• Define awards and publish selection criteria
• Solicit nominations, make selections, and present at major functions

Chair/Vice Chair or Co-Chairs:  
Kimberly Kaiser, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

Caitlin Conley, PhD
Psychiatry
 

Executive Committee Members:  Cheri D Landers, MD, FCCM, Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

At-large Members:

Amy Oliver-Steinkuhl
Staff / Control Research Program

Colleen Bodnar
Graduate Student

Deidra Beshear
Assistant Professor / Women's Health

Hsuang Peng
Graduate Student / Nutritional Sciences

Huda Kutmah
Medical Student

Joshua Rock, MD
Resident/Fellow / Anesthesiology

Kara A. Kennedy
Neurology

Lee Reynolds, MD
Resident/Fellow / Family Medicine

Megan Dickson, PhD
Behavioral Sciences and Center on Drug and Alcohol Research

Preetha Shridas, PhD
Internal Medicine

Reshma Ramlal, MD, FACP
Internal Medicine

Sara Yvonne Ngo Tenlep
Staff

Sarah Kamer
Staff / Markey Cancer Center

Scott Keel, MD
Resident/Fellow

 

 

• Draft and implement by-laws for WIMS

Chair:  
Erin Schuler, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pathology

• Create and maintain online library of articles, slideshows, documents, and references
• Design and maintain the WIMS website (in conjunction with Office of Faculty Affairs) and its social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Chair /Vice Chair or Co-chairs:     
Riham El Khouli, MD
Radiology 

Nikita Gupta, MD
Otolaryngology 
Head and Neck Surgery
 

Executive Committee Members:     Cayla Sheffer, Medical Student; Jessica Kavanaugh, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, & Regina Fragneto, MD, Anesthesiology

At-Large Members:

Alexandria Early, MS
Graduate Student / Neuroscience

Aurela Clark, MD
Radiology

Bandi Mahaffey, MD
Pediatrics

Cassi Friday
Graduate Student / Physiology

Cassidy Moody
Medical Student

Eden Padayachee, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow / Physiology

Hannah Bowlds
Medical Student

Hasiyet Memetimin
Staff Scientist

Huda Kutmah
Medical Student

Jackie Leachman
Graduate Student / Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

Katie Salmeron, PhD
Neuroscience

Kenneth Campbell, PhD
Physiology

Kristin Miller
Graduate Student / Toxicology and Cancer Biology

Linda Katirji, MD
Emergency Medicine

Priyanka Tripathi
Postdoctoral Scholar / Physiology

Rosalind Ritchie, MD
Pathology

Sahar Nozad, MD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

 

 

 

 

• Plan mentoring activities and related programs
• Tailor some activities to specific WIMS constituencies

Chair/Vice Chair or Co-Chairs:  
Kristen Platt, PhD
Neuroscience

Katie Twist, MD
Internal Med and Divisions Womens Health

Executive Committee Members:  Allison Rasper, MD, Urology; Kristy Deep, MD, Internal Medicine - Hospital Medicine; Meera Gupta, MD, Surgery; Seema Capoor, MD, Ophthalmology

At-Large Members

Colleen Bodnar
Graduate Student

Eden Padayachee, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow / Physiology

Gabriel Vilchez, MD
Infectious Diseases

Gretchen L Wells, MD
Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular

Hasiyet Memetimin
Staff Scientist

Huda Kutmah
Medical Student

Iuliana Popescu, PharmD, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar

Nicole Robertson
Medical Student

Joy Coles
Graduate Student

Sahar Nozad, MD
Pathology

Shravani Prakhya
Graduate Student / Molecular and Cellular Bioichemistry

Stephanie Rock
Graduate Student

Kristen Platt, PhD
Neuroscience

Nessa Timoney, MD
Resident/Fellow

J. Zachary Porterfield, MD, PhD
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics

Tritia Yamasaki, MD, PhD
Neurology

Katherine McKinney, MD, MS
Internal Medicine / Senior Associate Dean

for Graduate Medical Education

 

 

• Raise money to support WIMS activities

Chair / Vice Chair or Co-Chairs:  
Lisa R. Tannock, MD
Internal Medicine
Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine

Emma Birks, MD
Internal Medicine
Cardiology

Executive Committee Members:  Paula Ackerman, DO, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

At-Large Members:

Chi Peng
Graduate Student / Pharmacology

and Nutritional Sciences

Alexis N. Smith
Graduate Student

Allie Anstead
Medical Student

Ashley White
Physiology

Kate Spencer
Medical Student

Katie Donaldson, MD
Nephrology

Madison Hickey
Medical Student

Morgan Sydnor 
Medical Student

Olivia Honaker
Medical Student

Rhea Vidrine, MD
Pediatrics

Rosalind Ritchie, MD
Anesthesiology

Sarah Ashley
Medical Student

 

