Report April – June 2021

2021 2nd Report on the activities of the American Medical Women’s Association.

Events:

• Dr S Koven spoke on imposter syndrome, book: Letter to a Young Female Physician
• White House Town Hall – PCPs, Health Systems, & Next Phase of Vaccine Rollout
• Physician Fertility Summit
• Gun Safety Talk
• Migraine Management CME
• AMWA’s Humans Before Heroes cited: Health Workers Overwhelmed by CV-19
• One-woman play: Celebrating A Lady Alone: The Life of Dr E Blackwell
• Studio AMWA White Coat Art Project – “a canvas for reflection” published
• Racism in Med Monthly Discussion
• AMWA at 5th Annual V Pinn Symposium
• AMWA PATH: Identify & Fight Trafficking Training & publish data – training MDs positive impact on patient group

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• Raised $ for CV-19 work in India/ $ – Clinic Nepal
• Joins Public Citizen et al call on Pres Biden for a global vaccine manufacturing program to end pandemic
• Joins orgs call for Nationally Determined Contribution at Climate Summit
• Partners Made to Save initiative: increase CV-!9 vaccines in communities of color
• Member CV-19 Community Corps: national public vaccine acceptance
• Publish: Covid-19 Vaccine Communications Resources
• Endorse Anti-Racism in Public Health Act
• Urge Congress – increase CDC funding to support overdose prevention & syringe services
• AWHS project – provide menstrual pads for Suriname (Days for Girls)
• AMWA’s Sr Fusion project used tech to improve social interactions for low-income seniors during CV-19
• Established Antiracism Committee.
• Urges Passage: Resident MD Shortage Reduction Act
• Unites Against Systemic Racism & Police Brutality
• Parallel Session, UNCOTSOW—Fixing the Gender Gap in Healthcare Leadership
• Joined-One World, One War Against CV-19: Vaccines & Therapeutics

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• Dr K Templeton – Kansas PBS “For Frontline Workers, No Vaccine for Mental Health,” quoted on mental health issues for MDs, spoke for AMWA in Town Hall on MD mental health
• Dr P Murthy shared AMWA’s Music & Med videos – NGO Reporter, Perspectives of the NGO Exec Committee
• Dr J Sherrod honored by Black Women for Wellness for leadership in public health policy & civil rights activism
• Dr E Chin, Dr E Garner, – Harvard Med, A Place in the Room
• Dr E Garner – essay, Cri De Coeur, Harvard Med
• Dr D Moore addressed menopausal care at Springboard Enterprises’ Women’s Health Innovation Forum
• Dr D Helentjaris, – Diaspora, poetry book, ‘20 finalist Icelandic Writers’ Conf Alum Award
• Dr E Chin, in Washington Post article – Managing Menopause in Black Women
• Dr R Gebhard, impact of pandemic on women MDs – Women Are Getting Pushed Out of the Workforce – With Few Ways to Return (Time Inc’s, NextAdvisor); Gebhard in Yahoo News – “A very well-kept secret: Women MDs detail widespread sexism in medicine.”
• Dr S Mark, France 24 TV, -global vaccine rollout, Very Well Health, – vaccine side effects in women, discussed CV-19 Vaccine Rollout – PissedConsumer.com, & spoke to vaccine hesitancy – Voice of America
• Dr C Newman, blog post on Sex & Gender Med in KevinMD.
• M Marr, PhD – whether med schools should require standardized test for admission