RAISE for Women in Academia

Resources, Advice, Insight, Support and Empowerment (RAISE)

Echo Website Raise Picture

A myriad of challenges faced in academic medicine

While the representation in academic medicine is growing, those working in academia still face unique barriers to success. Inadequate mentorship, discrimination, and lack of a work-life balance contribute to career dissatisfaction, burnout, and ultimately under-representation in senior faculty and leadership roles.

To address these challenges, we launched the RAISE program to connect professionals in academia with industry leaders and career development experts who can share practical guidance and support, covering a wide range of topics relevant to professional growth. RAISE programming offers an interactive model for sharing knowledge, skills, and resources needed to thrive and lead in academia. Each month, we will offer a brief didactic from content experts, a short case presentation illustrating a challenge faced by professionals in academia, and an interactive discussion with panelists and participants.

All are welcome and participation is FREE!


Upcoming Session:

RAISE See you next year


View our Program Flyer here!

See the full list of didactic recordings here!


Session 41: November 13, 2024November 2024 Quote Graphic

Session didactic: “Rethinking Imposter Syndrome”

    • Didactic Presenter: Linda G. Solis, PhD
    • Guest Facilitator: Emily A. Vail, MD, MSc
    • Moderator: Amanda Brosnan, MPAS, MPH, PA-C

 

 

 

 


Session 40: October 15, 2024October 2024 Quote Graphic

Session didactic: “Addressing Harassment in Academic Medicine”

    • Didactic Presenter: Elizabeth Viglianti, MD, MPH, MSc
    • Guest Facilitator: Carrie Atcheson, MD, MPH
    • Moderator: Beth Wueste, PhD, MAEd, C-TAGME, LSSBB

 

 

 

 


Session 39: September 19, 2024September Session Full Flyer

Session didactic: “Neuropsychology and Whole Health for Women”

    • Didactic Presenter: April Wiechmann, PhD, FNAP
    • Guest Facilitator: Kenya Samuels, MPAS, PA-C
    • Moderator: Beth Wueste, PhD, MAEd, C-TAGME, LSSBB

 

 

 

 


Session 37: July 17, 2024July Session Full Flyer (1)

Session didactic: “Navigating Adversity: Shifting Mindset & Prioritizing Values”

  • Didactic Presenter: Huma Farid, MD
  • Guest Facilitator: Kathryn Dubowski, MD
  • Moderator: Kanapa Kornsawad, MD

 

 

 

 


Session 36: June 27, 2024June 2024 Quote Copy

Session didactic: “Tenure Your Health With Lifestyle Medicine”

  • Didactic Presenter: Teresa Wagner, DrPH, MS
  • Guest Facilitator: Malinee Neelamegam, PhD

 

 

 

 

 


Session 35: May 16, 2024May 2024 Quote Resized

Session didactic: “Women and Guilt: Will We Ever Feel Like We’re Doing Enough?”

  • Didactic Presenter: Jennifer Reid, MD
  • Guest Facilitator: Amanda Brosnan, MPAS, MPH, PA-C
  • Moderator: Crystal Manohar, MD, MBA, FASA

 

 

 
 


Session 34: April 17, 2024April 2024 Quote

Session didactic: “Applying Person-Centered Approaches in Leadership: Leveraging Motivational Interviewing with Supervisees and Colleagues”

  • Didactic Presenter: Adrienne Lindsey, MA, DBH
  • Guest Facilitator: Stacey Griner, PhD, MPH, CPH, RDH

 

 

 

 


Session 33: March 20, 2024February Raise Session Quote (2)

Session didactic: “Discounted, Discredited, and Distrusted: Why Are Women in Medicine Not Believed?”

  • Didactic Presenter: Crystal Walker, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C
  • Guest Facilitator: Beth Wueste, PhD, MAEd, C-TAGME

 

 

 

 


Session 32: February 21, 2024February Raise Session Quote (1)

Session didactic: “Maintaining Our Health in Academia: Aligning Your Goals, Values and Mission”

  • Didactic Presenter: Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, MD
  • Panelist: Beth Wueste, PhD, MAEd, C-TAGME

 

 

 

 


Session 31: January 17, 2024January 2024 Quote Graphic

Session didactic: “Girls Just Want to Have Fun: Finding Joy in Academia”

  • Didactic Presenter: Stacey Griner, PhD, MPH, CPH, RDH
  • Guest Facilitator: Kathryn Dubowski, MD

