We offer events throughout the year featuring speakers, workshops, and networking. Our events aim to promote leadership, career development, wellness, and more among our women physicians and scientists. Check back soon for upcoming events.
Check back soon for new events
Thank you to all who attended our WiMS Spring Social and Mentorship Awardee Reception!
Speaker: Kathryn Sarnoski, MD, "Contract Negotiation: Tips & Tricks”
March 21, 2022
Speakers: Laura Grubb, M.D., MPH and Christiane Dammann, M.D., "Demystifying the TUSM Promotions Process”
February 7, 2022
Speaker: Ellen Zane, “Leadership Pearls Part II”
1-2:30pm on 11/16/21
Speaker: Dr. Sasha Shillcutt, “Between Grit and Grace: Leading as a Woman”
6 pm to 7pm on June 2, 2021 (Zoom)
#HeForShe: Recruiting Men in the Fight for Gender Equity and Inclusion
Speaker: Dr. Michael Sinha and Dr. Stephanie Mueller
noon to 1 pm on April 12, 2021 (Zoom)
Workforce and Patient Care Disparities in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Speaker: Dr. Julie Silver
9-10 am on April 14, 2021 (Zoom)
WiMS and OWL Leadership Session with Ellen Zane, Management Pearls: Important Lessons Learned Along the Way
1-2pm on February 25, 2021 (via Zoom)
Speaker: Nupur Amin “Setting Boundaries”
December 7, 2020
Promotion Process Overview Workshop
5:30-7pm on November 30, 2020
Special Speaker: Kara Curry, MD on The Hidden Culture of Female to Female Physician Hostility
June 9, 2020
Special Speaker: Irina Buhimschi, MD Inventorship, Patients, and Intellectual Property: Why Women in Particular Should Care
May 18, 2020 (via Zoom)
Special Speaker: Israela Abdah Brill-Cass, Esq.
Professional Powerhouse: Workplace Negotiation and Navigation
December 5, 2019
WiMS Mentorship Series
Topics have included the role of peer mentorship, wellness, and work-life integration
September 7, 2016; April 23, 2018; November 7, 2019
Tufts Medical Grand Rounds. Women in Academic Medicine: Evidence Based Strategies for Equity
Dr. Laura Baecher-Lind
November 1, 2019
Annual WiMS' Pearls of Wisdom Round Table Event with Feedback from Attendees of the AAMC/HMS/AMA Leadership Conferences
March 23, 2017; March 29, 2018; August 29, 2019, July 29, 2020, September 23, 2021
Standing Up for Yourself without Knocking Others Down (aka managing challenging conversations at work and elsewhere)
Israella Brill-Cass, Boston Law Collaborative
September 26, 2016; June 11, 2019
Tufts Medical Grand Rounds. Challenges Faced by Female Physicians: A Cross-Specialty Panel Discussion
Sajani Shah, MD; Dallas Reed, MD; Deborah Blazey-Martin, MD, MPH; Karen Freund, MD, MPH; Josephine Hernandez, MD; Craig Best, MD, MPH
February 1, 2019
Dr. Paula Gutlove: Negotiating Leadership Success- Skills and Strategies
October 10, 2018
Elizabeth Goss: Career Navigation while Managing your Visa
August 2, 2018
Helen Boucher, MD: Non-linear Career Path
July 24, 2018
Margaret Roberts, PhD: Leadership and Personality
May 31, 2018
Dr. Rachel Buschbaum: Presentation Matters
May 22, 2018
Dr. Barbarajean Magnani: Highlighting Her Journey to Chair and Pathologist-in-Chief
April 5, 2018
WorkSmart Negotiation Workshop
In collaboration with the City of Boston and the American Association of University Women (AAUW)
June 20, 2016; September 15, 2016; March 7, 2017; February 27, 2018
Predicting Your Leadership Success: A Checklist to Inventory your Skills and Readiness
Deborah Saltman, MD, PhD
November 1, 2017
How to Initiate a Job Search and Prepare your CV and Cover Letter
October 5, 2017
Eradicating Microaggressions in your Workplace
Ranna Parekh, MD, MPH, Director of the Division of Diversity and Health Equity.
September 28, 2017
Leading Change Workshop
Maria Blanco, Ed.D, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, TUSM
August 8, 2017
Tufts Academic Promotion Workshop
June 6, 2017
Speaker: Nora Yousif, “Wealth Management”
1/12/22
Book Club: The Queen of All Poisons
5-6pm on December 9, 2020
Fitness and Nutrition Presentation by Dr. Mithila Vullaganti: Maintaining our baseline and interrupting the collateral impacts of COVID-19 crisis on our health
April 30, 2020
Mindfulness with Ashley Norwood
June 25, 2018; July 15, 2019
Annual WiMS Week of Wellness
Various events including clothing donation, yoga, meditation, emergency kit assembly, and social luncheon.
December 5-9, 2016; December 11-15, 2017; December 10-14, 2018; December 16-20, 2019, December 7-11, 2020, December 14-17, 2021
Yoga
Instructors have included Angela Caggianelli, MPH & Tracy Affonso
May 17, 2017; November 8, 2017; Spring & Summer 2018
WiMS Family Picnic
October 9, 2017; April 28, 2018
Work-Life Balance Workshop
Dr. Mary Ahn, UMass Medical School
August 29, 2016, December 7-9, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Carmen De Miguel, “Social Media and the Modern Scientist”
March 8, 2022
Screening & Discussion of the film "Picture a Scientist"
Screening 3/5 to 3/7 with Discussion on March 8, 2021 from noon to 1pm
Personal Branding Workshop with Christine Fiske
January 21, 2021
Women in Medicine Month Remote Trivia & Social
September 17, 2020
National Women's Physician Day Event
February 25, 2019; Feb 3, 2020
Annual Women in Medicine Month Wine Tasting and Networking Social
June 28, 2017; September 13, 2018; September 11, 2019, September 23, 2021
Annual Women in Medicine Month Tabling Event
September 7, 2018; September 10, 2019