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COMING SOON:

A call for Nominations for

2027 Laura Lynch ELAM/ELH Community Impact Award

A call for nominations for the 2027 Laura Lynch ELAM/ELH Community Impact Award will be open on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.

This award recognizes an individual or individuals who have made a significant and positive impact on the ELAM/ELH community. Recipients demonstrate professionalism, commitment and unwavering dedication to fellows, ELUMs, faculty, staff and/or other community members, inspiring others to use their talents and energy to advance the ELAM/ELH program and make a difference in achieving gender equity in academic medicine and/or hospital systems.

Know someone who might be a great candidate? The nomination application opens on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.

In Case you Missed it!

On Wednesday, November 4, 2026, the ELAM community received a special issue of the ELAM Edge titled “Celebrating Leadership and Legacy: 50 Years of Impact of Advancing Leadership Through ELAM and GWIMS.” This article celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Association of American Medical College’s (AAMC’s) Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) portfolio, and the partnership with the former AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS).

Read it here.

EVENTS

Join us for the

Executive Leadership in Transformational Change (ELTC) Open House

ELAM is introducing our new Executive Leadership in Transformational Change (ELTC) program track, an executive program for senior leaders in healthcare, higher education, nonprofits, and the public sector who are ready to drive equitable, mission-aligned transformation. We strongly encourage ELUMs in high-level leadership roles to apply.

ELTC Application Flyer

Open House Webinar for ELTC Applicants for the Class of 2027-2028

November 18, 2026

12-1 p.m. ET

Virtual

Register here.

The ELAM leadership team welcomes your questions about the program. Please email elamapps@drexel.edu to schedule a time to speak with us. 

Last Call:

ELAM and Korn Ferry Reception: 2026 AAMC Learn. Serve. Lead.

Please join us to gather with colleagues from across academic medicine to reconnect, build new relationships, and spend time with peers who share a commitment to advancing medical education, research, and healthcare.

Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026

Time: 6:30-10 p.m. PT | Remarks beginning at 7:15 p.m. PT

Location: Anaheim Marriott - Platinum Ballroom #9

All are welcome!

Register here for the reception.

Come say hi to ELAM at Booth #836!

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Stay tuned.

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ELUM & FELLOW NEWS

Jennifer Adams, MD (ELAM ‘24), was selected as a recipient of the 2026 AAMC Curriculum Leader Award. This award annually recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exemplary service to advance curriculum with the AAMC.

Karen Basen-Engquist, PhD, MPH (ELAM ‘17), received the AACE Award for Excellence in Cancer Patient Education on behalf of UT MD Anderson’s Active Living After Cancer program.

Sarah Benish, MD, FAAN (ELH ‘25), is now physician executive for Neurology at Endeavor Health System.

Linda Chaudron, MD, MS (ELAM ‘14), has been named senior associate dean for faculty affairs at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM).

Sophia Jan, MS, MSHP (ELAM ‘25), was appointed executive vice chair of Pediatrics at Northwell Health.

Daniela P. Ladner, MD, MPH, FACS (ELAM ‘23), received the Tripartite Award from the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, which is an award that honors one faculty who distinguished themselves in all 3 missions - clinical, research and education.

Parker Ruhl, MD, MHS, ATSF (ELAM ‘26), has been promoted to director of Faculty Affairs in the NIH Intramural Research Program where she will lead policies and programs that support all intramural NIH faculty across the arc of their scientific and clinical careers.

Kristi Smock, MD (ELAM ‘26), was featured as a Utah Business 2026 Healthcare Heroes Honoree. These honorees are advancing diagnostics, expanding access to care and preparing the next generation of providers — with patients and communities at the heart of their work.

Jennifer L. Taylor, MD, MSCS, ATSF (ELAM ‘27), was featured in the PBS Nova documentary titled “The Battle to Breathe,” as well as in two companion mini-documentaries titled “The Battle to Breathe: CF Before Birth” and “The Battle to Breathe: The Last 10%.”

Nurhan Torun, MD, FRCSC, MCSO (ELH ‘26), presented Learning Lounge lecture on Visual Snow and Other Visual Integration Disorders at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in New Orleans on October 10, 2026. She is pictured on the right with her co-instructor Michael Vaphiades, DO. Dr. Torun was also appointed vice chair of Women in Neuro-ophthalmology Committee of the North American Society of Neuro-ophthalmology in September 2026.

Alison Walker, MD, MPH, MBA (ELAM ‘19), was elected councillor to the American Society of Hematology, and will serve a four-year term. 

The following ELUMs were elected to National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

Cory Abate-Shen, PhD (ELAM ‘20)

Diane M. Harper, MD, MPH, MS (ELAM ‘16)

Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM (ELAM '25)

Emily Oken, MD, MPH (ELAM ‘21)

Leslie Renee Walker, MD (ELAM ‘14)

ELUM and Fellow News for the ELAM EDGE

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ELUM and Fellow Professional Updates for the ELAM DATABASE

Please submit professional changes (titles, institutions, contact info) by logging into the ELAM Portal.

ELUM & FELLOW PUBLICATIONS

AACE Endocrinology and Diabetes, October 15, 2026:

Pituitary Macroadenoma Development in Transgender Women Receiving Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy: A Call for Baseline Prolactin Screening Prior to Initiation of Therapy

Youssef A, Naous E, Torun N, Feldman AZ

The New England Journal of Medicine, October 21, 2026:

Examining the Use of Race in Clinical Algorithms

Helen Burstin, M.D., M.P.H., Felicity T. Enders, Ph.D., M.P.H., Sean Levy, M.D., Shazia Siddique, M.D., M.S.H.P., Joseph L. Wright, M.D., M.P.H., and Debra Malina, Ph.D.

Watch the roundtable discussion about this topic.

Have You Recently Been Published?

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ARTICLES OF NOTE

Chief Healthcare Executive, October 26, 2026:

‘End the blame game’ — Healthcare finance leaders launch a new affordability pledge

Finger-pointing is not stopping the erosion of financial sustainability of U.S. healthcare, according to the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Bioengineer.org, October 26, 2026:

Canadian academic medicine survey finds uneven perceptions of equity and belonging

A cross-sectional survey of 297 physicians and scientists found marked differences in how colleagues perceived equity, inclusion and belonging within a large Canadian academic medicine department.

CALLS FOR APPLICATION, NOMINATION, ETC.

Stay tuned.

Please submit any calls for applications, nominations, or other relevant leadership opportunities to Joyce Collins at jml575@drexel.edu.

CAREER SERVICES

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JOB POSTINGS

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THE LAST WORD

Literary Hub, October 29, 2026:

Why Are Women’s Biographies Often Told From a Man’s Point of View?

Women’s historical fiction and historical romance are currently more popular than ever, but women’s historical nonfiction? Not so much.

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