 

 

 

 


Session 30: November 15, 2023November Raise Quote Art (1)

Session didactic: “My Job is Doctor: How Barbie Can Teach Us to Thrive in Academic Medicine”

  • Didactic Presenter: Maya Iyer, MD, MEd, FAAP
  • Guest Facilitator: Kathryn Dubowski, MD and Vaishnavi Kundel, MD, MScR
  • Panelists: Susan F. Franks, PhD, ABPP and Sandra E. Davis, MD

 

 

 


Session 29: October 18, 2023Dr Kilpela Quote

Session didactic: “Finding Your North Star Amidst Turbulent Seas: Clarifying Purpose in Your Work”

  • Didactic Presenter: Lisa Kilpela, PhD
  • Guest Facilitator: Crystal Manohar MD, MBA, FASA and Kathryn Dubowski, MD
  • Panelists: Susan Johnson MD, MS and Glenda Mutinda PhD, MFT

 

 

 


Session 28: September 20, 2023September Raise Quote Art

Session didactic: “Recovering From a Toxic Work Environment”

  • Didactic Presenter: Beth Wueste, PhD, MAEd, C-TAGME, LSSBB
  • Guest Facilitator: Kanapa Kornsawad, MD
  • Panelists: Ann Thompson, MD and Veda Womack, MBA, PA-C

 

 

 

 


Session 27: August 16, 2023Final (1)

Session didactic: “Pay Equity Basics and Addressing Inequities Early in Your Career”

  • Didactic Presenter: Diana Lautenberger, MA
  • Guest Facilitators: Kathryn Dubowski, MD and Vaishnavi Kundel, MD, MScR
  • Panelists: Wari Allison, MD, PhD, FACP, CPE, FIDSA and Margaret L. Smith, MD, MPH

 

 

 


 

Session 26: May 17, 2023Raise Echo Session May 2023

Session didactic: “You Can’t Have It All – But You Can Have a Lot”

  • Didactic Presenter: Ann E. Thompson, MD, MCCM
  • Guest Facilitators: Crystal Manohar, MD, MBA, FASA and Emily Vail, MD, MSc
  • Panelists: Glenda Mutinda, PhD, MFT and April Wiechmann, PhD

 

 

 

 


Session 25: April 19, 2023Raise Echo Session April 2023

Session didactic: “Finding Success in Failure”

 

 

 

 

 


Session 24: March 15, 2023Raise 24 March 2023 Emily Vail

Session didactic: “Your Academic Suitcase: Maintaining Career Continuity Across Institutions”

  • Didactic Presenter: Emily Vail, MD, MSc
  • Guest Facilitators: Kathryn Dubowski, MD, and Vaishnavi Kundel, MD, MScR
  • Panelist: Susan R. Johnson, MD, MS

 

 

 


Session 23: February 22, 2023Susan R. Johnson 2.22.23

Session didactic: “Finding Time for Academic Project Work, Including Writing”

  • Didactic Presenter: Susan R. Johnson, MD, MS
  • Guest Facilitator: Crystal Manohar, MD, MBA, FASA
  • Panelists: Wari Allison, MD, PhD, FACP, CPE, FIDSA and Vivek K. Moitra, MD, MHA, FCCM

 

 

 


Session 22: January 18, 2023celebrate achievements and accept failure as part of the process, do not fear it!

Session didactic: “Overcoming Imposter Syndrome”

  • Didactic Presenter: Crystal Manohar, MD, MBA, FASA
  • Facilitators: Radha Nandagopal, MD, FAAP and Andrea Rochat, MFA
  • Panelists: Stephanie Lovinsky-Desire, MD and Susan McDaniel, PhD

 

 

 


Session 21: November 16, 2022Raise Speakerquote Brown

Session Didactic: “Establishing an Early-Career Professional Network”

 

 

 


Session 20: October 19, 2022Raise Echo Mathews

Session didactic: “The Devil You Know…: A decision analysis for transitioning from academics to industry”

 

 

 


Session 19: September 21, 2022

Session summary: The nineteenth session of the RAISE program featured a case discussion and group conversation about opportunities to grow and improve the RAISE program Series.

