Co-Chairs
Janice L. Werbinski, MD, FACOG, MSCP, FAMWA
Dr. Werbinski has been instrumental in introducing fundamental change in healthcare education, considering the many ways in which women’s, men’s, and other diverse populations’ health and healthcare differ. As Clinical Associate Professor Emerita at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, she teaches sex-specific medicine and menopause care. She is a past president of AMWA and co-founder of AMWA’s Sex and Gender Women’s Health Collaborative (now SGHC). She serves as a Sex Differences Expert for the NIH ORWH CME Course, and as a Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Women’s Health Editorial Board and NIH Bench to Bedside: Integrating Sex and Gender to Improve Human Health.
In addition to being Co-Chair of SGHC, Dr. Werbinski is one of the Healthcare Leads for the Student and Mentorship Committee. Through her dedicated work with SGHC, she has served as a mentor to multiple student factsheet groups. She also reviews all factsheet graphics and SGBM Bricks.
The students of SGHC are grateful for Dr. Werbinski’s support in helping every student reach their greatest potential and dedication to changing the future of SGBM.
Sneha Michaela Chaturvedi, BA
For over 6 years, Sneha has led and supported SGBM initiatives through AMWA’s SGHC and in her own research. Sneha first joined AMWA in high school under the mentorship of Dr. Farzanna Haffizulla, a previous AMWA president. Once in college, Sneha found a home at SGHC with Dr. Jan Werbinski and began supporting student initiatives to create SGBM content for the medical school curriculum. Since then, the student initiatives have grown to include over 300 students and healthcare professionals, including a team of 10 student leaders. Outside of AMWA, Sneha is an MD/PhD student at Washington University School of Medicine, where she is currently pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience in the lab of Joseph Dougherty. Her thesis work focuses on understanding molecular sex variation in early neurodevelopment.
Committee Leaders
Advocacy & Outreach
Healthcare Lead: Dr. Kim Templeton, MD
Education & Curriculum
Healthcare Lead: Rebecca Sleeper, PharmD
Student Lead: Sarah Osborn, BS
Sarah is a fourth-year medical student at St. George’s University and has been involved with SGHC since July 2023. She initially oversaw factsheet development but soon became involved with the many moving parts. Her main focus is on educational materials, and she has been instrumental in advancing the factsheet project and the newly added ScholarRx Brick project. Sarah also onboards new students and assists in SGHC abstracts/publications/presentations. She is very involved with and holds leadership positions in other AMWA initiatives: PATH, GVS, and DV. Outside of medicine, you can find her trying out a new recipe, creating art, making jewelry, scuba diving, and preparing for agility competitions with her golden retrievers. In July, Sarah will start an internal medicine residency and is excited to integrate SGBM into her patient care and to continue advocating for SGBM inclusion in education.
Fundraising & Communications
Social Media Leads: Ashley Dittmar and Lily Berkin
Scholarship & Publications
Student Leads: Iris Dupanovic and Monica Ybarra
Student & Mentorship
Healthcare Leads: Jan Werbinski, MD, and Deb Kwolek, MD
Student Lead: Sneha Chaturvedi, BA
Website & Infrastructure
Healthcare Lead: Mary K. Rojek, PhD
Dr. Rojek is a medical sociologist and has been a leader in ensuring that gender is properly integrated into sex and gender curricula. She is the Director for Faculty Affairs and Development at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville (SOMG). She also serves as the Director of Emerging Physician Leaders Development Program and as Associate Director of the Academy of Educators at SOMG. Dr. Rojek is Co-Founder of AMWA’s SGHC and has served as its Past President and Past Chair. She was a member of the original AMWA Women’s Health Education Working Group in 2008, which eventually became SGHC. Dr. Rojek served as Chair of the 10th Anniversary Women’s Health Education Summit in 2025, which celebrated accomplishments since the four prior Sex and Gender Health Education Summits, beginning in 2015. Dr. Rojek is a Co-PI on an NIH R25 GENDER grant, which led to the development of a faculty toolkit to enable faculty to assess and revise their curricular materials to integrate sex and gender content. The goal of this project is to improve healthcare for all. She has authored numerous publications, is a reviewer for multiple journals, has mentored students and junior faculty, and teaches about sex and gender health.
Healthcare Professional Members
- Angela Jarman, MD, MPH. Director, Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis. Dr. Jarman is an Emergency Medicine physician and scientist who studies sex differences in venous thromboembolism.
- Claudia Morrissey Conlon, MD, MPH, FAMWA.
- Connie B Newman, MD, MACP, FAMWA, FAHA. Endocrinologist and Adjunct Professor of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine. Co-Editor of “How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice”, Elsevier, second edition, 2026.
- Jennica Siddle
- Joanne Prasad, DDS, MPH. Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine.
- Juliana M. Kling, MD, MPH, NCMP.
- Justina Trott, MD.
- Kelsey Martin, MD. Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. Clinical Director of Classical Hematology. Associate Director of Education at Women’s Health Research at Yale.
- Marcia L. Stefanick, PhD
Advisory Board Members
- Alyson J. McGregor, MD, MA, FACEP, Emergency Medicine. Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Affiliations: Women’s & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Hospital.
- Ana E. Nunez, MD. Professor, Medicine, University of Minneapolis Medical School.
- Charlea T. Massion, MD. Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz, CA.
- Dixie Horning. Executive Director, University of California, San Francisco. Executive Director, UCSF National Center of Women’s Health.
- Eileen Hoffman, MD, FACP, Internal Medicine. Founding Member, American College of Women’s Health Physicians. Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine.
- Laura J. Miller, MD
- Lauren Walter, MD, FACEP, Emergency Medicine. Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine.
- Memoona Hasnain, MD, MHPE, PhD. Associate Dean for Faculty Development, University of Illinois College of Medicine. Associate Head for Faculty Development and Research, University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Michelle Berlin, MD, MPH, Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vice Chair, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine. Professor, Department of Medical Information and Clinical Epidemiology, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University.
- Neelum Aggarwal, MD, Neurology. Director for Research, Rush Heart Center for Women. Associate Professor, Rush University Medical Center.
- Roberta E. Gebhard, DO, Family Medicine. Board Member and Peer Supporter for Physicians Just Equity.
- Susan L. Ivey, MD, MHSA, Family Medicine. Professor, Adjunct. Director of Research, Health Research for Action. Master’s faculty, UCB-UCSF Joint Medical Program. Problem-based learning curriculum with medical students, University of California, Berkeley.
- Tracy Madsen, MD, FACEP. Emergency Medicine. Assistant Professor, Rhode Island Hospital. Affiliations: Miriam Hospital. Brown Emergency Medicine (FKA University Emergency Medicine Foundation), Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
- Wendy S. Klein, MD, MACP, Internal Medicine. Deputy Editor, Journal of Women’s Health. Medical Director Emeritus, Health Brigade Free Clinic. Virginia Board of Health, Gubernatorial appointee. Associate Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Co-Founder, VCU Institute for Women’s Health.