HMS/HSDM Joint Committee on the Status of Women (JCSW)

The JCSW: a standing committee of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, established in 1973, representing a constituency of women and men faculty, fellows, residents, post docs, students, and staff of both Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, as well as the faculty of affiliated hospitals and institutions.

The Mission: to facilitate and enhance the contribution of women faculty and staff at HMS and HSDM by expanding and enhancing opportunities for leadership and advancement. This is achieved through identifying and documenting obstacles, then developing educational programs, networking events, and recommendations to the Dean's Office to address areas for improvement.

The Members: constitute a fabric of connection and a force for institutional evolution-as observers, researchers, analysts, commentators, mentors and educators.

The Subcommittees and Task Forces: direct efforts towards specific initiatives including: Child care, Technology, Dean's Award, Membership, Mentoring, Outreach and Development, and Programming.

Child Care Summit: Future Directions

Goal:
To heighten the awareness of child care needs in the work environment and to promote thoughtful discussion by identifying both critical needs and possible solutions. This summit provided an impetus for developing a set of workable recommendations for the future.

Open letter to the community

Executive Summary Report

FOCUS article: Summit yields strategies for change
To view article, please click HERE

Reframing Childcare in the 21st Century by Cathy Trower, Ph.D.
To download slide presentation, please click HERE

Report from the Moderators
To download slide presentation, please click HERE

History of Child Care Efforts at Harvard by Sarah Bennett-Astesano, M.Ed.
To download slide presentation, please click HERE

Please continue to check back for updates.

Upcoming Events

September is Women in Medicine and Science Month!

This month many of the affiliated institutes will be honoring women in medicine by hosting lectures and other events. Please see links below for more information:

Brigham and Women's Hospital, click HERE

Children's Hospital Boston, click HERE

Massachusetts General Hospital, click HERE

McLean Hospital, Click HERE

2011 - 2012 Joint Committee Meeting Calendar

Items of Interest

Faculty Promotion Process Tracking
The Office for Faculty Affairs now offers a Professorial Promotion Status Web site*. Candidates for promotion as well as their departmental leadership will be able obtain regular updates regarding the candidate's promotion progress at both Harvard Medical and Dental Schools.

* eCommons login required.

AAMC 2011 Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
July 9-12, 2011 | Ritz-Carlton Washington, D.C. | Three and a half-day program designed for women at the assistant professor or instructor level. | Program goal is to provide an introduction to the knowledge and skills needed to follow the path to leadership in academic medicine.

For further information, please click HERE.

Membership Information

The Joint Committee on the Status of Women provides opportunities for networking, leadership and development of professional skills. Becoming a member of the JCSW will enable you to join a greater community of women and men who strive to make the working environment better for all.

For membership enrollment form, please click HERE.

Frequently Asked Questions, please click HERE.

Strategic Plan

To download a copy of the JCSW Strategic Plan, please click HERE.

In the News

Don't Quit This Day Job: New York Times Op-Ed piece by Karen S. Sibert, M.D.
Please click on links below to view letters in response to the June 11th article:

Work Family Balance for Doctors; New York Times
The ‘Mommy Track’ Debate In Medicine; On Point with Tom Ashbrook, NPR. Please click Listen To This Show on the top of the page to hear Harvard Medical School's Dr. Maureen Connelly, Dean for Faculty Affairs, as a guest on the show.

Congratulations to the 2011 Joseph B. Martin Dean's Award for Leadership in the Advancement of Women Recipients!

David H. Bor, M.D., Charles S. Davidson Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Chief of Medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance.
Dr. Bor was announced winner of the 2011 Dean's Award for Leadership in the Advancement of Women Faculty. Press release, click HERE.

Cynthia L. Fiducia, Ed.D., Director of Postgraduate Education Programs Clinical and Translational Science Center, Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Fiducia was announced winner of the 2011 Dean's Award for Leadership in the Advancement of Women Staff.

Congratulations to Edward J. Benz, MD, presitdent of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, for receiving the Margaret L. Kripke Legend Award for Promotion of Women in Cancel Research and Cancer Medicine.

Read more about the Dr. Benz and the Margaret L. Kripke Legend Award HERE.

Past Highlights

"The Dearth of Women in Science" by Ben Barres, MD, PhD
Click HERE for a webcast and slides of the extraordinary talk co-sponsored by the JCSW

Activities, Productivity, and Compensation of Men and Women in the Life Sciences
Article describing the MD, PhD and MD/PhD productivity and compensation issues by gender.
Click HERE to download the article in PDF format.