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The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) remains deeply committed to the safety and health of our patients, colleagues, and communities. We are particularly compelled to speak following the horrific events […]
AMWA co-hosted two iGIANT roundtables (impact of Gender/sex on Innovation And Novel Technologies) at UC Berkeley and in San Francisco, CA. Both roundtables featured robust discussions sex and gender issues […]
On December 15, 2017, the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) published a special issue entitled, Advancing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Methods: Important Considerations in Making Evidence-Based Guidelines. […]
Women are now a majority of entering medical students nationwide Washington Post With more women entering the field, more people are talking about these issues and looking for solutions, said […]
AMWA Leaders, Dr. Kim Templeton (past president) and Dr. Eliza Chin (executive director) attended the Annual Ideagen Global Innovation 2030 Summit at the Microsoft Reactor in San Francisco. The Summit […]
Dr. Eliza Lo Chin and Dr. Anju Goel are compiling a follow up anthology to This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine (Sage 2002, Oxford 2003). Request for […]
Fixing the Pipeline Statistical data regarding the number of women entering medical school over the past decade have indicated that more than 47% of entering medical students are women (AAMC […]
AMWA plans to launch an initiative to explore the role of film in education and advocacy. Initial films to be discussed include: States of Grace (medical humanities, resilience, rehabilitation) Unrest […]
At the recent NASS annual meeting in Orlando, AMWA co-sponsored a half-day symposium on Women’s Issues in Spine Care. The symposium was organized and moderated by Greg Whitcomb, DC from […]
AMWA members, Dr. Laurel Waters, Dr. Eliza Chin, Dr. Douglas Chin, Mollie Marr, Tannaz Safary, Nitisha Mehta, and Apoorva Dharmadhikari attended the Raw Science Film Festival in Santa Barbara where […]