2022 Webinar: Leveling the Playing Field: Promoting Women in Academia
The purpose of this webinar is to discuss the issues facing women who wish to pursue an academic career in Hepatology. The idea behind is that examining the obstacles and the difficulties will help in identifying the possible solutions.
The webinar will start with the trailer of the very relevant documentary “Picture a Scientist” as an introduction to formal presentations, which will examine the problem of academic disadvantage, both in terms of poor recognition of career progression and authorship. Two lectures will be an exemplification of real careers by a junior and a senior faculty member, and lastly a lecture will be devoted to identify possible resources.
There will then be a 20-minute discussion between panelists and a Q and A session to involve the audience, directed by our moderator.
Erica Villa (Moderator)
Professor of Gastroenterology
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Tatyana Kushner, MD, MSCE (Moderator)
Dr. Kushner is an Associate Professor in the Division of Liver Diseases at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. Her research addresses understanding the epidemiology and outcomes in individuals living with viral hepatitis, particularly among individuals of childbearing age and pregnancy. She is a member of the AASLD/ IDSA HCV Guidance committee, a member of the Global NASH Council Viral Hepatitis Committee, and Chair of the AASLD Women's Initiative Committee. She is founder and director of the Mount Sinai Women’s Liver Clinic which is a clinic co-located on the Obstetrics Department and provides dedicated care to individuals living with viral hepatitis and other liver conditions during pregnancy and postpartum.
Monika Sarkar (Moderator)
Marina Berenguer
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, MD, FAASLD is Professor of Medicine, Chief of Digestive Diseases and Program Director of the Hepatitis C Resource Center at Veteran’s Administration-Connecticut Healthcare System, as well as Director of Clinical and Translational Core at Yale Liver Center. She is a past president of AASLD. She received her M.D. and training at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Her primary research focus is on clinical research which focuses on cirrhosis and its complications, and she also is involved in the study of bacterial infections in cirrhosis, a complication that is often overlooked.
Kathleen E. Corey
Kathleen E. Corey, MD, MPH, MMSc is the Director of the MGH Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Clinic, Associate Program Director for the Medicine Residency for Clinical and Translational Research, a hepatologist who specializes in NAFLD, Physician Investigator in the CTEU, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at HMS.
Dr. Corey’s interests include clinical and translational research in NAFLD. She aims to better understand predictors of development and progression of NAFLD, the interplay between cardiovascular disease and NAFLD and the natural history of NAFLD in persons living with HIV (PLWH). She is the Co-PI for an R01 evaluating the role of tesamorelin, a growth hormone-releasing hormone for the treatment of NAFLD and is involved in an NIH-funded study on the prevalence, risk factors and treatment of NAFLD in PLWH.
Dr. Corey earned her MD at Duke University School of Medicine, her MPH from the University of North Carolina and her MMSc from Harvard Medical School. Prior to joining the faculty of MGH, she completed her training in Internal Medicine, Chief Residency, Gastroenterology and Advanced Hepatology and Liver Transplant at MGH.
Rotonya Carr, MD
Anita Chong, PhD
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