Women’s Faculty Association

Annual Reports

President:
Shelley Ehrlich, MD, ScD, MPH

President Elect:
Maisam Abu-El-Haija, MD

Secretary/Treasurer:
Jocelyn Biagini, PhD

Immediate Past President:
Abigail Matthews, PhD

7/22/16
Building your Leadership Foundation

8/16/2016
Negotiation scenario practice

9/20/2016
Presence: Bringing your Boldest Self to your Biggest Challenges

10/18/2016
A Close and Personal View of Implicit Bias

1/20/2017
Grand Rounds: Gender and Racial/Ethnic Equity and Success in Academic Medicine

2/28/2017
Gender Differences Across Faculty

3/31/2017
Leading up as a woman in a male-dominated and hierarchical environment: breaking down the barriers

4/25/2017
Everyday Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Leadership

5/23/2017
Lessons learned on journey from faculty to division director

President:
Abigail Matthews, PhD

President Elect:
Shelley Ehrlich, MD, ScD, MPH

Secretary:
Jocelyn Biagini, PhD

Past President:
Jareen Meinzen-Derr, PhD

8/14/2015
Kernels of Wisdom from the Mid-Career Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) Seminar

9/25/2015
Update on Burnout Session with Dr. Julie Wei

10/23/2015
Book Club: Women Don’t Ask by Linda Babcock

1/22/2016
Discovering Cincinnati

2/19/2016
Make My Scientific Colleagues Your Colleagues

3/4/2016
Gender Differences Across UC Faculty: Results from the Faculty Forward Survey – Where Do We Improve?

5/15/2016
Children with Developmental Disabilities: strategies supporting improved quality of life

6/24/2016
Cultural Diversity in Leadership

President:
Jareen K. Meinzen-Derr, PhD 

President-Elect:
Abigail L. Johnson, PhD 

Sec/Treasurer:
Jocelyn M. Biagini, PhD 

Past President:
Melinda Butsch Kovacic, MPH, PhD 

7/11/2014
WFA executive committee meeting with new officers and past president

8/29/2014
WFA Meet and Greet

9/26/2014
Guest Speaker Terri Weeks presents book ‘Adventures around Cincinnati” 

10/31/2014
Guest Speaker Dr. Jamilah Hackworth “Best Practices for Retaining a Diverse Faculty” 

1/23/2015
Guest Speaker Dr. Kevin Hommel “Being a father and academician in the current academic environment” 

1/30/2015
Book Club - presenter Dr. Susan Wiley “Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking”

3/27/2015
Guest Speaker Dr. Sandra Degen “An Academic Career – Being Strategic for Success”

4/24/2015
Guest Speakers Drs. Patricia Manning-Courtney and Lori Stark “Women Leading Women”

5/19/2015
WFA Special Visitor: Julie Wei - Avoiding Career Burnout Event

6/16/2015
Grand Rounds Speaker Dr. Sandra Degen “An Academic Career: What I Have Learned Along the Way” 

6/18/2015
Dr. Sandra Degen Retirement Reception

6/19/2015
WFA Executive committee meeting

President:
Melinda Butsch Kovacic, MPH, PhD 

President-Elect:
Jareen Meinzen-Derr, PhD 

Sec/Treasurer:
Heidi Sucharew, PhD

Past President:
Rhonda Szczesniak, PhD 

6/25/14
WFA 2014-2015 Executive Committee Elected:

• President- Jareen K. Meinzen-Derr, PhD
• President-Elect-Abigail L. Johnson, PhD
• Secretary / Treasurer- Jocelyn Biagini Myers, PhD

6/10/14
Discussion led by Pediatric Grand Rounds Guest Speaker- Tina Hartert, MD, MPH.

6/10/14
Cincinnati Children's Grand Rounds by Tina Hartert, “Is Asthma Preventable? What Darwin didn’t know.”

5/29/14
Book Club by Lisa Martin, “The Power of Presence: Unlock your potential to influence and engage others”.

5/8/14
Book Club by Jocelyn Biagini Myers, “Boundaries: When to say yes, how to say no to take control of your life”.

4/10/14
Book Club by Melinda Butsch Kovacic, “Lean In: Women, Work & the Will to Lead”

3/1/14
2013-2014 Winner of Rauh Scholarship- Esther Cheng

Rauh Graduation Award Committee – Corinne Lehmann, MD, M. Ed, Connie McAneney, MD, Amy Beth Guiot, MD, Jennifer Reed, MD, Wenying Zhang, MD, PhD

12/16/13
Discussion by Judith Ragsdale & Melissa Klein “Are you my mentor? Navigating the mystifying world of mentorship”

12/10/13
Discussion by Scott Hamlin, “Insights into the Health of our Health Center for Faculty”

11/21/13
Book Club by Lisa Martin, “Growing Your Career: Making a 5 year Career Plan that works for you”

8/7/2013
Discussion by Umasundari Sivaprasad, “Discovering Cincinnati”.

