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Welcome to ELAM's Newest Staff Member: Barbara Overholser
ELAM is pleased to welcome our newest staff member, Barbara Overholser! Barbara is joining ELAM as our new Relationship Manager and Communications Specialist, responsible for strengthening the program's relationships with its fellows, alumnae, key partners, and external stakeholders through marketing and communications efforts.
Prior to joining ELAM, Barbara was Communications Manager for Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania where she developed and implemented the communications plan for the four-county legal aid organization. She has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and a MA in Communications from Temple University.
Welcome, Barbara!
Save the Dates: Join Us for these Upcoming ELUM Events
ELAM is holding several upcoming events for ELUMs. Mark your calendars now and plan to join us!
- First up is the ELUM reception held in conjunction with the AAMC annual meeting in Boston, on Sunday, November 5 from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm. This event is an excellent opportunity to both meet new ELUMs and reconnect with old friends. Keep an eye on your email inbox and the ELAM Edge for more details and RSVP information as the date approaches.
- And next - it's time to mark your calendars now for the 2018 ELUM Professional Development event being held this year in Denver January 11 - 13! This year's theme is Leadership During Challenging Times: Building Resilience and Versatility, and it is promising to be informative, enriching, and empowering. Keep an eye on your email inbox and the ELAM Edge for more information as the date approaches.
We hope to see you all soon!
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Division Chief, Interventional Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at Harvard are Denise Adams, Christine Albert, Sharon Inouye, Barbara Kahn, Deborah Levine, Susan Redline, Hope Ricciotti, and Jeanine Wiener-Kronish.
Chairperson, Department of Family Medicine, Rush University Medical Center. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Susan Chubinskaya, Martha Morris, Lynda Powell, VJ Reddy, and Anna Spagnoli.
Chief of Internal Medicine and Acute Care, Yale Health. Submitted by Park Square Executive Search. ELUMs at Yale are Ferne Braveman, Anees Chagpar, Gail D'Onofrio, Rosemarie Fisher, Diane Krause, Carolyn Mazure, Ismene Petrakis, Marina Picciotto, Carrie Redlich, and Lynn Tanoue (SOM); Melinda Pettigrew (SOPH).
Chief of General Internal Medicine Division, The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Kathleen Kim, Razelle Kurzrock, and Vivian Reznik (SOM); Ana Pajor (School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences).
A number of positions were submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins:
Medical Director & Chief of Pediatric Surgery
, Stanford University School of Medicine. ELUMs at Stanford are Juli Barr, Constance Chu, Iris Gibbs, Sabine Girod, Cheryl Gore-Felton, Mary Hawn, Paula Hillard, Marlene Rabinovitch, and Sherry Wren (SOM).
Chief of Breast Pathology, UCLA/David Geffen School of Medicine. ELUMs at UCLA are Ines Boechat, Sherin Devaskar, Sarah Dry, Lynn Gordon, Sarah Kilpatrick, Margi Stuber, and Areti Tillou (SOM); Kathryn Atchison and Diana Messadi (SOD).
Director, Division of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism
, University of Minnesota School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Lynne Bemis, Iris Borowsky, Linda Carson, Maria Hordinsky, Nancy Raymond, Betsy Seaquist, Jill Siegfried, Paula Termuhlen, and Ezgi Tiryaki (SOM); Judith Buchanan and Sheila Riggs (SOD); Beth Virnig (SOPH).
Division Chief, Department of Neurology, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, Duke University School of Medicine. ELUMs at Duke are Ann Brown, Sharon Hull, Mary Klotman, Catherine Kuhn, Chris Marx, Amy Murtha, Ann Reed, Vicki Seewaldt, Julie Ann Sosa, Marilyn Telen, and Debara Tucci.
Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Utah School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Mary Beckerle, Carrie Byington, Wendy Chapman, Rena D'Souza, Catherine deVries, Kathleen Digre, Evelyn Gopez, Wendy Hobson-Rohrer, Harriet Hopf, Vicki Judd, Mary Murray, and Monica Vetter (SOM).
Director of Academic Hospitalist Programs
, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. ELUMs at the university are Margaretha Casselbrant, Gabriella Gosman, Kathleen McIntyre-Seltman, Doris Rubio, Lori Shutter, Ann Thompson, Ora Weisz, and Jennifer Woodward (SOM); Anne Newman (SOPH).
Vice Chief, Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. ELUMs at USC are Michele Kipke and Mandy Termuhlen (SOM).
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Doris Rubio, PhD (ELAM '09) has been appointed the new Associate Vice Provost for Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh.
If you have news about yourself, your ELAM Learning Community, or other ELUMs that you would like to share in the Edge, please send it to elam@drexel.edu.
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The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 130, Issue 9, September 2017:
Lydia Pleotis Howell, Laurel A. Beckett, Amparo C. Villablanca
If you have news about yourself, your ELAM Learning Community, or other ELUMs that you would like to share in the Edge, please send it to elam@drexel.edu.
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BillyPenn.com, July 14, 2017:
Trump's victory could spur more women running for office in the next two major elections.[Note that VISION 2020 is a program of Drexel University's Institution for Women's Health and Leadership, which also houses ELAM.]
The Washington Post, August 15, 2017:
James Damore's memo depicts a world that in no way corresponds to my reality.
The Chronicle of Higher Ed, Academe Today, August 17, 2017:
In the 19th century, as an eclipse neared, the U.S. government refused to send female scientists to get a closer look. Times have changed, but the discipline still struggles with harassment and sexism.
Inside Higher Ed, August 18, 2017:
Study finds adherence to gender norms around femininity is linked to gender disparities in selection of programs of study.
Inside Higher Ed, August 21, 2017:
New paper illustrates the brutal and sexist comments faced by women in economics, and likely other fields as well.
Inside Higher Ed, August 24, 2017:
Joya Misra and Jennifer Lundquist asked faculty members from different disciplines whom colleagues and students had identified as excellent mentors to share their lessons with others in academe.
AAMC CFAS News, August 25, 2017:
Leaked documents from the Salk Institute raised questions about gender bias among its researchers, reported Science. The article noted that officials at Salk have disputed the gender-discrimination claims.
Women in medicine can fall victim to "imposter syndrome," feelings of self-doubt and fear of being discovered as an intellectual fraud, after repeated encounters with patients who question or forget their credentials, said an opinion piece in STAT. The piece noted that imposter syndrome is associated with burnout and is the strongest predictor of psychological distress among health care professionals. It was written by Julia M. Reilly, MD, a third-year resident physician in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School.
Inside Higher Ed, August 28, 2017:
Adriana Bankston offers the following advice for being a good team leader both in academe and outside it.
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Calls for Application, Nomination, Etc.
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AAMC News, August 23, 2017:
Early Bird Registration Deadline Approaching for Learn Serve Lead
Register now for Learn Serve Lead 2017: The AAMC Annual Meeting, taking place Nov. 3−7 in Boston, before the early bird discount ends on Aug. 31. The signature learning and networking event for the academic medicine community will feature extraordinary plenary speakers and an expansive program of 120 education sessions, 60 networking events, and the Voices of Medicine and Society series.
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Doximity.com, August 2017:
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