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

Connecticut General Assembly on the Status of Women

Mentoring - NIH

Phyllis Bodel Childcare

Worklife Program, Yale

Women in Science, Yale College

Women's Center, Yale

Women's Faculty Forum at Yale (WFF)

Women's Health Research at Yale

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

Women’s Health and Women’s Leadership in Academic
Medicine: Hitting the Same Glass Ceiling?

Why Do Faculty Leave? Reasons for Attrition
of Women and Minority Faculty from a Medical School:

Duality
When a doctor is also a mother, sometimes the hardest part of the day is just getting out the door.