Current Efforts
To fulfill our mission, we aim to:
- Create a network for our members to provide support and a space to discuss relevant topics
- Facilitate the development of relationships with faculty and alumnae mentors and sponsors
- Provide educational opportunities for the greater community at ISMMS regarding barriers faced by women in science and medicine
- Organize workshops for professional development and career planning for our peers
- Conduct research to better understand the challenges faced by women
- Collaborate with other student groups at ISMMS and other institutions
See our upcoming events here!
Past Activities
Career Toolbox Series: Building Skills for Success
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 4-5:30PM
As a member of Women in Science & Medicine (WiSM) and with the support of the Office of Academic Development and Enrichment, we hosted the first event in a Career Toolbox Series, covering the following topics:
Personal Branding for Career Success – Lisa Bloom, MBA
Mentor-Mentee Relationships for Career Building – Scott Friedman, MD
Social Hour: Unintended Consequences of Sexual Harassment and implications for medicine
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 5-7PM
We discussed two articles: “Unintended Consequences of Sexual Harassment Scandal” and “Do Patients Need a Chaperone?”
All the Places You’ll Go: Conversations with Mount Sinai Alumnae
Thursday, November 9, 2017 6-8PM
In collaboration with AMWA and WiS, we hosted a Q&A panel with 6 Mount Sinai women graduates, followed by a networking reception with Mount Sinai students and other alumnae.
MD/PhD Panelists: Dr. Talia Swartz, Dr. Erin Rich
MD Panelists: Dr. Maria Padilla, Dr. Janice Gabrilove
PhD Panelists: Dr. Yana Zorina, Dr. Xiu Yan Wang
WiMSTP marched for science in NYC!

Left to right: Jennifer Diaz, MP4; Rebecca Hamlin, MS3; Miriam Merad, MD/PhD; Fiona Desland, MP2; Jessica Tan, MS2
Students and faculty met with Dr. Hannah Valantine before her 2017 Women in Science and Medicine Keynote lecture at ISMMS.
Left to right: Jennifer Diaz, MP4 (President, WiMSTP); Jessica Pinto-Silva, PREP Scholar; Jennielle Jobson, PhD Candidate (Secretary, SEOS); Hannah Valantine, MD (NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity); Eziwoma Alibo, MP1 (Co-Chair, SEOS); Anastasia Beldovskaya, MS2 (ISMMS Parent’s Group); Talia Swartz, MD/PhD (Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease and Associate Director, MD/PhD Program)
2016
Jennifer Diaz, MP4, and Helya Ghaffari, MP3, attended the 3rd Annual Symposium for Advocates of Women Physician Scientists at MUSC!