Current Events and Announcements:
The Alma Dea Morani, M.D. Renaissance Woman Award:
2012 Call for Applications
Deadline: April 30, 2012
The Alma Dea Morani Award honors an outstanding woman physician or scientist who has furthered the practice and understanding of medicine in our lifetime and made significant contributions outside of medicine in the humanities, arts or social sciences. More
Susan K. Pingleton, MD, FACP, Master FCCP joins the Foundation Board
The Foundation's Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Susan K. Pingleton, the Joy McCann Professor of Women in Medicine and Science and the Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, to the Board. More
The Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine Announces 2011 Alma Dea Morani, M.D. Renaissance Woman Award Recipient – Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D.
Rita Charon is Professor of Clinical Medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and Executive Director of the Program in Narrative Medicine. She is a general internist in practice in the Associates of Internal Medicine in Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Charon graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1978 and trained in internal medicine at the Residency Program in Social Medicine at Montefiore Hospital in New York. More about Dr. Charon
“History is HERstory too.”
A special project of the Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine
Do you have experiences or advice that would be of value to share with our fellows, student scholars, and the FHWIM community? Here is your opportunity to allow others to learn from your experiences. The process is easy and allows you to be creative. We will chose a topic, then you submit a story in writing, make an audio tape, include photos - whatever you feel will enhance your tale. More about HERstory
FHWIM Announces 2011-2012 Fellow: Hilary C. Aquino, Ph.D.
The Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine is pleased to announce our 2011-2012 Fellow, Hilary C. Aquino, Ph.D. Dr. Aquino's project, Dr. Leona Baumgartner: Crusader for the Public's Health, will explore the newly opened Baumgartner papers at the Center for the History of Medicine. More about Dr. Aquino