{"id":79,"date":"2016-12-01T08:25:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T13:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:26:36","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-79\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-79-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-79-0\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-79-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-79-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" alt=\"GWIMS Members\" class=\"attachment-full\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/06\/photo_home.jpg 800w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/06\/photo_home-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/06\/photo_home-768x288.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/06\/photo_home.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-79-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-79-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 28px;color: #fff\">The mission of the GWIMS is to advance the full and successful participation of women in all roles within academic medicine, and to provide a venue for women to participate in advancing the AAMC mission to improve the nation\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 28px;color: #fff\">The GWIMS aims to serve a national forum to advance women\u2019s success in medicine and science by addressing gender equity, recruitment and retention, awards and recognition, and career advancement.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-79-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-79-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-79-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-79-1-0-0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>In the News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/03\/womens-health-research-advancing-at-uconn\/\">Women's Health Research Advancing at UConn\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/08\/uconns-dr-marja-hurley-is-president-elect-of-the-american-society-for-bone-and-mineral-research\/\">UConn\u2019s Dr. Marja Hurley is President-Elect of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - UConn Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/03\/womens-health-research-on-the-rise-at-uconn-school-of-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women\u2019s Health Research on the Rise at UConn School of Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/10\/uconn-healths-dr-rebecca-andrews-honored-for-inspiring-peers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UConn Health\u2019s Dr. Rebecca Andrews Honored for Inspiring Peers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acog.org\/news\/news-articles\/2023\/09\/women-in-medicine-month-pimentel-why-not-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women in Medicine Month: Veronica Pimentel, MD, MS, FACOG, Asks, \u201cWhy Not You?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2022\/07\/uconn-center-on-aging-researcher-named-to-board-of-directors-of-the-gerontological-society-of-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UConn Center on Aging Researcher Named to Board of Directors of The Gerontological Society of America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2022\/06\/nearly-3-million-awarded-to-study-sickle-cell-disease-at-uconn-health\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nearly $3 Million Awarded to Study Sickle Cell Disease at UConn Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2020\/11\/four-uconn-researchers-named-women-innovation-ct-tech-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Four UConn Researchers Named Women of Innovation by CT Tech Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ct.org\/post\/finalists-named-for-2021-women-of-innovation-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Women of Innovation Finalist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2021\/04\/five-uconn-faculty-honored-as-board-of-trustees-distinguished-professors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marja Hurley, M.D., Named as Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2021\/05\/national-leadership-role-for-uconn-healths-dr-rebecca-andrews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Leadership Role for UConn Health\u2019s Dr. Rebecca Andrews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2021\/04\/national-academy-of-sciences-elects-two-more-uconn-scientists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Academy of Sciences Elects Two More UConn Scientists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/10\/national-awards-uconn-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Wizdom Powell Selected for 2020 Science for Psychology Award, Dr. Biree Andemariam Presented with 2020 Chairman\u2019s Award by Sickle Cell Disease Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aamc.org\/news-insights\/how-covid-19-threatens-careers-women-medicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How COVID-19 Threatens the Careers of Women in Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/school-stories\/nih-merit-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UConn Health Researchers Win $2.5M NIH MERIT Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/school-stories\/outstanding-women-medicine-science-honored\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outstanding Women in Medicine and Science Honored<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elifesciences.org\/articles\/47985?utm_source=content_alert&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=fulltext&amp;utm_campaign=14-May-19-elife-alert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scientist and Parent: Planning During Pregnancy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/03\/first-steps-uconn-partners-child-care-fellowship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Steps: UConn Partners on Child Care Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/school-stories\/uconn-healths-liisa-kuhn-inducted-medical-biological-engineering-elite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kuhn Named AIMBE Fellow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/school-stories\/women-innovation-award-goes-dr-christine-finck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women of Innovation Award Goes to Dr. Christine Finck<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/healthjournal.uconn.edu\/2018\/02\/23\/the-power-of-our-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Power of Our Women<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2016\/09\/117170\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Marja Hurley Receives 2016 Lawrence G. Raisz Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/blog\/2012\/05\/school-of-medicines-founding-faculty-members-honored\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of Medicine\u2019s Founding Faculty Members Honored<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/advice\/2010\/01\/08\/managing-service-duties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Managing Service Duties<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/Work-Life-Balance-Is-Out-of\/131111\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Work-Life Balance Is Out of Reach for Many Male and Female Scientists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanscientist.org\/issues\/feature\/2012\/2\/when-scientists-choose-motherhood\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">When Scientists Choose Motherhood<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-79-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-79-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Departments and Centers Represented by GWIMS<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-biology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cell Biology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/endocrinology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Endocrinology and Metabolism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Genetics and Genome Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/immunology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Immunology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medicine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neuroscience<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pathology-laboratory-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pathology and Laboratory Medicine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/psychiatry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psychiatry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dentalmedicine.uconn.edu\/divisions\/center-for-regenerative-medicine-and-skeletal-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reconstructive Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surgery<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-79-1-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Honoring Our First Women Faculty<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/martha-lepow-m-d\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/12\/photo_lepow_sm.jpg\" alt=\"Martha Lepow, M.D.\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/mary-jane-osborn-ph-d\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/12\/photo_osborn_sm.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Jane Osborn, Ph.D.\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/naomi-f-rothfield-m-d\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/12\/photo_rothfield2_sm.jpg\" alt=\"Naomi F. Rothfield, M.D.\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/audrey-m-worrell-m-d\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/12\/photo_worrell_sm.jpg\" alt=\"Audrey M. Worrell, M.D.\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-79-1-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<p>Anastasia Rollins<br \/>\nAdministrative Officer<br \/>\nUConn Health<br \/>\n263 Farmington Avenue<br \/>\nFarmington, CT 06030-3920<br \/>\nPhone: 860-679-3484<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:rollins@uchc.edu\">rollins@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-79-1-1-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"hide panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-79-1-1-3\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n<p><strong>February 26, 2020<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lunch and Learn Seminar<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Time: 12 to 1 p.m.<br \/>\nLocation: Onyiuke Dining Room<br \/>\nGuest Speaker: Blanka Rogina, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics and Genome Sciences and Director of Genetics and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, UConn Health<br \/>\nTopic: I\u2019m Not Dead Yet! Lessons from Indy Flies How to Live a Healthier and Longer Life<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/gwims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/02\/GWIMS-Lunch-Learn_-Rogina_02262020.pdf\">Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mission of the GWIMS is to advance the full and successful participation of women in all roles within academic medicine, and to provide a venue for women to participate in advancing the AAMC mission to improve the nation\u2019s health. 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