Women's Leadership Conference

Transforming through Adversity:
The Leadership Journey for Women in Medicine and Science

Series Details

As we have all dealt with the effects of COVID-19 this year, our 3rd annual conference provides an opportunity to grow, learn, and share from our experiences as we explore communication, connection, and the transforming power of adversity along our leadership journeys.

We are transforming this conference into a virtual format to ensure that we can gather safely. We will look forward to the next time we can come together again in person!

The conference is inspired by Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS, CEO and the first female Dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine.

In Partnership with Wake Forest University Face to Face Speaker Forum

Partnering Sponsors:

Surgical Care Affiliates

Audience

Open to faculty and administrators of all genders from regional academic medical centers in North Carolina and surrounding states.

SAVE THE DATE – Registration will open this Fall

Steering Committee

Suzanne Danhauer, PhD (Co-Chair) – Professor and Vice Chair of PHS, Social Sciences and Health Policy; Director of the Office of Well-Being and Resilience

Elizabeth (Libby) Kelly (Co-Chair) – Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Lynn Anthony, MD - Professor of Radiology; Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs

Lynne Wagenknecht, DrPH, Professor and Director of Public Health Sciences

Cynthia Emory, MD, MBA – Professor and Vice Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery; Chair of Women in Medicine and Science

Rebecca Wells, MD, MPH – Associate Professor of Neurology

TanYa Gwathmey-Williams, PhD - Associate Professor of Surgery, Hypertension

Gabriela Velazquez, MD – Associate Professor of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery

Natalie Barrett – Manager of Faculty Affairs

Ad Hoc: Lisa Marshall – Vice President for Philanthropy and Alumni Relations and Chief Philanthropy Officer – and Jennifer Woodward – Corporate Sponsorship Officer of Philanthropy and Alumni Relations

More Resources

More Resources

Institutes and Centers

Shared Resources and Cores

Research and Faculty Labs

Clinical Trials

Symposia Series

Women's Leadership Conference Series 2021

Series Details

Sponsored by the Wake Forest School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs

In Partnership with Wake Forest University Face to Face Speaker Forum

Partnering Sponsors:

Audience

Series Events

Steering Committee

Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, 5 pm - 6:30 pm – virtual event featuring: Nancy Spector, MD Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Faculty Development at Drexel University College of Medicine Executive Director, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, at 7:30 pm featuring: Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of “Talking to Strangers,” “Blink,” and “Outliers.” Staff writer for The New Yorker, non-fiction writer, host of the podcast Revisionist History, and appointed to the Order of Canada Event is currently scheduled to be held at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, NC, and is part of the Wake Forest University Face to Face Speaker Forum.
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, 12 pm - 1:30 pm - virtual event featuring An interactive panel discussion on “Transforming Through Adversity”