Tag Archives: education

Women Doctors and Work-Life Balance

Recently, Dr. Karen Sibert, an anesthesiologist from California, wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times on the subject of women in the field of medicine. Sibert eloquently maintains a blunt, matter-of-fact tone as she discusses what she feels to be an assault on the field of medicine–women choosing careers as physicians, only to [...]

Dr. Carla Pugh–Using Technology for Medical Education

The Oncofertility Summer Research Fellowship 2010 is now in full swing (check out this post for more details)!  Our three Oncofertility Saturday Academy alumni undergraduate students, Nicole Miles, Shaquita Webster, and Megan Romero have been hard at work, both at the bench in Dr. Woodruff’s laboratory and learning about many social issues surrounding women’s health [...]

Preparing the Next Generation of Women Leaders in Science and Medicine

A priority of the Institute for Women’s Health Research is to develop and deliver educational experiences focused on women’s health for students and professionals at all levels of training and practice.  IWHR has created an innovative educational program call the Women’s Health Science Program for High School Girls and Beyond (WHSP and Beyond).  The purpose [...]