UPCOMING EVENT:

Women Physician and Student Meet and Greet

The Women’s Health Interest Group (WHIG) and Office for Women in Medicine invite Womem Faculty & Fellows to meet with the students of:

The classes of 2011 & 2012, Schools of Nursing, Epidemiology and Public Health, & Physician Associate Program

Please visit Women Physician and Student Meet and Greet to join for Hors d’oeuvres and drinks:

DATE: Wednesday, October 22nd
TIME: 4:30 – 6pm
PLACE: Harkness Ballroom

Co-Chairs of Women’s Health Interest Group 2008-2009
Lilangi Ediriwickrema
Tiffanie Jones
Lara Rosenbaum
Kathryn Wynne

 

 

Office for Women in Medicine

Yale is unique among American medical schools in having an office that serves as a focal point for  women from all sectors of the School of Medicine.

Our Mission:

To promote the academic growth of women in medicine and medical sciences.

• Provides women students, trainees, fellows and faculty access to advisors and mentors.
• Brings distinguished women in the medical sciences to Yale School of Medicine as role models and mentors.
• Facilitates access for students to professional women in both a structured or an informal setting.
• Sponsors workshops and seminars on professional development and career opportunities for women in medicine and the sciences.
• Serves as a focus for the discussion and resolution of issues of interest to the Yale Medical School community.

 

Director

Merle Waxman

 

 

Related Links:

Worklife Program, Yale

Women's Faculty Forum at Yale (WFF)

Women in Science, Yale College

Women's Center, Yale
Women's Health Research at Yale

Connecticut General Assembly on the Status of Women

 

Mentoring - NIH

Articles of Interest :

Facilitated Peer Mentorship: A Pilot Program for Academic
Advancement of Female Medical Faculty

Helping to Foster Women's Careers in the Scientific Workforce

Attaining gender balance among managers, editors
and reviewers Elsevier Editors’ Update, August 2008

NIH Helps Advance Women in Biomedical Research Careers

Events of Interest: