The mission of Women in Medicine and Medical Sciences (WIMMS) is to advance the full and successful participation of women in all roles within academic medicine.
Activities
- AAMC Early Career Workshop Travel Award (2 per year)
Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar - AAMC Mid-Career Workshop Travel Award (2 per year)
Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
Recent Events
- Women in Medicine Conference
- WIMMS Networking Series
- Alumni Women in Medicine Panel
- Women’s Basketball Game
Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM)
Competitive year-long fellowship run by the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, and is dedicated to helping women leaders develop the professional and personal skills needed to lead and manage in the modern health care environment.
- Laine Young-Walker, MD, chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Robert J. Douglas, MD, & Betty Douglas Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry (Fellow: 2016-17)
- Richelle Koopman, MD, Jack M. and Winifred S. Colwill Endowed Chair and professor of the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Fellow: 2017-18)
- Elizabeth Parks, PhD, professor of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, and Medicine (Fellow: 2019-20)
- Kristin Hahn-Cover, MD, former chair and professor of Medicine (Fellow: 2021-22)
- Jean Ricci Goodman, MD, Griffin Endowed Chair and professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health (Fellow: 2024-25)
- Emily Fondahn, MD, associate professor of Medicine, Chief Quality Officer (Fellow: 2024-25)
- Laura Henderson Kelley, MD, associate dean of Preprofessional Programs, associate professor of Medicine (Fellow: 2025-26)
- Laura Hesemann, MD, chair and associate professor of Pediatrics, Chief Medical Officer, Children’s and Women’s Services and Medical Staff (Fellow: 2025-26)
The Searcy Award
Presented annually to recognize the efforts of a School of Medicine leader who consistently serves as a mentor to women in medicine and the medical sciences at the University of Missouri.
Past Searcy Award winners:
Class of 1900
- Betsy Garrett, MD, MSPH
- Kristin Hahn-Cover, MD
- Richelle Koopman, MD
- Georgia Nolph, MD
- Elizabeth Parks, PhD
- Laine Young-Walker, MD
- Steven Zweig, MD, MSPH
Executive Sponsor
- Laura Henderson Kelley, MD, MPH, Medicine
Associate Dean for Preprofessional Programs
Executive Council
- Anjali Anders, MD, Pediatrics
- Kristen Deane, MD, Family Medicine
- Jane Emerson, MD, Pediatrics
- Elizabeth Garrett, MD, Family Medicine
- Shikha Gupta, PsyD, Psychiatry
- Mai-Lan Ho, MD, Radiology
Chair - Maike Krenz, MD, Medical Pharmacology and Physiology
Past Chair - Elizabeth Malm-Buatsi, MD, Surgery
- Kari Martin, MD, Dermatology
- Amruta Padhye, MD, Pediatrics
- Elizabeth Parks, PhD, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
- Karen Thies, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vice Chair
