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. Read more about AAMC affinity groups below.
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
AAMC Affinity Groups
As one of its most important services to member institutions, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) supports a variety of affinity groups for individuals in leadership positions at AAMC-member medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic societies. These groups provide vibrant communities for growth and learning for students, residents, faculty, and staff challenged with leading academic medicine.
The Group on Business Affairs (GBA) advances administrative and fiscal management in academic medical institutions to support medical education, research, and health care.
The Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI) serves as a national forum to support efforts within academic medicine to realize the benefits of diversity and inclusion in medicine and biomedical sciences. The GDI works to promote diversity and inclusion in faculty, graduate medical education, professional development, and institutional culture.
The Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA) builds and sustains faculty vitality in member medical schools and teaching hospitals. The GFA does this through professional development activities and by supporting faculty affairs deans and administrators in the development and implementation of institutional policies.
The Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA) fosters the professional growth of advancement professionals working in alumni relations, communications, development, marketing, and public affairs. The GIA is the only national institutional advancement group devoted exclusively to issues affecting academic medicine and places a special emphasis on promoting collaboration among advancement disciplines.
The Group on Institutional Planning (GIP) advances the discipline of planning in academic medicine by enhancing the skills and knowledge of professional planners; promotes the value of planning; and connects people, resources, and ideas.
The Group on Information Resources (GIR) provides a forum for information professionals to promote excellence in the application and integration of information resources in academic medicine.
The Group on Resident Affairs (GRA) fosters excellence in graduate medical education (GME) through the development and support of GME leaders in medical schools and teaching hospitals.
The Group on Student Affairs (GSA) represents the interests of medical schools and medical students in the areas of admissions, diversity affairs, financial aid, student affairs, and student records.
The Organization of Resident Representatives (ORR) provides a venue for resident physicians to have input into the development of AAMC policy, and as a leadership opportunity for residents interested in academic medicine, serving as a vehicle for professional development activities for members.
The Organization of Student Representatives (OSR) represents medical students nationwide and provides an active role in advancing the AAMC mission to improve the nation’s health.
The Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS) identifies critical issues facing medical school faculty and academic societies and serves as a voice for both constituencies within the AAMC’s leadership and governance structure.