From: Elizabeth Madson <madso009@umn.

edu> Date: Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:00 AM Subject: Note of support letter from Dean Friedman To: psychiatry From: Aaron Friedman [mailto:ahccomm@tc.umn.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 8:58 AM To: madso009@umn.edu Subject: Note of Support Dear Department of Psychiatry faculty and staff, I wanted to offer you a note of support, and let you know I can only imagine the extra stress your department has been under for the past five years or so with the media headlines and constant questions. As I said to all in the Academic Health Center and University leadership, I think it's important to recognize your continued focus and success during this period of time. Although I've been in my present position a relatively short period of time, I have served as the chair of several medical school departments over my career, and I know what is required for success. Your department has all of the components: top notch patient care, advancing knowledge, training the next generation of physicians and other providers, excellent leadership, and a committed faculty, and I want to commend you all. And in particular, it's remarkably commendable that Steve Olson continues to excel in advancing the treatment of patients with schizophrenia. I understand that he has served as a member of the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) schizophrenia clinical trial network, and was recently voted "teacher of the year" by the University's psychiatry residents. That's a tribute to his discipline, and the support of his department chair and colleagues. Sincerely, Aaron Friedman, M.D. Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the Medical School