UC Davis Women in Medicine and Health Sciences

What a team! Thanks to all of the WIMHS DLs for your hard work!

Tomorrow, October 30th at 10:30am - Jennifer Doudna, the 2020 Nobel laureate in chemistry, will speak about her work on CRISPR and its intersections with COVID-19 at the upcoming Distinguished Speaker Series in Research and Innovation. The free, online event, co-organized by the UC Davis Office of Research and the School of Medicine, will be live, but registration is required. Click the link below to register! https://ucdavis.zoom.us//register/WN_37gY9DEIRUuEGsP6TWPyhw... #WIMHS #CRISPR & #coronavirus #2020NobelPrize #WomenInSTEM See more

. @DianaFarmerMD, is the chair of @UCDavisSurgery and an international leader in finding new and effective treatments for children with #spinabifida. Hear how her unique perspective as a surgeon-scientist has led her to groundbreaking discoveries. #WIMMonth https://twitter.com/i/status/1311331932802670594

I don’t care where they come from, I just love to mentor people. Few physicians have mentored as many women here @UCDavisHealth and around the world as Randi Hagerman, medical director of @UCDMINDINST, pediatrician, & #FragileX research icon: #WIMMonth https://ucdavis.health/3kXlM5j

Dr. Bahareh Nejad is training the next generation of surgeons using advanced robotic systems to improve surgical outcomes for patients. See how Dr. Nejad is #CultivatingHealth: https://ucdavis.health/2Zxvzqw #WIMMonth #WomenofAMA

@sepideh_gholami is a liver and pancreas surgeon and cancer researcher. Dr. Gholami thrives in the fast paced environment shifting from the operating room to the lab. She believes in personalizing medical treatment to provide the highest quality care for patients. #WIMMonth https://twitter.com/i/status/1305194106713378816

Neuropathologist Brittany Dugger is working hard to speed up dementia research using machine learning. Dr. Dugger is passionate about finding a cure and is making great strides in research to be able to get the right treatment, to the right patients, at the right time. #WIMMonth https://twitter.com/i/status/1304098584980336641

Meet Dr. Lydia Howell, department chair @UCDPath. Dr. Howell has used her own story and journey as a woman in STEM to be a voice and resource for others trying to achieve their career goals. #WIMMonth #WomenofAMA

Calling all women & allies!! Women in medicine have waited long enough for gender equity, and the time is now to address longstanding and well-documented disparities. Follow the link below to support all women in medicine & underrepresented women in medicine! https://www.amwa-doc.org//gender-equity-t/her-time-is-now/ #HerTimeIsNow #genderequity #WomenInMedicine #SheLeadsHealthcare

September is Women in Medicine Month! Please take a moment to thank all of the amazing #WomenInMedicine we work with everyday and check out 10 ways you can be involved in #WomenInMedicineMonth activities: https://ama-assn.org//10-ways-get-involved-women-medicine-

Fall 2020 WIMHS programming under development to address the burden facing women in STEMM during the COVID pandemic - what would you like to see? Please share your ideas! #WomenInScience #WomenInMedicine

Just a reminder to follow us on twitter @UCDavisWIMHS for more frequent posts :)

To the UC Davis Community: I can’t breathe. These were the last words uttered by Eric Garner as he was being murdered on Staten Island in 2014. I can’t brea...the. These were among the last words spoken by George Floyd as he suffered the same fate under hauntingly similar circumstances in Minneapolis on Monday evening. In 2014, I tried to explain the Garner incident to my daughters. Yesterday, I tried to explain the Floyd incident to myself. In both cases, I fell short. Murder captured on video defies explanation. Needless to say, these tragedies hit my family and me hard. I know it’s touched a deep nerve with many of you as well. You have reached out to express your support, concern, sadness and anger, and I appreciate it. To be honest, it’s been difficult for me to know how to address this because it is so personal. I lived in Georgia for nearly 30 years, where Ahmaud Arbery was hunted and killed. George Floyd could have been any African American man, including me. Beyond the constant barrage of fear of the negative consequences of birding while black, shopping while black, cooking out while black, exercising while black it is just exhausting. And I’m tired. I can’t claim to speak for all African Americans or all people of color. And to ask me or others like me to do so is a burden others don’t have to carry. So I have thought a lot about how America got here, so long ago, and why we haven’t made as much progress as we often claim. The events of this week also cause me to believe even more strongly, if that’s possible, in building an inclusive environment that recognizes and respects people of all backgrounds and experiences. I remain committed to that and hope you will do what you can to eliminate racism, sexism, and other negative influences on our progression as a nation. Perhaps higher education can be that positive influence on lives beyond an education. Perhaps here we can create a way forward. Perhaps here we can breathe.

Thanks for sharing this important piece on new work-life integration challenges! https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01135-9