 


Session 18: June 15, 2022Echo Raise Smith

Session Didactic: “Gender-Related Burnout Issues”

 

 

 


Session 17: May 18, 2022Echo Raise Montoya Williams

Session didactic: “How to use Twitter to Develop your Academic Career”

 


Echo Raise WilliamsSession 16: April 20, 2022

Flyer

Didactic: Click your Seatbelt and Drive your Career

View recording of didactics

 


Echo Raise OgbeideSession 15: March 16, 2022

Didactic: “Work-Life Balance” for Faculty in Academic Medicine
Handout: Bulls-Eye Worksheet

View recording of didactics

 


Echo Raise CovinSession 14: February 16, 2022

Session summary: The fourteenth session of the RAISE progran featured a didactic on Career Transitions in a Pandemic: Moving Forward (or Even Sideways) But Never Backwards! with a case discussion facilitated by Dr. Wari Allison and Dr. Emily Vail.

Didactic: Career transitions in A pandemic: Moving Forward (or Even Sideways) But Never Backwards!

View recording of didactics

 


Echo Raise TsevatSession 13: December 15, 2021

Session summary: The thirteenth session of the RAISE program featured a didactic on How to Be a Mentor, with a case discussion facilitated by Dr. Kusum Mathews and Dr. Stacy Ogbeide.

Didactic: How to be a Mentor

View recording of didactics

 


Session 12: November 17, 2021Echo Raise Humphrey

Session Didactic: “Advancement/Promotion/Tenure/Leadership”

 

 

 

 


Session 11: October 20, 2021Echo Raise Abbhul

      • Session Didactic:

“A Few Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Out In Academic Medicine”

View didactic recording


Echo Raise MamtaniSession 10: September 15, 2021

Session summary: The tenth session of the RAISE program featured a didactic on Reaffirming Personal Priorities Amidst a Professional Career, with a case discussion facilitated by Dr. Vivek Moitra.

Didactic: Reaffirming Personal Priorities Amidst a Professional Career

View didactic recording

 


Session 9: July 21, 2021

Session summary: The ninth session of the RAISE program featured a networking session facilitated by Dr. Vail, Dr. Mathew, and Dr. Garcini.


Raise Echo MarshallSession 8: June 16, 2021

Session summary: The eight session of the RAISE program featured a didactic on Graceful Self-Promotion, with a case discussion facilitated by Drs. Vail and Kanzler.

Didactic: “Graceful Self-Promotion” »

View recording of didactics »

 


Raise Echo Lane FallSession 7: May 20, 2021

Session summary: The seventh session of the RAISE program featured didactics on how to survive and thrive in a flawed system: advice for early career women faculty in academic medicine, with a case discussion facilitated by Drs. Allison and Mathews.

Didactic: “How to Survive and Thrive in a Flawed System: Advice for Early Career Women Faculty in Academic Medicine”

View recording of didactics »

 


Raise Echo MoitraSession 6: April 21, 2021

Session summary: The sixth session of the RAISE program featured didactics on teamwork and psychological safety, with a case discussion facilitated by Drs. Vail and Mathews.

Didactic: “Teamwork and Psychological Safety”

View recording of didactics

 


Session 5: March 17, 2021Raise Echo Mcdaniel

Session didactic:

Didactics: “Intentional Leadership in Uncertain Times”

Presentation bibliography

View recording of didactics

 


Raise Echo HuangSession 4: February 24, 2021

Session summary: The fourth session of the RAISE program was facilitated by Drs. Garcini and Vail, who led a discussion on Making Academic Writing a Habit.

Session Didactic: “Making Academic Writing a Habit”

View recording of didactics

 


Echo Raise KearneySession 3: January 20, 2021

Session summary: The third session of the RAISE program was facilitated by Drs. Ogbeide and Kanzler, who led a discussion on finding representative mentors and disclosing health information that may jeopardize professional opportunities.

Didactics, “Developing Leadership Competency: Practical Applications from the Literature for Ongoing Growth”

View recording of didactics

 


Echo Raise Wheeler

Session 2: December 16, 2020

Didactics, “Mitigators of Burnout: Identifying Institutional and Personal Strategies for a Sustainable Career”

View recording of didactics

 


 

Session 1: November 18, 2020Raise Echo Ogedegbe Lessons

Session didactic: “Tips for a Successful Academic Career: My Career Path”
In this inaugural session of the RAISE program, facilitators Waridibo Allison MD, PhD and Emily Vail, MD led a lively discussion with senior-faculty panelists on strategies for proactively seeking out mentors, managing expectations, and finding a community of peers for support.