
comprises the chief academic officers of health professions colleges at
22 academic health centers in the Southeast and Puerto Rico. The
association emphasizes campus-led and national agendas for health
professions workforce, faculty recruitment/development and research.
The Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions adopted the
association’s annual survey to determine educational benchmarks for
factors including types of degree programs, operational budgets,
funding, faculty credentials/salaries and faculty-to-student ratios.
She also has been named chair-elect of the Committee on Accreditation
for Respiratory Care of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
Educational Programs. The commission, the largest programmatic
accreditor of the health sciences, develops standards and provides
recommendations for allied health programs. Dr. Mishoe served on the
committee for the past four years. Her chairmanship includes serving on
the board of directors for the Healthcare Education Accreditation
Services Corporation.
Dr. Mishoe’s appointment to the Georgia State Epidemiological Outcomes
Work Group for substance abuse prevention involves creating a state
profile and determining whether resources are being optimized. The
group, funded by work begun under the State Planning Incentive Grant,
will identify high-need areas and populations, common risk behaviors and
the capacities of existing community-based service delivery systems. Dr.
Mishoe was part of the work group that developed the Incentive Grant.
Dr. Mishoe earned associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in respiratory
therapy from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University
in Syracuse, a master’s degree in education from Augusta State
University and a doctorate from the University of Georgia. She is a
member of the editorial board for the Respiratory Care Journal, serves
as a peer-reviewer for several professional journals and is an inaugural
fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care. |
