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2010 WIHP Meeting

The 2010 WIHP meeting, Leading the Global Challenge of Diabetes, will be held on July 15-16, 2010, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, at the University of Massachusetts Club. The institutional host will be the University of Massachusetts.

Request registration information: wihp@innovara.com

Some speakers and topics:

Juliana Chan, PhD, Chairman, Hong Kong Foundation of Research and Development in Diabetes: Diabetes - from Epidemiology to Disease Management
Anne Sumner, MD, Clinical Endocrinology Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health: Diabetes Epidemiology and Treatment Plus Complications/How is Diabetes Handled in Large Population Displacement
Judith Regensteiner PhD, Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for Women's Health Research, University of Colorado School of Medicine: The Challenge of Diabetes in Women
Marg McGill, MSc (Med) Manager, Diabetes Centre Royal Prince Alfred Hospital: Critical Issues Impacting on Women with Diabetes Globally
Barri Blauvelt, Adjunct Faculty, Institute of Global Health, University of Massachusetts, CEO, Innovara Inc.: The Future Epidemic: Connecting Obesity, Diabetes & Cancer
Gloria Lopez Stewart, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Chief, Diabetes Expert Training Program, Clinical Hospital, Medicine Faculty, University of Chile, Past President, Latin America Diabetes Federation: Leading the Challenge of Diabetes in Latin America
P. Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, Medical Editor, Intensive Content for Your Health (icyou), CBS Medical Correspondent: Raising Your Media Profile: Showcasing Women as Experts in Diabetes
Denise Faustman MD, PhD, Director, Immunobiology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital: Emerging Technologies, Immunologic Research
Margot DeFrance, Executive Vice President, Innovara, Inc.: Diabetes – View from the [Wall] Street
Sherita Golden, MD, MHS, FAHA, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins: Mental Health Issues in Diabetes and Impact on Diabetes/Clinical Outcomes; Behaviors for Self-Management
Kristen Maynard, Research Associate, Schulze Diabetes Institute, University of Minnesota

2010 WIHP meeting planning board members:

Ginger Graham, President and CEO, Two Trees Consulting
P. Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, Medical Editor, Intensive Content for Your Health (icyou), CBS Medical Correspondent
Gloria Lopez Stewart, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief, Chief, Diabetes Expert Training Program, Clinical Hospital, Medicine Faculty, University of Chile, Past President, Latin America Diabetes Federation
Marg McGill, MSc (Med) Manager, Diabetes Centre Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Senior Vice-President, International Diabetes Federation
Anne Sumner, MD, Clinical Endocrinology Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Karen Treloar, International Marketing Leader – Diabetes brands, Merck & Co.

Co Chairs:

Barri M. Blauvelt, Adjunct Faculty, Institute for Global Health, University of Massachusetts, CEO, Innovara, Inc.
Denise Faustman, MD, PhD, Director, Immunobiology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital
Sherita Golden, MD, MHS, FAHA, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Venue; July 15 – 9 am to 5 pm followed by dinner July 16, 9 – 12 noon.

University of Massachusetts Club
225 Franklin Street, 33rd Floor
Boston, MA 02110, USA

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What is WIHP?

WIHP is a not-for-profit network of global women leaders in healthcare, medical and scientific research, academia, policy, advocacy and industry. Its goal is simple: help the very top women connect with their peers to share, learn from and support each other, and build productive networks. WIHP meetings are organized approximately every two to three years.

We also recognize that "leaders create leaders." Through WIHP Internship Awards, WIHP also aims to fund mentoring opportunities for academically qualified young women with leadership potential who are interested in pursuing careers in health care or advanced studies in medicine and research, by matching them to scientific and medical thought leaders and institutions in their fields of interest. These leading faculty mentor their chosen interns for a summer or semester on an important research project.

What is the Background of WIHP?

It was created in 2000 by a group of nine leading women in medicine and industry, in recognition of the need to help the very highest level of women in medical research and academia, policy, advocacy and industry to find each other and to have an occasional, intimate forum for sharing best practices and for networking focusing on specific disease areas. It is strictly not for profit and non-commercial, 100% of funds raised are used to pay for WIHP meetings and WIHP internships.

Who is in WIHP?

By invitation only, WIHP is comprised of Chiefs of Medicine, CEOs and other "C's" (CFOs, COOs, CMOs, CIOs, etc.), as well as other women who represent the highest-ranking females in their organizations. Members in WIHP mainly come from renowned medical research and teaching-based hospitals, industry nationally – recognized advocacy groups, government agencies involved in healthcare, major pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and diagnostic companies, manufacturing-based health care companies, and additional members and others who support the health care sector.

Why is there a Focus on Women at the Top?

Because there needs to be. Research by Innovara and other organizations such as Catalyst, Deloitte, Healthcare Businesswomen's Association, Forbes, Scrip, Society for Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (SELAM), the AMA, the US Department of Labor, the WHO, the UN and ministers of health around the world have collectively documented that women are still a long way from achieving parity in leadership in the health care industry and medicine.

