Leadership - GWIMS

GWIMS Steering Committee

The GWIMS steering committee increases the visibility of the membership through collaborative engagement with AAMC groups, Councils, and with the gender equity community at large through projects, webinars, and meetings.

Committee efforts include input into the development of AAMC policy, strategic engagement with AAMC Action Plans, and combined efforts to release relevant and compelling data on women in academic medicine and science that describes both challenges and solutions.

Chair

Amy S. Gottlieb, MD, FACP
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate

Chair-Elect

Elizabeth (Libby) Ellinas, MD
Associate Dean for Women's Leadership
Professor, Anesthesiology
Director, Center for the Advancement of Women in Science and Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin

Past Chair

Toi B. Harris, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer
Memorial Hermann Health System
Professor of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine

Members at Large

Allison C. Augustus-Wallace, PhD, MS, MNS, DEIC
Associate Professor-Research and Director, Undergraduate Pathway Programs for Diversity
LSUHealth-New Orleans, School of Medicine

Linda Barry, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Office of Multicultural and Community Affairs
Director, Visiting Externship for Underrepresented Students in Medicine (VESUM)
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Kimberly Bibb, MD
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Sonya Jacobs, MS
Chief Organizational Learning Officer 
Senior Director, Faculty Development
University of Michigan Medical School

Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH, MACP
Professor and Vice Chair of Medical Oncology and Chief of Cancer Services 
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS
Vice Dean of Faculty & Academic Affairs, UCSF School of Medicine
Lynne and Marc Benioff Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Tamara Nowling, PhD
Past Chair, Career Development Program
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina

Courtney A. Schreiber, MD, MPH
Stuart and Emily B.H. Mudd Professor of Human Behavior & Reproduction
Chief, Division of Family Planning
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Executive Director, FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Helen Yin, PhD
Associate Dean, Office of Women's Careers Professor of Physiology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

AAMC Group Liaisons

COD Liaison
Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD
Dean, Chicago Medical School
Vice President for Medical Affairs

Special Interest Liaison
John Cullen, PhD
Director of Diversity & Inclusion
Clinical & Translational Science Institute
University of Rochester Medical Center

Steering Committee Nominations and Voting Period

Nominations to join the steering committee opens in the Spring of each year. Applications are reviewed in full by the nominations committee in July. Voting by electronic ballot will begin in early to mid-August. All candidates will be notified of committee decisions prior to the launch of the voting period. All GWIMS members are eligible to cast a vote on the slate of candidates put forward to join the steering committee. The Chair-Elect for the GWIMS Steering Committee is voted upon by the Steering Committee.