The Wayne State University School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development will present “Stereotypes and Women in Medicine: How Do We Overcome Them?” part of its series on implicit bias, on Feb. 21.

Participants will learn about stereotypes and stereotype threat, the fear of confirming in oneself a negative stereotype due to performance on difficult or self-evaluative tasks. They will also learn the relationship between stereotypes and implicit bias, as well as the negative effects of stereotype threat on performance and how to implement anti-stereotype threat initiatives to reduce and eliminate those negative effects.

Moderated by Basim Dubaybo, M.D., vice dean, and Beena Sood, M.D., M.S., associate dean for Professional Development, the seminar will feature Kimberly Morgan, Ed.D., a higher education leader with more than 18 years of experience in problem-solving, advising, managerial and supervisory roles, and mathematics teaching.

Along with her work as an advisor in the WSU Department of Mathematics, she has chaired the WSU President’s Commission on the Status of Women, Wayne Women LEAD, the Gender Equity Working Group, the Pay Gap Committee and its Pay Gap Analysis Committee, and multiple Math department and university-wide committees.

Dr. Morgan received the 2019 Wayne Sate Woman of Distinction Employee Award for her work regarding women’s issues. She was also an Academic Leadership Academy fellow for the 2019-20 academic year.

She has a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics as well as a doctorate in Educational Leadership, both from WSU. She also has a master’s degree in Education with Secondary Teaching Certification from the University of Toledo.

The seminar is open to faculty, staff, medical students, fellow and residents. Register at https://rsvp.wayne.edu/stereotypes-and-women-in-medicine-how-do-we-overcome-them
For more information, contact Kate Laimbeer at 313-577-0216 or gq1362@wayne.edu.