PMID- 11224943 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010809 LR - 20061115 IS - 1524-6094 (Print) IS - 1524-6094 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 1 DP - 2001 Jan-Feb TI - Using women's health research to develop women leaders in academic health sciences: the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health. PG - 39-47 AB - While the number of women entering U.S. medical schools has risen substantially in the past 25 years, the number of women in leadership positions in academic medicine is disproportionately small. The traditional pathway to academic leadership is through research. Women's health research is an ideal venue to fill the pipeline with talented women physicians and scientists who may become academic leaders in positions where they can promote positive change in women's health as well as mentor other women. The Office on Women's Health (OWH) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has contracted with 18 academic medical centers to develop National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health. Emphasizing the integral link between women's health and women leaders, each of the Centers of Excellence must develop a leadership plan for women in academic medicine as part of the contract requirements. This paper describes the training programs in women's health research that have developed at five of the academic medical centers: the University of Wisconsin, Magee Women's Hospital, the University of Maryland, Medical College of Pennsylvania Hahnemann University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. We discuss some of the challenges faced for both initiation and future viability of these programs as well as criteria by which these programs will be evaluated for success. FAU - Carnes, M AU - Carnes M AD - National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, Hospital University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53715, USA. FAU - VandenBosche, G AU - VandenBosche G FAU - Agatisa, P K AU - Agatisa PK FAU - Hirshfield, A AU - Hirshfield A FAU - Dan, A AU - Dan A FAU - Shaver, J L AU - Shaver JL FAU - Murasko, D AU - Murasko D FAU - McLaughlin, M AU - McLaughlin M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Womens Health Gend Based Med JT - Journal of women's health & gender-based medicine JID - 100888719 SB - IM MH - Academic Medical Centers/*organization & administration MH - *Career Mobility MH - Education, Medical, Graduate/*organization & administration MH - *Faculty, Medical MH - Fellowships and Scholarships/*organization & administration MH - Female MH - Forecasting MH - Humans MH - *Interinstitutional Relations MH - *Leadership MH - Mentors MH - *Physicians, Women/supply & distribution MH - Program Development/methods MH - Program Evaluation MH - Research/*education/*organization & administration MH - United States MH - *Women's Health EDAT- 2001/02/27 10:00 MHDA- 2001/08/10 10:01 CRDT- 2001/02/27 10:00 PHST- 2001/02/27 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/08/10 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/02/27 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1089/152460901750067106 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Womens Health Gend Based Med. 2001 Jan-Feb;10(1):39-47. doi: 10.1089/152460901750067106.