Programs & Events
Programs
Women Faculty Programs offers a wide range of programming to support the advancement and leadership of women in cancer research and cancer medicine. Targeted to specific subgroups of women faculty, programs on career development and mentoring are designed to:
- Build competencies for leadership
- Develop skills in negotiation and navigating institutional relationships
- Prepare for promotion and tenure
- Facilitate opportunities for networking and mentoring
Events
Increasing the visibility of all women physicians and scientists is one of the key strategic goals of the Department of Women Faculty Programs:
- Women Leading the Way Lecture Series – brings high profile women scientists and physicians to present institution-wide scientific and women-in-science lectures
- Margaret L. Kripke Legend Award (established by WFP) –recognizes an individual, woman or man, who has made significant contributions to the advancement of women in cancer medicine and science
Women Leading the Way Lecture Series
Highlights
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April 11, 2011: Nancy Chang, Ph.D.
Chairman and Senior Managing Director for Asia, OrbiMed Healthcare Fund Management"My Story, The Tanox Story"
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September 8, 2010: Olufunmilayo (Funmi) Olopade, M.D., FACP
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics
Associate Dean for Global Health
Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health
The University of Chicago Medical Center"Epigenetics and Breast Cancer"
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September 22, 2009:
Karen Antman, M.D
Dean of Boston University
School of Medicine“You've Come a Long Way Baby - What's Next?”
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May 12, 2009: Nancy Davidson, M.D.
Director, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute UPMC Cancer Centers“The Road to Cancer Center Director: Challenges and Opportunities”
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September 9, 2008: Virginia Valian, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
Co-director of the Gender Equity Project at Hunter College, NY“Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women in Medicine”
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May 12, 2008: Renu Khator, Ph.D.
President of the University of Houston
Chancellor of the University of Houston System"The Power of Higher Education: My Journey from India to the Presidency of Texas’ Flagship Metropolitan University System"
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May 1, 2008: Carol Cass, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Oncology, University of Alberta
Director, Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta, Canada"Lessons in Leadership: a Journey from Biochemistry to Oncology"
WFP Event Highlight
The three recent attendees to the AAMC Early Career Development Program for Women Faculty whose attendance was sponsored by Women Faculty Programs "paid it forward" by sharing lessons learned upon their return with other women assistant professors and instructors at MD Anderson.
The panel covered the following topics:
• Negotiating to Get What You Need for Career Success
• Integrity and Flexibility: The Keys to Success
• Organization and Time Management
Panelists left to right: Anna Franklin, M.D., Pediatrics, Anis Rashid, M.D., Psychiatry and Amy Zhang, M.D., Pathology