• Health and Health Care
National Center of Excellence in Women's Health. The University of Illinois at Chicago's Center of Excellence in Women's Health (UIC CoE) focuses on four main areas: clinical services; research; curriculum and professional development; and community partnership. The administrative offices are located in CRWG, and the two centers work together in developing a strong multidisciplinary research agenda. In 2006, the UIC CoE was named an “Ambassador for Change” by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health. This designation has been given to senior CoEs that have demonstrated success in establishing the multidisciplinary CoE model. This program was designed to continue the current mission of the CoEs with an expanded leadership role. As an Ambassador for Change, we have the responsibility of providing advice and guidance to other organizations interested in developing or implementing the CoE’s unique, multidisciplinary model.

• Health and Health Care
Girls and Adolescents
BodyWorks. The UIC CoE is offering BodyWorks, a healthy eating and exercise program developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health. BodyWorks targets girls ages 9 to 14 by working with parents and caregivers to provide tools and support to enhance healthy lifestyles.

• Health and Health Care
Institutional Transformation
Education (Higher Education, Curriculum and Faculty Development)
Leadership and Leadership Development
College of Medicine Dean’s Committee on Faculty Academic Advancement. This committee was formed to create an institution whose faculty, departmental leadership, and deans reflect the gender and ethnic profile of the College’s student body and to enable excellence in research, teaching, and patient care - while promoting work/life balance - so that the UIC College of Medicine becomes a desired destination for a talented and diverse faculty.

• Health and Health Care
Immigration
Midwest Network on Female Genital Cutting. The Midwest Network on Female Genital Cutting (MWNFGC) was formed in 2005 when a group of health professionals, representatives from community organizations, refugee resettlement agencies, and immigration law experts came together over a concern for the needs of African immigrant girls and women affected by or at risk for female genital cutting. The MWNFGC is a dynamic network of organizations and individuals working together to address the impact of FGC in the Midwest, aiming to both prevent cutting from occurring and to provide sensitive, culturally competent care for those who have been cut.

• Health and Health Care
Education (Higher Education, Curriculum and Faculty Development)
Mentoring
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH). UIC’s BIRCWH program is a collaborative effort between the UIC’s CoE and the its six health colleges. The purpose of this BIRCWH program is to institutionalize a generative scholar training program that will optimize the success of junior faculty in developing a substantive and sustained research program in women’s health science. The program will contribute substantially to the development of a diverse multidisciplinary basic science, clinical, and community research work force through the interdisciplinary training, mentorship, and career development of junior investigators. The program consists of a core and tailored curriculum, research training, mentoring (by 2 senior researchers), individualized career planning, and a research project.

• Science, Math, Engineering and Technology
Education (Higher Education)
Mentoring
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE). The goal of the UIC Women in Science and Engineering Program, WISE, is to increase the number of women students pursuing and graduating in science, technology, engineering and math, STEM, disciplines, and to promote the recruitment, retention and advancement of women who have chosen academic careers. The WISE student program supports women undergrad/graduate students by sponsoring activities that foster a positive educational and professional environment, and enable excellence in scholarship, teaching and service. WISE initiatives also reach pre-college girls through GEM-SET and STEM faculty through the WISEST initiative.

• Science, Math, Engineering and Technology
Education (K-12)
Mentoring
Girls and Adolescents
Girls' Electronic Mentoring in Science, Engineering, and Technology (GEM-SET). This internet-based mentoring helps to link high school aged female students with professional women in Science, Engineering and Technology careers. See www.gem-set.org for more information.

• Science, Math, Engineering and Technology
Education (K-12)
Mentoring
Leadership and Leadership Development
Institutional Transformation
Women in Science and Engineering System Transformation (WISEST). The goal of the WISEST initiative is to increase the number, participation, and leadership status of women in academic science and engineering at UIC, create an institutional environment that promotes the retention and advancement of women faculty in science and engineering, and collaborate with faculty, staff, and university leaders to affect institutional transformation.

PUBLICATIONS

• Employment
Education (Higher Education, Curriculum and Faculty Development)
Khare, M.M. & Owens, L. (2006). Faculty Work Climate Survey, University of Illinois at Chicago.
In 2004, the campus conducted a study of the working environment for tenured and tenure-track faculty in the Colleges of Engineering and Liberal Arts and Sciences. The survey was designed to capture the perceptions of the faculty members regarding their workplace: what they like, what they dislike, what is important in their daily life, and what enhances or impedes productivity. The goal was to inform how to improve job satisfaction and faculty success at UIC. Faculty members in the two colleges responded with a resounding rate of 67%.
The results are presented in a report, available at: http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/faculty/climatesurvey.html

• Feminist Thought & Scholarship
Non-traditional Employment
Zimmermann, K., Hurtig, J., & Small, E. Tools of the Trade: A CWIT Guide to Participatory Evaluation. Chicago: UIC Center for Research on Women and Gender.
Tools of the Trade: A CWIT Guide to Participatory Evaluation is the product of many years of collaboration between CRWG and Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT). While the examples in the guide focus on situations relating to CWIT programs and initiatives, the content of the guide is general enough to be of use to any program, organization or other group interested in participatory evaluation based in feminist principles. This guide is designed to be both a teaching manual for an organization's first evaluation and a resource to return to for future evaluations. The guide takes the user through each step of the evaluation process. The guide available on-line at http://www.uic.edu/depts/crwg/cwitguide.htm.

• Institutional Transformation
Education (Higher Education, Curriculum and Faculty Development)
Hoersch, M. & Morrissey, C. (2004). Beyond Parity Workbook for Action: Transforming Academic Medicine Through Women's Leadership. Chicago: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health, Region V.
The workbook was created to help academic medical centers identify barriers to women's advancement and begin the process of equity transformation. The Beyond Parity Workbook for Action is available online at:
Workbook: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/womenshealth/bp_workbook156.pdf (PDF format)
Cover: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/womenshealth/bp_covertabs56.pdf (PDF format)

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