Relationships Between Academic Medicine Leaders and Industry-Time for Another Look? JAMA. 2020;324(18):1833-1834. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.21021 In July of this year, I was invited to volunteer for an important phase 3 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine trial in Boston. As a semiretired physician, I was thrilled to be able to contribute to science, support my colleagues, and hasten the […]
Nancy E. Warner M.D., Distinguished Pathologist and Pioneer for Women in Medicine and Academia, Dies at 97
Dr. Nancy E. Warner, physician, pathologist, teacher and mentor died peacefully in the late afternoon of August 17, 2020 at the age of 97. Born in 1923 in Dixon, Illinois, Dr. Warner’s interest in medicine was first sparked when she received a microscope as a gift from her parents as a young girl, which she […]
Response to redefinition of gender by the Trump Administration
Consideration by the Trump administration to redefine gender as a binary construct determined by biologic sex at birth is harmful, misguided, and lacks scientific integrity. Women in Medicine (WIM) strongly opposes the Trump administration’s attempt to further marginalize and target the gender nonconforming, nonbinary, transgender, and intersex communities. This position demonstrates a lack of scientific […]
Nan Warner, MD received the WIM Quilt
Nan Warner, MD received the WIM Quilt for this year to comfort her in the loss of her wife after 65 years together (Christine Reynolds) as well as her own long recovery from a head injury during a fall. The quilt was lovingly made with WIM T-shirts from WIM conferences in the past, many of […]
Carolyn Becker, MD, FACP, Receives an Award
Carolyn Becker, MD, FACP, of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, received the Endocrine Society’s Outstanding Educator Award in recognition of her exceptional achievement as an educator in the discipline of endocrinology and metabolism. The honor is one of the society’s prestigious 2018 Laureate Awards. An endocrinologist with nearly 30 years of clinical experience, […]