Women's Faculty Development Caucus The Women's Caucus professional development efforts have resulted
in an expanding organization that is addressing the needs of all College of Medicine faculty members. We provide leadership training,
mentoring/advising, and networking opportunities. All women faculty are members who receive regular notices of meetings, mentoring/advising,
networking opportunities, and publications. The active committees are 1) WIT or Women in Training 2) Research 3) Publications
4) Professional Development and 5) Mentoring.
The Women's Caucus was founded in 1989 as a professional development and mentoring program to help women advance to leadership
positions. The cofounders were by Debra H. Fiser, M.D., a longtime pediatrics faculty member and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics
who was named COM dean in 2005 and Teresita Angtuaco, M.D., a professor of
Radiology. Both are previous winners of the
Outstanding Woman Faculty Award.
The Caucus Officers are elected every two
years from Executive Committee membership. They lead and guide the
collective work of the Caucus Committees.
The Officers attend and advise the WFDC Executive Committee which consists of
past presidents and chairs and co-chairs of committees.
2009 - 2011 Officers:
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Dana Gaddy, Ph.D.
Sara Tariq, M.D.
Wendy Ward-Begnoche, Ph.D.
President
Vice-President Secretary
Executive Committee - 2009
Committees
Past Presidents: Women in Training (WIT) Mary Aitken, MD, MPH, Pediatrics
Ann Riggs, MD, Geriatrics
Paula Anderson, MD, Medicine
Tamara Perry, MD, Pediatrics
Teresita Angtuaco, MD, Radiology Sarita Prajapati,
MD, MPH, DFCM
Laurie Barber, MD, Ophthalmology Laura Sisterhen, MD, MPH, Pediatrics
Debra Fiser, MD, Pediatrics, Dean, College of Medicine
Bhairavi Kharod, MD, Ophthalmology Kathleen Gilbert, Ph.D., Microbiology
Twyla Bartel, DO, Radiology Cindy Kane, Ph.D., Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences Debra Simmons, MD, Medicine
Linda Worley, MD, Psychiatry
Jeanne Heard, MD, Ph.D. Mentoring Committee
Wendy Ward-Begnoche, PhD, Pediatrics Research Committee
Judy Weber, PhD, Pediatrics Lee Ann MacMilian Crow, Ph.D., Pharmacology/ToxicologyHelen Benes, Ph.D., Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
Aliza Brown, Ph.D., SurgeryMayumi Nakagawa, MD, Pathology
Publications Committee
Page Moore, PhD, COPH, Chair Professional Development Day Hongyun June Zhu, MD,
Radiology, Kim Hiatt, MD, PathologyDebra Miller, MLS, UAMS Library Leah Hennings, DVM, Pathology
Neriman Gokden, MD, Pathology
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