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Steering Committee

The Women Faculty Organization (WFO) and its steering committee was established in 1992 to proactively review issues of relevance to women faculty, including professional development, academic and research support systems and matters of salary equity. The WFO meets monthly to consider and apply strategic approaches to the academic development and professional support of all women faculty at Feinberg School of Medicine. The committee is also a unique resource for networking and fellowship. Representatives from basic and clinical research, academic medicine, hospital-based and private practice and affiliated hospitals are involved. A medical student representative from the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) and a member from the Women's Center at Northwestern University also attend.

If you are interested in becoming involved in the WFO, please contact WFO leadership.

WFO monthly meetings occur on the first Thursday of each month (unless otherwise noted) at 4 p.m. via Zoom.

Steering Committee Members

Co-Chairs

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Yara Mikhaeil-Demo, MD (Co-chair)
y-mikhaeil( at )northwestern.edu

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Maria L V Dizon, MD (Chair)
mdizon( at )luriechildrens.org

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Ruchi S Gupta, MD (Co-chair)
r-gupta( at )northwestern.edu

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Emily Ho, PhD (Co-chair)
emily-ho( at )northwestern.edu

Members

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Elizabeth T. Bartom, PhD
ebartom( at )northwestern.edu

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Lauren B. Beach, PhD
lauren.beach( at )northwestern.edu

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Susan E. Cohn, MD, MPH
susan-cohn( at )northwestern.edu

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Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD
ljones1( at )sralab.org

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Carla L. Ellis, MD, MS, FCAP
carla.ellis( at )northwestern.edu

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Lisa R. Hirschhorn, MD, MPH
lisa.hirschhorn( at )northwestern.edu

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Erin Hsu, PhD
e-hsu( at )northwestern.edu

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Rola Kaakeh, PharmD
rola.kaakeh( at )northwestern.edu

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Julia Lee, PhD
jungwha-lee( at )northwestern.edu

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Liming Li, PhD
limingli( at )northwestern.edu

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Kerri Marie Machut, MD
KMachut( at )luriechildrens.org

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Renee Manworren, PhD
rcbmanworren( at )luriechildrens.org

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Amy S. Paller, MD
apaller( at )nm.org

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Loukia Parisiadou, PhD
loukia.parisiadou( at )northwestern.edu

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Marie E. Perez, DO
marperez( at )luriechildrens.org

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Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD
rgramsey( at )northwestern.edu

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Heather J Risser, PhD (Immediate Past-Chair)
heather.risser( at )northwestern.edu

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Karla Fullner Satchell, PhD
k-satchell( at )northwestern.edu

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Diane Dudas Sheehan, ND
dsheehan( at )luriechildrens.org

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Paula H. Stern, PhD
p-stern( at )northwestern.edu

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Valerie L, Tokars, PhD
v-tokars( at )northwestern.edu

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Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD
lvanhorn( at )northwestern.edu

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Jindan Yu, MD, PhD
jindan-yu( at )northwestern.edu

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Marina Zelivyanskaya, DVM
m-zelivya( at )northwestern.edu

AMWA

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Irene Li Quan
irene.quan( at )northwestern.edu

Administrative Staff

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Courtney McGrosso
wfo( at )northwestern.edu