DEPARTMENT DELEGATES ~ WIMS GALS

Guidance & Advancement Liaisons

WHO -- "WIMS-GAL," are a department faculty member rom each department who are actively involved in the Women in Medicine and Science organization and who have volunteered to who serve as a liaison between WIMS and each new woman faculty member.

WHAT-- WIMS Guidance & Advancement Liaisons or WIMS-GALS is a term to help differentiate between faculty mentors and department ambassadors (visit http://www.kumc.edu/som/facdev/dept_sites.html ) who work through WIMS to welcome and assist our newest women colleagues.

WHEN -- As soon as a woman accepts a formal offer they are considered a “new member of the faculty” and should be welcomed by a WIMS-GAL.

WHERE -- WIMS GALS currently are available within each department in the School of Medicine. In addition, there are two in the School of Allied Health willing to assist.

WHY -- Women, and men, are empowered when they feel welcomed and that they belong. When this feeling does not develop or exist, we risk losing some of our most valuable talent. It is the mission of our WIMS-GALS to support the WIMS goals and welcome every woman (and man) upon becoming a new member in their department.

WIMS goals include:

to be proactive and constructive in advancing the careers of women in medicine and science;
to educate women on relevant KU Policies and Procedures for career development and advancement;
to enhance and foster the professional development of all women faculty in the KU School of Medicine through mentoring and networking (local and national).

WIMS-GALs RESONSIBILITIES

First, inform members of your department including the department administrator and ambassador that you are the WIMS delegate or WIMS-GAL and you need to be informed when a women is interviewing for a faculty position; when an offer is made and when they accept the position.
Send a welcome email to the new member informing them of who you are and helpful web links.
Be accessible to your women colleagues.
Learn the WIMS website and the web tools available to help a new faculty member transition easily.
Assist with finding mentors for your new colleagues when appropriate.

"A collegiate community must be more than a collection of buildings connected only by steam lines and fiber optic cables. It must be a set of relationships that recognize and celebrate a shared vision of purpose and values.” ~ E. Grady Bogue

Bogue, EG. An Agenda of Common Caring: The Call for Community in Higher Education in
McDonald WM and Associates, Creating Campus Community: In Search of Ernest Boyer’s Legacy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

WIMS GALS

SOM BASIC SCIENCE Departments

Anatomy and Cell Biology WIMS Delegate - Nancy E. J. Berman, PhD,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology WIMS Delegate - Liskin Swint-Kruse, PhD
Biostatistics WIMS Delegate - Jianghua (Wendy) He, PhD
Cancer Biology WIMS Delegate - currently no women faculty members
Health Policy and Management WIMS Delegate - Marcia Nielsen, PhD, MPH
History and Philosophy of Medicine WIMS Delegate - Martha Montello, PhD
Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology WIMS Delegate - Charlotte Vines, PhD,
Molecular and Integrative Physiology WIMS Delegate - Paige Geiger, PhD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine WIMS Delegate - Rebecca Horvat, PhD
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics WIMS Delegate - Beth Levant, PhD
Preventive Medicine and Public Health WIMS Delegate - Kimber P. Richter, PhD, MPH

SOM CLINICAL Departments

Anesthesiology WIMS Delegate - Grace Shih, MD
Emergency Medicine WIMS Delegate -
Family Medicine WIMS Delegate - Deb Clements, MD
Internal Medicine WIMS Delegate - Susan K. Pingleton, MD
Neurology WIMS Delegate - Sharon G. Lynch, MD
Neurosurgery WIMS Delegate - Ania Pollack, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology WIMS Delegate - Carrie Wieneke, MD
Ophthalmology WIMS Delegate - Erica Person, MD
Orthopedic Surgery WIMS Delegate - Kimberly Templeton, MD
Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery WIMS Delegate - Julie Wei, MD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine WIMS Delegate - Rebecca Horvat, PhD
Pediatrics WIMS Delegate -
Plastic Surgery WIMS Delegate - Michelle M. M. De Souza, MD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences WIMS Delegate - Teri Smith, PhD
Radiation Oncology WIMS Delegate - currently no women faculty members
Radiology WIMS Delegate - currently no women faculty members
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation WIMS Delegate - Linda Ladesich, M.D.
Surgery WIMS Delegate - Marilee McGinness, MD, FACS
Urological Surgery WIMS Delegate - Priya Padmanabhan, MD

School of Nursing Delegate

School of Allied Health Delegates

WIMS-GALS Meeting, April 5, 2011

A lot of people have gone farther than they thought they could because someone else thought they could. ~Zig Ziglar

NOTE: As our organization grows names will be added as delegates for departments listed below with out one. If interested, please let contact Julie Wei, MD WIMS President or Susan K. Pingleton, MD, FACP, Master FCCP, Joy McCann Professor of Women in Medicine and Science and the WIMS Mentoring Committee Chair.Updated

8.4.2011

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