Mentoring Projects

Promoting Leadership Opportunities for Women at OHSU

• Faculty Mentoring
• Student Activities
• Mentoring of Girls and Teens

Faculty Mentoring

A mentoring program for women faculty is under development. Stay tuned!

Student Activities

School of Medicine Office of Minority Affairs

http://www.ohsu.edu/som/dean/oma/

Women’s Health Student Interest Group (WHIG)

This group plans activities targeted to students interested in women’s health including: noon-time presentations on various women’s health topics and a mentoring program which includes shadowing experiences and career guidance.

• Interest Group Panel Discussions 2003-04
• General panel on OB/GYN (residents and Dr. Catherine Leclair)
• Professional liability in OB/GYN (Dr. Larry Veltman, community OB/GYN physician)
• Having Babies in Medical School (panel discussion)
• Working with the underserved: Sig-Linda Jacobson, MD (Perinatologist)
• OB/GYN Sub-specialty panel (e.g. Gyn-Oncology, Perinatology, Reproductive Endocrinology)

Faculty Liaison: Catherine Leclair, MD, OB/GYN

Resident Liaison: Jennifer Rupert, M.D., R-3, OB/GYN 2003-04
Meghan Stanek, M.D., R-3, OB/GYN 2004-05

Student Leaders:
Stephanie Draper, class of 2006
Breanna Percell, class of 2006
Olga Senashova class of 2006
Emily Dinges, class of 2007
Ashley Hart, class of 2007
Barbara (Basia) Rajska, class of 2007
Molly Lalor, class of 2007
Megan Hough, class of 2007
Laura Fowler, class of 2008

For more information contact: Ashley Hart, class of 2007

Mentoring of Girls and Teens

AWSEM

Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (AWSEM) is a science and math advocacy program for girls in middle and high schools. Our mission is to inspire middle and high school girls to pursue education and careers in science, engineering, mathematics and technology fields. AWSEM is a pre-college program of Portland State University in collaboration with OHSU.
http://www.saturdayacademy.org

If you are interested in serving as a mentor in the AWSEM program contact:
AWSEM / Saturday Academy
Portland State University
PO Box 751-SAT
Portland, OR 97207-0751
Email: awsem@pdx.edu

OHSU Center for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs

The Center for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs sponsors a number of community outreach programs that provide mentoring for minority youth interested in pursuing careers in the health professions.
http://www.ohsu.edu/academic/diversity