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    Leadership - Women of Color Initiative

    (2024 - Present)

    The Women of Color Initiative is a collaborative initiative to address the visibility, awareness, and advocacy of intersectionality and women of color in academic medicine, organized by the Group on Women in Medicine and Science in partnership with the Group on Diversity and Inclusion and the Group on Faculty Affairs, as well as key AAMC staff. The current leadership group, the Women of Color Working Group, now in its second iteration, is listed below, as well as previous WOC Working Group members.

    Co-Leads:

    Allison C. Augustus-Wallace, PhD, MS, MNS, DEIC
    LSUHealth-New Orleans, School of Medicine

    Kimberly Bibb, MD
    University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Members:

    Tonya C. Bailey, PhD
    Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

    Toi B. Harris, MD
    Memorial Hermann Health System and Baylor College of Medicine

    Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS
    UCSF School of Medicine

    Jasmine Riviere Marcelin, MD, FACP, FIDSA
    University of Nebraska Medical Center

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

    Courtney A. Schreiber, MD, MPH
    University of Pennsylvania

    Stephanie White, MD, MS, FAAP
    University of Kentucky College of Medicine

    AAMC Staff:

    Diana Lautenberger, MA
    Director, Gender Equity Initiatives
    Association of American Medical Colleges

    Michelle Oliva, PMP
    Director, Group on Diversity and Inclusion and Group on Faculty Affairs
    Association of American Medical Colleges

    Julia Omotade, PhD
    Senior Science Policy Specialist
    Association of American Medical Colleges

    Eric Wilkerson, MPM
    Director, Group on Women in Medicine and Science and Organization of Resident Representatives
    Association of American Medical Colleges

    Past Members (2020 – 2024)

    The Women of Color and Intersectionality Initiative is a collaborative initiative to address the visibility, awareness, and advocacy of intersectionality and women of color in academic medicine, organized by the Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) in partnership with 11 AAMC affinity groups (GDI, GBA, GFA, GIA, GIP, GIR, GRA, GSA, ORR, OSR, and CFAS) and the AAMC Academic Affairs and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion clusters.

    Lead:
    Toi Harris, MD (Lead)
    Baylor College of Medicine

    Linda Barry, MD, MPH
    University of Connecticut School of Medicine

    Erika T. Brown, PhD
    Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

    Valeria C. Cohran, MD
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    Pamela Edwards
    Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

    Jamilah Hackworth, EdD
    Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

    Raquel Hernandez Givens, MEd
    University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson

    Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

    Monica Lypson, MD, MHPE
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

    Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

    Ana E. Núñez, MD
    University of Minnesota Medical School

    Agatha Parks-Savage, EdD, RN
    Eastern Virginia Medical School

    Deborah Paul, MD
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

    VJ Periyakoil, MD
    Stanford University School of Medicine

    Versha Pleasant, MD, MPH
    University of Michigan Medical School

    Sandra Quezada, MD
    University of Maryland School of Medicine

    Mithu Sen, MD
    Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University

    Siobhan Wescott, MD, MPH
    University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences