FACTS and GOALS
51% of all medical students are women. 38% of all emergency medicine residents are women. 27% of emergency medicine faculty are women. ONLY 16% of emergency medicine Chairs are women.
in emergency medicine.
Recruit, retain and promote the women faculty in our department to positions of academic leadership.
Seek opportunities for women to obtain leadership training.This includes national events like the Association of American Medical Colleges’ women faculty leadership development seminars and sponsorship of five faculty and five residents annually to attend the FemInEM conference as well as local programs.
Educate the entire department on unconscious bias and increase awareness of gender issues.
Create connections with leaders in the community to provide mentorship and support.
Raise $1 million by 2022 to establish the UC EMPOWER Endowed Chair in Emergency Medicine. The Department of Emergency Medicine has provided an institutional investment to support this effort.
To learn more about UC EMPOWER:
contact Elizabeth Leenellett, MD, at Elizabeth.Leenellett@uc.edu
To learn more about giving to UC EMPOWER:
contact David Irwin at David.Irwin@uc.edu
Or to make your gift online:
foundation.uc.edu/empower
