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Women in Medicine & Science Committee Membership

Committee Chairs

Jacqueline Barker, PhD

Jacqueline Barker, PhD: Pharmacology & Physiology

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Pharmacology & Physiology
Location: Drexel University College of Medicine
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Jacqueline Barker, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Barker’s primary research interest is in dissecting the neural circuits that contribute to the development of neuropsychiatric illnesses characterized by inflexible behavior. Her lab combines traditional and cutting-edge techniques to investigate how these circuits function in an intact system to mediate behavioral flexibility, and how deficits in control over actions may result from insults such as drug and alcohol exposure.

Dr. Barker is particularly excited to be a part of the Women in Medicine and Science Committee because she loves the opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with strong women pushing to create change in their fields. We have heard for years about “leaky pipelines” that result in women leaving science at higher rates than men, but little has been done to stop women from being pushed out of these careers. Dr. Barker feels that it is inspiring and powerful to be a part of a committee of women taking the steps to reduce power differentials and promote equity.

Vanessa Pirrone, PhD

Vanessa Pirrone, PhD

Title: Associate Professor
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Location: Drexel University College of Medicine
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Faculty Membership

Jessica Barson, PhD

Jessica R. Barson, PhD

Title: Associate Professor
Department: Neurobiology & Anatomy
Location: Drexel University College of Medicine
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Kelly Brenan, PhD

Kelly Brenan, MD: Neurobiology & Anatomy

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Neurobiology & Anatomy
Location: Drexel University College of Medicine
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Aysha Hasan, MD

 

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Location: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Hannah M. Mishkin, MD, MS

 

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Emergency Medicine
Location: Tower Health
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Ellen L. Mitchell, MD

 

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Pediatrics
Location: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Andréia C. K. Mortensen, PhD

Andréia C. K. Mortensen, PhD

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Pharmacology & Physiology
Location: Drexel University College of Medicine
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Jyoti A. Pillai, MD

Jyoti Pillai, MD

Title: Associate Professor and Vice Chair
Department: Neurology
Location: Tower Health - Reading Hospital
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Ad Hoc Membership

Krysta Brown, DO

 

Title: Assistant Professor
Department:
Medicine, Tower Health

Mitzie Grant, PhD

Mitzie Grant, PhD

Title: Associate Professor
Department: Psychiatry
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Elise M. Mosser, PhD

Elise Mosser, PhD: Microbiology and Immunology

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
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Debra Powell, MD

 

Title: Assistant Professor
Department:
Medicine, Tower Health

Rita Shaughnessy, MD, PhD

Rita Shaughnessy, MD, PhD

Title: Associate Professor
Department: Psychiatry
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Cecilia M. Smith, DO

Cecilia M. Smith, DO: Medicine

Title: Professor and Interim Academic Chair
Department: Medicine
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Cecilia M. Smith, DO, is professor and interim academic chair of the Department of Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. Trained in pulmonary and critical care medicine, Dr. Smith is the chair of the Department of Medicine at Reading Hospital, Tower Health.

Ex-Officio Membership

Mary Anne Delaney, MD

Mary Anne Delaney, MD

Title: Associate Dean; Professor of Psychiatry
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Michele Kutzler, PhD

Michele Kutzler, Assistant Dean for Faculty Development

Title: Associate Dean for Faculty; Professor of Medicine; Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
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Donna N. McNelis, PhD

Donna N. McNelis, PhD

Title: Associate Dean for Professionalism and Continuing Education; Professor of Psychiatry
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Nancy Spector, MD

Nancy Spector, MD

Title: Vice Dean for Faculty; Professor of Pediatrics
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Research Associate & Student Membership

Jill Lawrence

Jill Lawrence, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

GSA Representative; PhD student, Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics Program

Roshell Muir, PhD

Roshell Muir, PhD

Postdoctoral Representative

Dr. Muir is a research associate in infectious diseases and HIV medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, having previously completed postdoctoral work in human immunology at Drexel and the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute. Dr. Muir completed her PhD in medicine with a concentration in immunology at Queen’s University Belfast; she presented her PhD thesis and published her work on the identification of type 3 innate lymphoid cells in the lung during acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). She has also successfully published during her postdoctoral research on the role of T-helper- B cell responses in acute HIV infection and collaborated on multiple projects and co-authored multiple publications with colleagues at Drexel, as well as collaborators from other universities and institutes including the Thai Red Cross and Military HIV Research program. Dr. Muir also mentors junior and senior graduate students in the lab, and serves as a judge at Drexel’s Discovery Day, as well as the Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference.

Dr. Muir sits as a representative on the Women in Medicine and Science Committee because she is passionate about advocating for women’s issues and diversity in the workplace. She is very keen on many of the initiatives that WIMSC is undertaking, and through some of these initiatives, would like to highlight and promote the need for more mentoring and sponsorship of invisible scholars and future faculty.

Jyotsna Natarajan

 

AMWA Representative; MD Program

Mitali Shah

 

AMWA Representative; MD Program

Kayla Socarrás

Kayla Socarrás

GSA Representative

 
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A faculty member at Drexel University College of Medicine.