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Gruppe der Akademischen Mitarbeitenden - GAMMAs
Overview
Overview
Overview
The GAMMAs represent the group of academic staff at the Faculty of Medicine, around 2,300 people.
As a mid-level staff representation, we are committed to the interests of academic staff at the Faculty of Medicine by
- Voting participation in the faculty meetings
- organizing the mid-level staff representatives in committees and commissions
- topic-related general staff meetings (once per semester)
- passing on information via an email distribution list ("GAMMAS")
- Participation in the mid-level faculty representation at university level (Council of Academic Staff)
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Who belongs to the Academic Middle Faculty?
- Habilitated employees (only private lecturers).
- Employees with PhD and university degree.
- Doctoral candidates (enrolled).
What are the tasks of the GAMMAs?
- Communicator and exchange platform for academic middle faculty concerns
- Contact person for the Dean/Pro-Deans of the Medical Faculty
- Voting participation in Faculty Council meetings
- Information dissemination
- Organization of academic middle faculty members for various bodies/commissions of the Medical Faculty
- Participation in university-level middle faculty representation (Council of Academic Staff)
Who are the current representatives?
The representatives of the current legislative period are:
- PD Dr. Isabelle Suaréz
1st Deputy: PD Dr. Michael Hackl
2nd Deputy: Dr. Sabine Vay
- Dr. Tim Lasse Richardson
1st Deputy: Dr. Assmae Gassa
2nd Deputy: PD Dr. Melanie Freifrau v. Brandenstein
The representatives have equal voting rights without ranking.
► Further information and individual contact options can be found on the page "Representatives"
Which bodies and commissions exist at the Medical Faculty?
- Finance and Budget Committee
- Structure Committee
- Studies Committee
- Quality Improvement Committee with eLearning Advisory Board
- Studies Advisory Board
- Curriculum Committee
- Doctoral Committee
- Habilitation Committee
- Junior Faculty Committee
- Faculty Tenure Committee
- Evaluation Committee
- Ethics Committee
- Appointments Committees
How is the middle faculty integrated into these bodies and commissions?
Example – Budget and Finance Committee
- Chair (1 Professor)
- Preclinical Medicine (1 Professor)
- Surgical Medicine (1 Professor)
- Non-Surgical Medicine (1 Professor)
- Clinical-Theoretical Medicine (1 Professor)
- Dentistry (1 Professor)
Academic Staff (2 mid-level academics)
- Students (1 student)
How does participation in appointment committees function?
Involvement in Appointments Committees: 2 academic staff + representatives
Selection criteria:
- Gender, habilitation, PhD
- Department with interaction
- Committee experience
- Personal and professional experience
The mix makes it! I.e. one young PhD graduate and one experienced habilitated researcher
*based on the UzK best-practice model for appointment procedures
Exclusion: Academic staff e.g. from Radiology cannot be delegated to an appointments committee for a professorship in Radiology as GAMMA representation.
How do I contact the active middle faculty?
Contact your representatives via this email address: GAMMA-Vertretung-MedFak(at)uni-koeln(dot)de
How can I get added to the email distribution list to stay informed about GAMMA activities?
All GAMMA members are informed via the mailing list: GAMMA-INFO-medical-faculty(at)uni-koeln(dot)de
This mailing list is updated every two months as a rule. This ensures that we directly include the "new" mid-level academic members.
This mailing list is not an open email distribution. If you want to send a message/information via the list, please email the GAMMA representation: GAMMA-Vertretung-MedFak(at)uni-koeln(dot)de.
What are the goals of the GAMMAs?
Our goals:
- Increasing visibility and thus transparency (internally and externally)
- Involvement of engaged GAMMA members
- Development of concepts
- Promotion of exchange