For example, as of April 2009, of almost 1000 US health care companies and 200 leading medical schools and teaching hospitals analyzed by Innovara:

Between 40 - 70% of entry level positions in the health care industry, including medicine, are filled by women, but fewer than 15% of the top five levels of any health care organization are headed by women and in medical research and teaching based hospitals, fewer than 10%.
Of the 100 top paid executives in the health care industry, not one is a woman.
There is NO woman CEO of a top 20 pharmaceutical company or research based teaching hospital in the USA.
Statistics outside of USA are similar.

Can Men Participate in WIHP?

At each meeting at least one global leader who is a male may present, plus WIHP mentors often are male faculty (as long as they are recognized as medical thought leaders).

What does WIHP do?

WIHP mainly serves as a network and resource base for women at the top to connect with other women at the top, in fields of common interest. In addition, WIHP members are provided with opportunities to meet as small groups.

Through WIHP Internship Awards, WIHP also supports the development of medical mentorship, to encourage and aid young women who show strong leadership potential in their pursuit of a career in academic medicine, research, and related sciences. (See below for more information on these awards.)

When Do WIHP Members Meet?

WIHP meetings are organized whenever and wherever a forum of at least 10% of membership is interested to meet, approximately every three years. WIHP meetings usually are held at or near major medical centers of excellence.

When Will Be the Next WIHP Meeting?

The 2010 meeting of WIHP, Leading the Global Challenge of Diabetes, will be held July 15-16, Boston, Massachusetts.
The 2011 meeting of WIHP, Leading the Global Challenge of Cancer, will be held April 28-29, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts.

When was the Most Recent Meeting of WIHP and What Was Its Focus?

In April 2008, WIHP Leading the Global Challenge of Cancer, was co-hosted by and held at Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute, in New York. Members/Speakers included “Leading Ladies” from MD Anderson, Memorial Sloan Kettering. The Breast and Ovarian Cancer Research Center (Australia), Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center (Canada), Johns Hopkins University, Novartis Oncology, Pfizer, and Komen Foundation, among others.

How Does One Join WIHP?

If you are not already a member of WIHP, you may inquire by submitting your contact information through this site or by sending Innovara an email directly (WIHP@innovara.com). You will then be contacted by Innovara to determine if WIHP is appropriate for you. There is no membership “fee”, only registration fees to attend a WIHP meeting, or support for WIHP events or internship awards.

Whether or not it is appropriate for you to become a member of WIHP, Innovara recommends that you also join the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association ( www.hbanet.org ), if you are from industry. If you are a dean, professor or other leader from academic medicine or research, Innovara recommends that you also join SELAM ( www.selaminternational.org ).

Who are Organizers and Supporters of WIHP?

All WIHP members support WIHP through their attendance at meetings, sponsorship of awards, and other support. WIHP is organized and maintained by Innovara, Inc. strictly as a not-for-profit program.

How Can I Get a List of other WIHP Members?

You can't. The list is maintained by Innovara, but is not generally available - even to other WIHP members. However, a list of companies and institutions represented by WIHP membership is available to WIHP members. If any WIHP member needs help to locate another WIHP member or needs help to be networked to a specific type of WIHP member (e.g. with a specific expertise or background), she may contact Innovara for assistance. This is a courtesy service and may not be used for promotional services. Incidental charges may apply.

What are WIHP Internship Awards?

A recipient of WIHP funds is the WIHP Internship Award. These prestigious awards fund summer or other semester-long research-based internships for undergraduate or soon-to-be graduate female students at medical centers of academic and research excellence. WIHP Interns are selected by the institutions and nominated by faculty who will be their mentors, based upon both academic performance and other demonstrations of leadership qualities of the students.

All WIHP members are encouraged to sponsor WIHP Internship Awards. (See more information on WIHP Internship Awards below).

Which Institutions Receive WIHP Internship Awards?

Faculty whose work in specific fields have been recognized nationally and globally are qualified to receive WIHP Internship awards. A faculty is typically a professor who is renowned in his/her field, is actively engaged in research and other thought leadership development activities, and is eager to be the mentor to the chosen intern. The mentor and her/his institution completely control the selection of the intern based upon academic and leadership qualifications of the students.

WIHP sponsors are encouraged to make at least a three-year commitment to funding in order to ensure continuity of the award.

Institutions previously nominated for and/or accepting WIHP awards include:

Amherst College
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Cleveland Clinic
Dana Farber Cancer Center
Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Smith College
University of Pittsburgh
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota Diabetes Institute
Yale University School of Medicine

How can I, or my company, become a sponsor of a WIHP Internship Award?

We welcome any support to make WIHP Internship Awards available each year. Any person, company or organization can sponsor a WIHP Internship Award. There is a waiting list of faculty and institutions that would like to receive one or more awards to offer to qualified “mentees”. If you wish, you may request an award go to a specific field of medical or scientific research and/or institution. Innovara will identify leaders who are potential mentors working in collaboration with both sending and receiving institutions.

How can an Institution or faculty member become a Recipient of a WIHP Internship Award to give an intern?

Institutions and faculty members interested in receiving WIHP Internship Awards should contact Innovara (WIHP@Innovara.com) directly.

How can I Nominate an Intern for a WIHP Award?

It is up to the institution and faculty member to determine the designee of the WIHP Internship Award. Individuals cannot directly request an award.

How can I Receive more Information on WIHP?

For further information, please contact WIHP@Innovara.com

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