School. From her earliest contacts in the inter-
view process and increasingly since taking on
her responsibilities as dean, she has appreciat-
ed the warmth and support of the people she
open to change. "You don't see that every-
where," she says. "But here, it was not so
how, and who would lead the transforma-
tion." Dr. Gabriel is more than ready for that
challenge--not by implementing top-down
change, but by leading a grass-roots move-
ment.
unexplored territory. Born in Cairo, Egypt,
she moved with her family to Canada when
doctor of medicine degree with distinction
at the University of Saskatchewan, before
completing her residency in medicine and a
fellowship in rheumatology at Mayo School
of Graduate Medical Education. She says,
smiling, "To someone from Saskatchewan,
Minnesota was south."
cal approach to the study of rheumatology,
her chosen specialty. To gain additional skills,
she earned a master of science degree in clin-
ical epidemiology at McMaster University, in
Hamilton, Ontario. She brought that knowl-
edge to Mayo, where she put it to work not
only to frame her research, but also to devel-
op new education programs in epidemiology
and clinical research.
Epidemiology
and