Welcome From Our Chair
Get Involved with WIMS
Welcome to the Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) organization at the University of Kentucky. This is an exciting time for WIMS! As chair, I would like to extend a warm welcome and invite you to learn more about how to get involved. I strongly feel there is something for everyone in WIMS!
If you are a student looking for opportunities to connect with a mentor, we have an engaging mentoring program that renews each year. We have regular programming on topics of wellness, diversity and inclusion, and professional development throughout the year, in addition to our WIMS fall event, held annually on the second Thursday in October, when we welcome a well-established visiting professor and host a day of workshops for the college.
We sponsor travel awards for a variety of professional development programs and offer financial support for research/scholarly projects through our annual WIMS Booster Awards. We have new initiatives in community outreach and an upcoming educational scholarship cohort to connect faculty/students with support for disseminating a scholarly project with the broader educational community. Following the success of our inaugural WIMS interdisciplinary networking event in 2022, we have begun launching collaborative opportunities for participants across the health care colleges: Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health. Please read these pages to learn more about WIMS and feel free to reach out with any questions.
April R. Hatcher, PhD
Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Chair of WIMS