6.15.23 | OWIMS Annual Conference | The Journey Forward: Empowering Women in Medicine and Science

This Annual Conference is being held live, in-person.

This live annual conference is designed to offer attendees a program where they can acquire specific skills and strategies for their academic and professional development. Promoting diversity, mentoring, collaboration, and addressing the goal of having a successful and satisfying work-life experience are also essential aspects of the conference.

Target Audience

A professional development conference for faculty, trainees and house staff.

Learning Objectives

After participating in this conference, the learner should be better able to: 

  • Describe a framework for integrating ethics and justice into biomedical research to foster trust in science.

  • Explore the gamut of psychological responses that may occur when involved in professional litigation.

  • Recognize common biases experienced by women working in biomedicine and implement strategies to overcome bias.

 

Acknowledgment

Additional Information

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 4.00 APA
    The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is approved by the RI Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Alpert Medical School maintains responsibility for the program.
  • 4.00 Attendance
    Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.
Course opens: 
03/28/2023
Course expires: 
03/31/2024
Cost:
$50.00

8:00 - 8:25 am     Registration

8:25 - 8:35 am     Welcome

                            Katherine M. Sharkey, MD, PhD, FACP, FAASM, Associate Dean for Gender Equity

8:35 - 9:35 am      Applying an Intersectional Lens to Antiracist Medicine and Research: Professor Evelynn Hammonds in conversation with Dr. Vanessa Britto

                             Evelynn M. Hammonds, PhD, Chair, Department of the History of Science

9:35 - 10:35 am      The L Word: Litigation Stress and Survival

                                Gita Pensa, MD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

10:35 - 10:45 am      Break

10:45 - 11:45 am      No Exceptions: Professional Women & Fallacy of Fairness

                                 Eman Ansari, MD, MPH, FAAP, Executive Director, Arab Cultural Alliance

11:45 - 12:45 pm      Break Out Session

  • Lessons Learned in Leadership Training

Debasree Banerjee, MD, Ghada Bourjeily, MD, FCCP, Margaret H Bublitz, PhD, Ornella Potter, MD, Audrey Tyrka, MD, PhD

  • Coach-Mentor-Sponsor-Therapist: Seeking Advice in a World Full of Expanding Options

Stephanie Catanese, MD, FACP, Carly Goldstein, PhD, Heather Hall, MD, Debra S Herman, PhD, Nicole Siegert, MD, Elizabeth Toll, MD

12:45 - 1:30 pm      Networking Lunch

Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
222 Richmond Street
Room 160
Providence, RI
United States

Parking will be available in the garage attached to the medical school. 

 

 

Eman Ansari, MD, MPH, FAAP
Division of Emergency Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Department of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Debasree Banerjee, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Pulmonologist, Cystic Fibrosis Adult Program
Hasbro Children's Hospital
Providence, RI

Ghada Bourjeily, MD, FCCP
Professor of Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Associate Chief for Academic Advancement and Research for Women's Services
Director of Research for Women's Services, Women's Medicine Collaborative
Providence, RI

Vanessa Britto, MD, MSc, FACP
Associate Vice President for Campus Life and Executive Director of Health and Wellness
Brown University
Providence, RI

Margaret H. Bublitz, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Clinician Psychologist, Senior Research Scientist
Women's Behavioral Medicine at the Women's Medicine Collaborative
Providence, RI

Stephanie Catanese, MD, FACP
Associate Program Director-General Internal Medicine Residency Program 
Director-Brown Medicine Committee for Physician Well-Being
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator 
Brown Medicine, Brown Physicians, INC
Providence, RI

Carly M. Goldstein, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI

Heather Hall, MD
Clinician Instructor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Staff Psychiatrist 
Newport Hospital
Providence, RI

Evelynn M. Hammonds, PhD
Chair, Department of the History of Science
Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science
Professor of African and African American Studies
Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
T. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Debra S. Herman, PhD
Clinician Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI

Gita Pensa, MD, FACEP
Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI

Ornella Potter, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Unit Chief of Adolescent Inpatient Program
Bradley Hospital
Providence, RI

Nicole Siegert, MD
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Clinician Educator
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI

Elizabeth Toll, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Educator
Professor of Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI

Audrey Tyrka, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Chief Scientific Officer CNE Director
Laboratory for Clinical and Translational Neuroscience
Butler Hospital
Providence, RI

Planning Committee

Meghan Flanagan, MS
CME Coordinator, Brown Office of CME

Laura Henriques
Administrative Coordinator, Office of Women in Medicine & Science

Jennifer Maloney
Assistant Director, CME Accreditation and Special Projects, Brown Office of CME

Katherine M. Sharkey, MD, PhD, FACP, FAASM
Associate Dean for Gender Equity
Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Warren Alpert Medical School
Rhode Island Hospital & Bradley Hospital | Providence, RI

Maria Sullivan
Director, Brown Office of CME 

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians: The Warren Alpert Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Continuing Psychologist Education:  In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. Credit Designation: This program offers 1.5 continuing education credits for psychologists.

Available Credit

  • 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 4.00 APA
    The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is approved by the RI Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Alpert Medical School maintains responsibility for the program.
  • 4.00 Attendance
    Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.

Price

Cost:
$50.00
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