Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Designing the Culture that Promotes Satisfaction and Success
8:00 am–4:00 pm, May 14, 2009, University Conference Center.
 
The objective of the Summit was to explore the concept of the "leaky pipeline" in science and medicine that seems to result in women not being successfully recruited or retained in academic medicine and, further, advanced or promoted into leadership positions in academic medicine. National speakers framed the issues followed by small group discussion at round tables. Interventions and strategies that have been successfully applied at other institutions were presented and potential applications on this campus were explored. The intended outcome of the Summit was to develop a series of recommendations that might be implemented to improve the situation at the Penn State College of Medicine/Hershey Medical Center. The Summit was sponsored by Dean Harold Paz and the Office of Professional Development. All faculty of the College of Medicine were invited to attend.

You can view a recording of the presentations here.

Handouts for the presentations can be downloaded from the links below.

Event Program - download pdf

Status of Women Faculty at Penn State and Penn State Hershey - download pdf
Molly Wertheimer, PhD
Penn State Hazleton

Status of Women Faculty: A National Perspective - download pdf
Sarah A. Bunton, PhD
American Association of Medical Colleges

Factors Contributing to and Influencing the Current State - download pdf
Molly Carnes, MD, MS
University of Wisconsin-Madison

A Culture Change Initiative in Five Medical Schools - download pdf
Linda Pololi, MBBS, MRCP
Brandeis University

Reference list - download pdf

Other resources for women faculty

• Penn State BIRCWH Program (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health)
  A K12 grant from the National Institutes of Health provides funds for junior faculty BIRCWH scholars to receive mentored research career development in interdisciplinary research on women’s health or on sex/gender differences related to biology, health, or disease.
• Penn State Commission for Women
  The Commission for Women initiates, supports, and endorses activities and initiatives that will benefit all women in the University - staff, faculty, and students. The site includes projects and events, as well as helpful links on women's issues.
• Women in Biomedical Careers
  National Institutes of Health resources dedicated to furthering the careers of women in biomedical research and supported by the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH). ORWH sponsored the National Academies report, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering.

• Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women
  For senior women faculty in medicine and dentistry who aspire to significant positions of leadership within their academic health centers.