Dawn S. Bragg, PhD, and Daisy Sahoo, PhD, selected for national women’s executive leadership program
Milwaukee, Wis. – Dawn S. Bragg, PhD, associate dean for student affairs/diversity, director of measurement and evaluation, and associate professor of pediatrics at the Medical College of
Wisconsin (MCW), and Daisy Sahoo, PhD, vice chair for research, department of medicine, and associate professor of medicine, biochemistry and pharmacology & toxicology, have been chosen as Fellows in the 2016-2017 Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) program, which prepares senior women faculty members for leadership at academic health centers. ELAM is a core program of the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Dr. Bragg joined MCW in 1992 as a senior evaluation specialist in the Office of Educational Services and served in that office as assistant director and interim director before being named director of measurement and evaluation in 2014. Dr. Bragg was named assistant professor of pediatrics in 2000 and was promoted to associate professor of pediatrics-medical education in 2008. Additionally, she served as assistant dean for student affairs/diversity from 2004 to 2010, at which time she was promoted to associate dean. Dr. Bragg has also recruited students from diverse backgrounds for matriculation to MCW and directed summer enrichment programs which serve as pipelines to MCW for students from diverse backgrounds. To advance her work on diversity and inclusion, Dr. Bragg serves as co-principal investigator on a five-year Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment award to prepare minority students for medical school and biomedical research careers. She is also co-principal investigator on a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to provide biomedical research training to students underrepresented in medicine and biomedical research in preparation for medical or graduate school.
Dr. Sahoo joined MCW as assistant professor in the department of medicine, division of endocrinology, metabolism and clinical nutrition in 2007, and subsequently received secondary assistant professor appointments in the department of pharmacology and toxicology, and the department of biochemistry. Dr. Sahoo was named associate professor of medicine, biochemistry, and pharmacology and toxicology in 2013 and became vice chair for research in the department of medicine in 2014. Dr. Sahoo has contributed to the department’s research efforts by building and leading collaborative teams, providing constructive feedback and mentoring, as well as by guiding the creation of a robust infrastructure of support service for researchers. Additionally, Dr. Sahoo has emphasized and strengthened the department’s formal mentoring program for faculty involved in the research mission. With her own NIH-funded research, Dr. Sahoo has established a national and international reputation as an emerging leader in her field of cardiovascular science, where she investigates the movement of cholesterol and its effects on atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease.
The ELAM Program is the only in-depth national program dedicated to preparing senior women faculty at schools of medicine, dentistry, and public health to effect sustained positive change as institutional leaders. ELAM’s intensive one-year fellowship program of executive education, personal leadership assessments and coaching, and networking and mentoring activities supports ELAM Fellows as they move into positions of institutional leadership where they can effect positive change.
About the Medical College of Wisconsin
The Medical College of Wisconsin is the state’s only private medical school and health sciences graduate school. Founded in 1893, it is dedicated to leadership and excellence in education, patient care, research and community engagement. More than 1,200 students are enrolled in MCW’s medical school and graduate school programs in Milwaukee, and 26 medical students are enrolled at MCW-Green Bay. A regional medical education campus is scheduled to open in Central Wisconsin in 2016. MCW’s School of Pharmacy will open in 2017 or 2018 with an initial class size of 60 students. A major national research center, MCW is the largest research institution in the Milwaukee metro area and second largest in Wisconsin. In FY 2014-15, faculty received approximately $158 million in external support for research, teaching, training and related purposes, of which approximately $139 million is for research. This total includes highly competitive research and training awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Annually, MCW faculty direct or collaborate on more than 3,200 research studies, including clinical trials. Additionally, more than 1,500 physicians provide care in virtually every specialty of medicine for more than 525,000 patients annually.
