Woman One Award Ceremony Raises Over $250,000 for Scholarships

May 3, 2016
On Monday, April 25, the Institute for Women's Health and Leadership held its 14th Annual Woman One Award Ceremony at the Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia. The ceremony honors a woman of exceptional leadership while also raising scholarship funds for talented, underrepresented women in medicine who, after graduating from Drexel University College of Medicine, intend to serve disadvantaged communities. This year's award winner was Reneé Amoore, innovative entrepreneur, health care advocate and CEO of The Amoore Group.
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Drexel's Vision 2020 and U.S. Sen. Casey Lead Efforts to Designate Philadelphia as the Site of the 19th Amendment Centennial

March 30, 2016
U.S. Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr., D-Pa., announced the introduction of a U.S. Senate resolution designating Philadelphia as the site of the "national centennial celebration of the ratification of the 19th Amendment" at the National Constitution Center Wednesday.
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Examining Drexel's Ties to the First African-American Women Physicians

February 26, 2016
For much of our nation's history, women, especially women of color, had little access to any formal education, let alone medical training. The first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States did so in 1849, and the first African-American woman to do the same graduated in 1864. The tides turned after the world's first medical school for women, the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania (FMCP), provided students opportunities to earn a medical degree, including several of the first African-American women physicians in the country.
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Reneé Amoore to Receive 2016 Woman One Award

October 5, 2015
The Institute for Women's Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine will present the 2016 Woman One Award to entrepreneur and health care advocate Reneé Amoore.
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Legacy Center Earns Society of American Archivists Award for 'Doctor or Doctress?'

October 1, 2015
The College of Medicine's Legacy Center is the 2015 recipient of the Philip M. Hamer–Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award from the Society of American Archivists. The award recognizes individuals or institutions that have increased public awareness of a specific body of documents.
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Leading Immunologist Katherine L. Knight to Receive 2015 Marion Spencer Fay Award

August 18, 2015
Drexel University College of Medicine's Institute for Women's Health and Leadership has selected noted immunologist Katherine L. Knight as the 2015 recipient of its Marion Spencer Fay Award. The award, which annually recognizes luminary women in science and medicine, is named for a pioneering former president of the College's forerunner institution, the Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia to Host Commemoration of 19th Amendment Centennial

July 2, 2015
With hundreds of thousands of visitors expected to participate in the national recognition of the centennial of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, Philadelphia planners are well on their way to developing the Year 2020 program into something a lot more grand than merely noting a historical date.
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ELAM Names New Class of Fellows

May 5, 2015
The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program at Drexel University College of Medicine is pleased to announce the selection of its 2015-2016 class of fellows.
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ELAM Announces Graduation of 2015 Class

May 1, 2015
The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program at Drexel University College of Medicine is pleased to announce the graduation of its 20th class. This graduating class of Fellows joins a diverse alumnae community of nearly 900 highly accomplished leaders that represent over 210 medical, dental, and public health schools from around the world serving in a variety of leadership positions including department chairs, research center directors, deans and college presidents as well as chief executives in health care and accrediting organizations.
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Woman One Scholarship Program Reaches New Milestone

April 28, 2015
Scholarships for the Woman One program will now be raised to $100,000 over four years of medical study. The scholarships are presented by the Institute for Women's Health and Leadership of Drexel University College of Medicine and are awarded annually to women from underrepresented populations seeking to become physicians. The announcement was made during an event honoring the 2015 Woman One Award recipient Lynne Honickman.
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Laurada Byers Receives 2014 Woman One Award

May 27, 2014
Drexel University College of Medicine's Institute for Women's Health and Leadership honored Laurada Byers, founder of the Russell Byers Charter School, last month as the 12th annual Woman One recipient.
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Vision 2020 Fourth National Congress Gathers Leaders to Advance Women's Equality

May 22, 2014
Vision 2020, a national initiative to advance women's economic and social equality, gathered new delegates and allies and its larger network of women leaders from across the country for the Fourth National Congress earlier this month.
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ELAM Names New Class of Fellows

May 5, 2014
The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program at Drexel University College of Medicine is pleased to announce the selection of its 2014-2015 class of fellows.
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ELAM Program Announces Graduation of 2013-2014 Class

May 5, 2014
The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®) Program at Drexel University College of Medicine is pleased to announce the graduation of its 19th class. This graduating class of fellows joins a diverse community of over 770 alumnae leaders that represent over 180 medical, dental, and public health schools from around the world.
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