Dr. Morales is widely known for her superb patient care, academic scholarship, devotion to teaching, and pioneering work in health disparities. An exemplary role model for young physicians and investigators in training, the SGIM will celebrate her "extraordinary service to the SGIM and its missions" at their awards meeting held in April 2015.
The paper focuses on solutions aimed at promoting female leaders from both resource-wealthy and -poor countries and highlights challenges such as climbing institutional career ladders, tensions between career and family responsibilities, and health and safety issues. At centers for global health at the top 50 US medical schools, less than a fourth of directors are women. Only one of Tanzania's four regional referral hospitals and one of its five major medical schools have female directors.
The project, which focuses on the racial differences in response to antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection, is supported by the NIH-funded ACTG (AIDS Clinical Trials Group). In the field of HIV patient care, racial/ethnic disparities in treatment outcome have been well documented at the local and national level, however the source of this disparity is not well elucidated.
Dr. Michael G. Knight, one of our residents training in the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program at NYP/WCM, was chosen as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar. He is one of the last cohorts (2015) selected for inclusion in this prestigious and highly competitive clinical scholars program. His proposal submitted to the RWJF focuses on a faith-based diabetes prevention initiative.
Dr. Susana Morales, a longtime champion of diversity at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, received the coveted Bruce Laine Ballard, M.D. Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentorship. This honor is one of the Pioneer in Diversity Awards given by The Office of Faculty Diversity in Medicine and Science highlighting faculty who have distinguished themselves as key contributors to the culture of diversity.
SPARC, part of a long tradition of diversity initiatives at Weill Cornell Medical College, is a vital organization that takes measurable steps to promote diversity and inclusion among students, fellows, faculty, administration, and the extended community.
Dr. Carla Boutin-Foster has been named Assistant Dean for Faculty Diversity. She has long-championed faculty recruitment and development, and research endeavors, in support of diversity within the Weill Cornell community.
Since 2009, Dr. Linda Pololi (Brandeis University) has collaborated with the Department of Medicine on a novel faculty development initiative. The program involves an intense group experience over the course of a year that includes a rigorous curriculum with reflective writing and group dialogue aimed at developing leadership skills, formulating a tailored career development plan for each participant, and fostering a supportive, inclusive and engaging environment.
Dr. Carla Boutin-Foster was awarded $8,000,000 in funding for a five year period from the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), to support a Comprehensive Center of Excellence in Disparities Research and Community Engagement (CEDREC), which will be a consortium between WCMC, Hunter College School of Nursing, CUNY, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, and the Center for Healthful Behavior Change at New York University School of Medicine.
