This event is sponsored by the Academy of Education Scholars & Clara Bliss Hinds Society.
Description:
This session explores the "Last Page" article detailing ten evidence-based strategies to eliminate gender disparities in academic medicine. The discussion will focus on actionable steps for leaders and allies to promote gender equity, addressing both systemic and individual-level changes. Attendees will engage in a thoughtful review of the top strategies and participate in focused discussions to identify opportunities for meaningful action in their own spheres of influence.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify key evidence-based strategies to address gender disparities in academic medicine and health care.
- Discuss the role of leadership and allyship in fostering gender equity within academic and clinical environments.
- Develop actionable ideas to implement gender equity strategies in participants’ own professional settings.
Presenters:
Kristina Dzara, PhD, MMSc, Assistant Dean, Scholarly Teaching and Learning Director, Center for Educator Development, Advancement, and Research Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine is Assistant Dean for Scholarly Teaching and Learning, Director of the Center for Educator Development, Advancement, and Learning, and Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. She is a graduate of the Master of Medical Sciences in Medical Education program at Harvard Medical School, the PhD in Sociology program at Southern Illinois University, the Master in Applied Sociology program, and the Bachelors in Advertising and Public Relations programs at the University of Central Florida. She is an alumna of the Harvard Macy Institute. Kristina was previously Assistant Director for Education and Science Initiatives at the Brigham Education Institute, and Assistant Dean for Educator Development at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Kristina has expertise in educator development, the science of teaching and learning, curriculum development, program evaluation, educational scholarship, and the use of social media in medical education and has more than 40 articles in the medical and health professions education scholarly literature. Her recent articles on medical education can be found here. Connect with Kristina via LinkedIn. For contact: Kristina.dzara@health.slu.edu and Kristina_dzara@hms.harvard.edu.
Michael Sinha, MD, JD, MPH, Saint Louis University School of Law has a background in law, medicine, and public health. Prior to coming to SLU LAW, he served in various research and teaching roles at Harvard Medical School, Northeastern University School of Law, and Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Originally from St. Louis, Dr. Sinha completed his undergraduate degree in biophysical chemistry from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire before returning to St. Louis to conduct research in medical oncology at Washington University School of Medicine. He then completed a combined M.D./J.D. program at Southern Illinois University and trained in internal medicine in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
During his clinical training, Dr. Sinha earned an M.P.H. in Law and Public Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. While in Boston, he renewed his focus on health law research and scholarship with fellowships at the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science at Harvard Medical School. He continues as an Affiliated Faculty at PORTAL and is a Core Partner at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) at the University of Copenhagen. For more information, visit: https://www.slu.edu/law/faculty/michael-sinha.php.
Dr. Stephanie Mueller is a clinician-investigator within the Division of General Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where she works as a hospitalist and conducts research on hospital-based care transitions. She completed her medical school training at the University of Massachusetts in 2005, followed by internal medicine residency and chief residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She pursued fellowship training at the Harvard General Medicine Fellowship where she earned a Masters of Public Health, prior to joining as faculty at BWH in 2012. Dr. Mueller is a nationally recognized expert in hospital-based care transitions with grant-funded research focused on improving the quality and safety of inter-hospital transfers.
She has over 45 publications and has received national recognition awards related to her research. In addition to her research activities, Dr. Mueller has a strong passion for mentoring and faculty development. She serves as the Faculty Development Director of Programs for the BWH Department of Medicine and the Associate Director for the Harvard-Brigham Research Fellowship in Hospital Medicine, and is the recipient of the 2023 Shirley Driscoll Dean’s Leadership Award for the Enhancement of Women’s Careers from Harvard Medical School.