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To educate, inspire, and encourage women neurosurgeons to realize their professional and personal goals, and to serve neurosurgery in addressing the issues inherent to training and maintaining a diverse and balanced workforce.
Check out the updated information on the number of Certified US Women Neurosurgeons.
Interested in becoming a member of WINS? Please click here.
SAVE THE DATE!
We are pleased to announce that the 2012 Eisenhardt lecturer will be Dr. Cynthia Breazeal. Dr. Breazeal is the director of the Personal Robots Group (formerly the Robotic Life Group) at the MIT Media Laboratory. She developed the robot “Kismet” which is internationally recognized, and is one of the best known robots developed to explore social and emotional aspects of human-robot interaction. Her innovation focuses in this arena. A special breakfast with Dr. Breazeal and her lecture will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 – more information will be sent as we get closer to the event.
To learn more about Dr. Cynthia Breazeal's research on 'Personal Robotics" please click here.
The Future of Neurosurgery: A White Paper on the Recruitment and Retention of Women in Neurosurgery
The WINS committee has authored an article addressing the barriers of recruiting and retaining women into neurosurgery.
Read the article published in the Journal of Neurosurgery at
http://thejns.org/doi/full/10.3171/JNS/2008/109/9/0378
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