MEDCETERA
The last mile solution for accelerating medicine & STEM leaders into decision maker roles
We are on a mission to create a new standard of equity for healthcare and scientific innovation by elevating a new generation of diverse thought leaders.
The challenge:
An intellectual capital crisis impacts all our lives
By 6 years post medical residency, 40% of women physicians have left or scaled back their hours
Black academic faculty are leaving due to multiple factors, including systemic lack of support and barriers to promotion
The pandemic is anticipated to inflict long-term career damage on women scientists, largely due to competing caregiving and research priorities
Lack of diversity impacts mortality and postoperative outcome rates
Health outcomes for Black patients are better when they are treated by Black doctors
Hispanic women are more likely than white non-Hispanic women to die from cervical cancer
Lack of access to culturally competent care is keenly felt by Black mothers even as the Black maternal mortality crisis deepens
Sustainable, systemic, positive change requires equitable representation at the decision making level
"If you want to go fast, go alone.
If you want to go far, go together."
-- African Proverb
The solution:
A talent accelerator and
equity leadership research model
Our foundational CARE pillars:
Community
Building a sustainable, open ecosystem in medicine and STEM for long-term mentoring, sponsorship, and success.
Accelerator
Awarding fellowships for high potential physician/scientist leaders to participate in a custom STEM talent acceleratorFocus on cross-disciplinary leadership skills development
Resources
Curating and creating a resource library focused on nontraditional, multidisciplinary paths to leadershipPodcast coming soon featuring medicine and STEM professionals with leadership and advisory roles in industry
Evidence
Funding an equity research think tank focused on leadership in medicine and STEMInstitution-independent awards for large scale, multi-site, clinical studies and publications
"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made."
-- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
About
We've been there-- as "the only" in the room; as moms navigating careers in fields far removed from our medicine & STEM academic training. We're sharing our collective decades of experience and our networks, because we all deserve better. When women have more options, everyone wins.
Tracy Dooley, MD
Natalie Olubuyide, MS, MBA
Monique Smith, MD, MPH
Our Network is Your Network
Learn from people like you who created leadership roles at organizations changing the world:
Logos are selected examples of network connections and do not imply any formal relationship with Medcetera
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