First-year medical student Riya Patel was invited to present an abstract titled “Presenting Options for Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: A Case Report" at the fourth annual Women in Medicine Summit.

Congratulations, Riya, on being selected to participate in such an empowering event!

New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy visited the medical school on Thursday to meet with Dean Amy Murtha, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, and RBHS Chancellor Brian Strom to discuss advancing partnership initiatives to improve maternal health outcomes.

The medical school has proudly worked with the state in an effort to raise awareness about maternal health and safety, including recognizing the inaugural Maternal Health Awareness Day in 2017, along with the Tara Hansen Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and interprofessional organizations. Mrs. Murphy spoke at the school's Maternal Health Awareness Day in 2018 and the following year founded NurtureNJ, a statewide awareness campaign committed to reducing maternal and infant mortality and ensuring equitable care among women and children of all races and ethnicities.

Susan Giordano, program director of the Homeless & Indigent Population Health Outreach Project (HIPHOP) and co-director of the Distinction In Service to the Community (DISC) program, was one of six women honored this week by the Boy Scouts of America’s Patriots' Path Council at its annual Tribute to Women Awards Luncheon at the Plainfield Country Club in Edison.

Congratulations, Susan, on this well-deserved honor! Read more here.

Congratulations to Courtney McDermott, PhD candidate in the lab of Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom, MD, professor of neuroscience and cell biology and pediatrics, for receiving the F99/K00 Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Courtney, who is a first-generation college graduate, also is the first Robert Wood Johnson Medical School neuroscience student to receive the F99/K00 grant and one of only a few to ever receive the award at the medical school.

"The School of Graduate Studies (SGS) and the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology are extremely proud of Courtney’s accomplishments. She first came to Rutgers as a participant in our Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Program (NeuroSURP) and then was accepted into our PhD program. For us to see Courtney grow into an independent scientist who has received one of the most prestigious fellowships for graduate students is very exciting," said Janet Alder, PhD, associate professor of neuroscience and cell biology at the medical school, and assistant dean for graduate academic and student affairs at SGS.

Congratulations again, Courtney, for receiving this impressive award!

In celebration of Women in Medicine month, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is paying tribute by spotlighting stories about women who have made an impact in the field both personally and professionally.

Gloria A. Bachmann, MD, MMS, FACOG, shared her story, "Dr. Helen Dickens: A Reproductive Health Care Trailblazer and My Mentor," about the woman who shaped her career in reproductive medicine.

Dr. Dickens was a Black woman obstetrician–gynecologist who became an ACOG Fellow on May 1, 1953, a time when there were few women in the specialty, Dr. Bachmann notes. Dr. Dickens was a trailblazer not only for the obstetrics and gynecology specialty but also for encouraging women through the example she set by pursuing this specialty.

Read the complete letter, along with other inspirational stories, on ACOG's website.

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Martha A. Lansing, MD, served as associate professor and vice chair of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School's Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. After Dr. Lansing's passing in 2021, the department, in collaboration with her family, established the Martha A. Lansing Annual Lectureship to continue her professional mission and honor her legacy. Read more here.

You are cordially invited to attend the inaugural hybrid lecture of this series on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 9 a.m., followed by an in-person reception at 10 a.m.

Digital copies of the photos are available upon request from the Department of Communications and Public Affairs approximately one week after your sitting.

For more information, contact Lucija Milicevic.

The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences is hosting on Friday, Sept. 30, from 8 - 9 a.m., Sangeeta Lamba, MD, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences' vice chancellor for diversity, who will speak on "Inclusive Leadership: The Time is Now." For virtual details, please contact Beth Dillon or Cande Ananth.

Please again note for your convenience and flexibility the increasing number of hybrid and in person options for Grand Rounds in this academic year to complement virtual platforms.

Paul F. Weber, MD, RPh, MBA, associate dean, Continuing Medical Education

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