The School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs and the Office of Faculty Development of Pediatrics along with other department’s offices of faculty development is hosting the Spotlight on Women in Medicine and Science annual symposium on March 3.

2021 marked the 100th anniversary of the first woman to graduate from WUSM, Faye Cashatt - Class of 1921. We have traditionally held it in the fall during the Women in Medicine month, but that wasn’t possible therefore we have targeted March instead during Women’s History Month.  Due to the pandemic, this will be a virtual event.

Our keynote speaker is Reshma Jagsi. Jagsi is Newman Family Professor and Deputy Chair in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine at the University of Michigan. She has been funded by the NIH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the AMA to study issues of bioethics and gender equity in academic medicine.  She leads the national program evaluation for the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Fund to Retain Clinician Scientists and has evaluated the outcomes of the ten universities including WashU. In addition, WUSM's Barbara Warner will speak on her work on the effects of the neonatal microbiome on infant health, and Dineo Khabele, Chairperson of OBGYN, will speak on her research on ovarian cancer.

SWIMS will conclude with a panel to discuss the career journeys of our speakers and several women leaders from WUSM.

The School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs and the Office of Faculty Development of Pediatrics along with other department’s offices of faculty development is hosting the Spotlight on Women in Medicine and Science annual symposium on March 3.

2021 marked the 100th anniversary of the first woman to graduate from WUSM, Faye Cashatt - Class of 1921. We have traditionally held it in the fall during the Women in Medicine month, but that wasn’t possible therefore we have targeted March instead during Women’s History Month.  Due to the pandemic, this will be a virtual event.

Our keynote speaker is Reshma Jagsi. Jagsi is Newman Family Professor and Deputy Chair in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine at the University of Michigan. She has been funded by the NIH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the AMA to study issues of bioethics and gender equity in academic medicine.  She leads the national program evaluation for the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Fund to Retain Clinician Scientists and has evaluated the outcomes of the ten universities including WashU. In addition, WUSM's Barbara Warner will speak on her work on the effects of the neonatal microbiome on infant health, and Dineo Khabele, Chairperson of OBGYN, will speak on her research on ovarian cancer.

SWIMS will conclude with a panel to discuss the career journeys of our speakers and several women leaders from WUSM.