Steering Committee
The GWIMS steering committee's primary functions are to plan and participate in the GWIMS Annual Meeting program, to address the needs of GWIMS members in terms of projects and products related to its mission, and to recommend AAMC policy and program directions relative to women in medicine.
Chair
Toi Harris, MD
Associate Provost for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion & Student and Trainee Services
Professor, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Family & Community Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Chair-Elect
Amy S. Gottlieb, MD, FACP
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate
Past Chair
Linda Chaudron, MD, MS
Associate Vice President & Senior Associate Dean for Inclusion & Culture Development
Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, OB/GYN
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Members at Large
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
John Cullen, PhD
Director of Diversity & Inclusion
Clinical & Translational Science Institute
University of Rochester Medical Center
Elizabeth (Libby) Ellinas, MD
Associate Dean for Women's Leadership
Professor
Director, Center for the Advancement of Women in Science and Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Sonya Jacobs, MS
Chief Organizational Learning Officer
Senior Director, Faculty Development
University of Michigan Medical School
Richelle J. Koopman, MD, MS
Professor, Director of Research
University of Missouri
Carolyn Meltzer, MD, FACR
Executive Associate Dean of Faculty Academic Achievement, Leadership and Inclusion
William P. Timmie Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology
Emory University School of Medicine
Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH, MACP
Professor
Vice Chair of Medical Oncology and Chief of Cancer Services
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Tamara Nowling, PhD
Vice Chair, Women Scholars Initiative
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
Helen Yin, PhD
Associate Dean, Office of Women's Careers Professor of Physiology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
AAMC Group Liaisons
COD Liaison
Terence R. Flotte, MD
Provost and Executive Deputy Chancellor, University of Massuchusettes Medical School
Dean, School of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
ORR Liaison
Brittany Hasty, MD, MHPE
Surgery Resident
Stanford University School of Medicine
OSR Liaison
Gaelen Dwyer
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Steering Committee Voting Period
Voting by electronic ballot will begin in mid-July. All candidates will receive notice from GWIMS staff regarding their placement on the ballot in the weeks leading up to that time. Upon closing of the election ballot, all candidates will hear from the GWIMS staff regarding their election to the Steering Committee the week following.
Voting is available to designated GWIMS representatives, in our records on the first day of the voting period. All designated GWIMS representatives vote on the nominees for Steering Committee Member-At-Large candidates. The Chair-Elect for the GWIMS Steering Committee is voted upon by the Steering Committee.