Mission
Established in 1992, the WISDM faculty organization
seeks to further the professional goals of women physicians, scientists,
and dentists at the VCU Schools of Medicine and Dentistry. As a sponsor
of forums for open communication, the organization facilitates networking,
mentoring, and collaboration among women faculty, housestaff, and
medical, dental, and graduate students.
Activities
Faculty Development is an important goal for all faculty—and
especially for women, who are under-represented at the highest levels
of leadership in academic medicine. By integrating Women in Medicine
as part of the faculty development, the School of Medicine is able
to facilitate, guide, and conduct a variety of faculty development
activities and programs. A multifaceted approach provides opportunities
to include special focus on concerns and circumstances of women at
VCU School of Medicine.
Membership
All women faculty (clinical, basic science, administrative, full-time, part-time, any rank) , students, housestaff, fellows, and post-docs in the VCU Schools of Medicine and Dentistry are considered members of WISDM and invited and encouraged to participate in any and all events and meetings. Our men colleagues are welcome to participate in our professional development programs as well. Any faculty member, student, housestaff, fellow, post-doc, retired faculty, alumni, or interested colleague who pays an annual contribution to sustain and support our various programs is a sustaining member. These names will be listed in the WISDM newsletter and/or website. Sustaining members may be recognized in other venues. Funds are used to support profeesional development activities of the VCU WISDM program. Sustaining membership fees ($30/year) are requested and collected each academic year, July 1- June 30. Checks should be made out to WISDM and sent to Dr. Susan DiGiovanni, Treasurer: P.O. Box 980160, Richmond, VA 23298-0160, phone: (804) 828-9682 or e-mail: srdigiov@vcu.edu.
To become a sustaining member, download, complete, and submit this form (PDF).
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