President:
Rhonda Szczesniak, PhD 

President-Elect:
Melinda Butsch Kovacic, MPH, PhD 

Sec/Treasurer:
Heidi Sucharew, PhD

Past President:
Kejian Zhang, MD, MBA

06/18/13
Discussion led by Alexandra Quittner, Grand Rounds Speaker, Mentor Luncheon

06/18/13
Cincinnati Children's Grand Rounds by Alexandra Quittner “Adherence in Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis: Can a Clinic-Based Intervention Work?”

06/07/13
Elections for WFA Officers for 2013-2014 –The Officers are:

• President:  Melinda Butsch-Kovacic, MPH, PhD
• President-elect:  Jareen Meinzen-Derr, PhD
• Treasurer and Secretary:  Heidi Sucharew, PhD

04/17/13
WFA Officers Meeting

04/12/13
Book Club by Lisa Martin “Effective Time Management, Using Microsoft Outlook to Organize Your Work and Personal Life” by Holger Woeltje and Lothar Seiwert  (attendance = 21)

03/21/13
Book Club by Melinda Butsch Kovacic “Brag! The Art of Totting Your Own Horn without Blowing It” by Peggy Klaus

02/19/13
Book Club by Heidi Sucharew "The Exceptional Presenter:  A Proven Formula to Open Up and Own the Room" by Tim Koegel (attendance = 16)

02/14/13
Winner of the 2013 Louise Rauh Scholarship Award announced – David S. Moon

Rauh Graduation Award Committee: Corinne Lehmann, MD, Chair, Cindy Bachurski, PhD, Donita Bylski-Austrow, PhD, Connie McAneney, MD, Nancy Sawtell, PhD, Jennifer Reed, MD, Wenying Zhang, MD, PhD, Catherine Krawczeski, MD

09/21/12
Discussion by Lorah Dorn, “Q&A on the Charlotte R. Schmidlapp” (attendance = 12)

11/20/12
Discussion by Sandra Degen & daughter Lindsay Degen, “Scientists Can Raise Resilient Children!” (Attendance (RSVPs) =43)

09/11/12
WFA Officers Meeting with past officers

08/23/12
WFA Officers Meeting with Sandra Degen

President:
Kejian Zhang, MD, MBA

President-Elect:
Luna Mukherjee, PhD, MBA

Sec/Treasurer:
Melinda Butsch Kovacic, MPH, PhD 

Past President:
Lisa Martin, PhD 

07/05/12
Book Club by Lisa Martin “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”
WFA By-Law Revisions approved by Cincinnati Children's Legal – WFA membership vote TBA

06/12/12
New Louise R. Rauh Graduation Award Committee members for 2012-2015 announced

06/08/12
The NEW committee members are: Corinne Lehmann MD (Chair), Cindy Bachurski PhD, Donita Bylski-Austrow PhD, Constance McAneney MD, MS, Nancy Sawtell PhD

Elections for WFA Officers for 2012-2013 The Officers are: President:  Baidehi (Luna) Mukherjee, PhD, MBA, President-elect:  Rhonda VanDyke, PhD, Treasurer and Secretary: Melinda Butsch Kovacic, PhD

06/05/12
Discussion led by Robin Deterding, Grand Rounds Speaker “Women in Leadership”

06/05/12
Cincinnati Children's Grand Rounds by Robin Deterding “Children's Interstitial and Diffuse Lung Disease (child):  Moving the Research Agenda Forward” (see https://cchmcstream.cchmc.org/MediasiteEX/Play/231719138ae44f58bfb968c67c9d419d1d)

05/30/12
Presentation by Uma Sivaprasad “Discovering Cincinnati” (What to do in Cincinnati) –

04/23/12
Presentation by Jennifer Loggie “Changing Roles of Women in Academics”

04/22/12
Cincinnati Art Museum Tour by Uma Sivaprasad

04/18/12
Book Club by Luna Mukherjee “Centered leadership: How talented women thrive” by Joanna Barsh, Susie Cranston and Rebecca A. Craske (McKinsey and Company)

03/07/12
Book Club by Jessica Woo "Everything Is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer" by Duncan J. Watts

12/01/11
Discussion by Grace LeMasters & daughter Megan Soule “Successfully Balancing Science & Family” (see Work-Life Balance - http://www.eh.uc.edu/clinicalresearch/videos.html)

10/27/11
Book Club by Melinda Butsch Kovacic, “Practicing the Art of Negotiation”

09/15/11
WFA Officers Meeting with Sandra Degen

08/23/11
Book Club by Luna Mukherjee "Getting to YES" by Roger Fisher and William Ury