Case MSTP Women's Group

The Women's Group is a student-driven initiative to develop programs and seminars to address issues pertinent to female MD/PhDs. Our recent activities have included:

Dinner with the MSTP Winter Retreat Keynote Speaker, Dr. Marie-Francoise Chesselet, MD/PhD.  Dr. Chesselet is an accomplished physician-scientist who is Chair of the Neurobiology program at UCLA and Director ofthe UCLA Udall Parkinson's Disease Center of Excellence.  She talked about how she successfully traversed a career as a physician-scientist and how she balanced research commitments with her personal life.

- Discussed balancing your career and your family with Dr. Cynthia Bearer (MSTP
Associate Director), Dr. Erin Stepka (MSTP alumna), and Dr. Jess Madden
(neonatology fellow)

- Held tutorial on "how to set up your lab" with Drs. Al Malouf and Chris
Wilson (Dept of Pediatrics)

If you would like to talk to a student, feel free to contact Shibani Mukerji, Molly Gallogly, or Bridgett Christopher.