• Maintain member engagement and encourage at-large participation
• Solicit nominations and make appointments to the executive committee, subcommittees and task forces

Chair / Vice Chair or Co-chairs:  
Frederique (Fred) Yiannikouris, PhD
Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

Amanda Glueck, PhD
Neurology

Executive Committee Members:  Miriam Marcum, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Nikita Gupta, MD, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Smita Joshi, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar; Xiaoqin (Jennifer) Wang, MD, Radiology / Markey Cancer Center

At-Large Members:

Catlin Conley, PhD
Orthopaedic Surgery and

Sports Medicine

Hanine El Haddad, MD
Internal Medicine

Jamie Sturgill, PhD
Internal Medicine

Katherine E Twist, MD
Internal Medicine

Kate Zaytseva, PhD
Toxicology and Cancer Biology

Reema Patel, MD
Internal Medicine

Shista Priyadarshini
Gastroenterology

Tara Starwalt, CSW

Romil Chadha, MD, MPH
Intermal Medicine

Vinnette Forde, MD
Internal Medicine

Sahar Nozad, MD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

 

 

Chair / Vice Chair or Co-chairs: 
Chi Peng
Graduate Student

Anna Maria South, MD
Internal Medicine
Hospital Medicine

At-Large Members:     Gabi Pugh, Graduate Student & Kendall Simpson, Graduate Student

 

• Plan formal educational and career development programs, annually and throughout year
• Tailor programming to all WIMS constituencies

Chair / Vice Chair or Co-chairs:  
Paula Ackerman, DO
Rehabilitation Medicine

Analia Loria Kinsey, PhD
Surgery

Executive Committee Members:  Donna M. Wilcock, PhD, Physiology; Jessica Reynolds, MD, General Surgery; Maj-Linda Selenica, PhD, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging / Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry; Nikita Gupta, MD, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

At-Large Members:

Kristin Miller
Graduate Student / Toxicology and Cancer   Biology

Elizabeth Rhodus, PhD
Behavioral Sciences / Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

Caroline Smith
Graduate Student / Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Caroline Jenkins
Medical Student

Christina Mattingly
Medical Student

Colleen McMullen, MA, MBA
Physiology

Elizabeth Hansen
Medical Student

Emilie Touma

Hasiyet Memetimin
Staff Scientist

Heidi M. Ehrhardt, MD
Internal Medicine / Pediatrics

Kelli Smith
Markey Cancer Center

Mara Atherton
Medical Student

Megan Wolak, MD
Resident/Fellow / Internal Medicine

Meghan Marsac, PhD
Pediatrics

 

 

Chair / Vice Chair or Co-chairs:
Anna Hansen, MD, PhD
Student

Marlene Starr, PhD
Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

Executive Committee Members:  

 

Emily Watson
MD/PhD Student

Maria Kraemer, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar / Neurology

Gertrude Arthur
Graduate Student / Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

Smita Joshi
Postdoctoral Scholar / Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Jenni Ho
Graduate Student / Toxicology and Cancer Biology

 

 

At-Large Members:

Caitlyn Hood
Graduate Student

Christine Sharrer
Medical Student

Colleen Bodhnar
Graduate Student

Elizabeth Hansen
Medical Student

Emily Marcinkowski, MD
Surgery

Hsuan Peng
Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

Jackie Leachman
Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

Hyda Kutmah
Medical Student

Kellea Nichols
Graduate Student / Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

Kendall Collins

Kristin Miller 
Graduate Student / Toxicology and Cancer Biology

Melissa Lefebvre, DO
Pediatrics

Nicole Leedy, MD
Infectious Diseases

Stephanie Rock
Graduate Student / Toxicology and Cancer Biology

Stevie Britch
Postdoctoral Fellow / Behavioral Science

Sujata Mukherjee

Vinnette Forde, MD

 

 

 

• Routinely collect data from nine subcommittees and store in a centralized place
• Reference these metrics with our 2020 Strategic Plan
• Assist with the WIMS Report Taskforce

Chair / Vice Chair or Co-chairs:     
Xiaoquin (Jennifer) Wang, MD 
Radiology 
Markey Cancer Center

Patricia (Tricia) Santos, MD, MBA
Internal Medicine

At-Large Members:

Aradhana Kaushal, MD
Radiation Medicine

Brittany Bissell, PharmD
Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep

Donna Hill, MD
Resident/Fellow / Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Elena Ostrakhovtch, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar / Neurology

Fanny Chapelin, PhD
Biomedical Engineering

Huda Kutmah
Medical Student

Jing Li, MD, MS
Internal Medicine

Katherin Sproul, MD
Anesthesia

Madona Elias
Graduate Student

Mary (Evelyn) Moore
Medical Student

Sarah Hall, MD
Anesthesiology

Thailandria Daniels
Medical Student