WISMAC: Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee   

WISMAC is a UT Southwestern institutional standing committee composed of appointed representatives of the faculty, administration, fellows, and student body. The committee provides advice and initiatives on issues related to women in science and medicine, with the ultimate goal to improve UT Southwestern for everyone. We are supported by the Southwestern Medical Foundation.  The navigational links (at left) lead you to information on this web site, which pertains to women in science and medicine.  If you would like to make suggestions or contribute information, please contact us at: WISMAC@utsouthwestern.edu.

Ellen Vitetta, Ph.D., is professor and director of the Cancer Immunobiology Center at UT Southwestern and the former chair of WISMAC.  She is also an honoree of the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame.  You can learn about her accomplishments at this Hall of Fame web page: http://www.twu.edu/TWHF/video.asp?id=evitetta [Posted March 28, 2008]

The Women in Science and Medicine Guide to information resources on the UT Southwestern Library Web site was developed in collaboration with WISMAC.  The Guide lists Web sites, books and databases arranged under headings such as:
-- Biography and History
-- Career Guidance/Management
-- Gender, Science & Medicine
-- Professional Organizations
-- Recommended Titles

Upcoming WISMAC-Sponsored Events:

September 25, 2009 A reception for female faculty is planned for 4-6 PM in the A.W. Harris Faculty-Alumni Center. [updated 3/18/2009]

November 10, 2009 A career development seminar is being planned for late afternoon in the A.W. Harris Faculty-Alumni Center. [updated 5/12/09]

February 2-4, 2010 For the 2009-2010 academic year, Southwestern Medical Foundation's Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine will feature Joan Brugge, Ph.D., who is professor and chair of the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School. [updated  6/29/2009]

Recent WISMAC-sponsored Events

April 4, 2009 WISMAC joined with STARS (Science Teacher Access to Resources at Southwestern) for an all day Saturday presentation of information and demonstrations on careers in science and medicine.  The audience was junior and high school teachers plus their selected female students.  Student representatives on WISMAC and other student volunteers played the star roles in this event.

February 3-5, 2009 She presented the University Lecture titled "Telomerase and the Consequences of Telomere Dysfunction" on February 4, 2009. [updated February 2009]

November 20 & 21, 2008  Negotiation Skills was the topic of WISMAC’s fall career development symposium. Linda Wilcox, ombudsperson at Harvard Medical School,  made two similar presentations from which junior faculty, postdoctoral scholars and students could choose to attend.

May 27, 2008 WISMAC hosted a presentation by and reception for Molly Carnes, M.D.  Dr. Carnes summarized the initiatives and outcomes of an ADVANCE  Institutional Transformation Award granted to the University of Wisconsin - Madison.  On May 28, Dr. Carnes gave a presentation for Psychiatry Grand Rounds titled, "Identifying and Reducing Bias in Scientific Evaluation".  The video recording of her May 28 presentation can be viewed on a UT Southwestern networked computer or via VPN.