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Who We Are

SWIM is governed by an Executive Committee that meets regularly to guide the committee’s priorities. The committee maintains bilateral communication with departmental Liaisons and meets regularly with the dean to discuss ongoing issues and collaborate on initiatives critical to advancing equity at the School of Medicine. Liaisons ensure every department at the medical school is represented on SWIM. Executive Committee members and Liaisons work together to advance equity and foster sponsorship, mentorship, and networking for faculty across the Yale School of Medicine.

Executive Committee Members


  • Co-chair

    Professor of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology); Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center; Chief, GI Medical Oncology

  • Co-chair

    Professor of Internal Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Chief, Digestive Diseases, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, VA Connecticut Health Care System

  • Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases); Director, Yale Center for Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases; Program Director, HIV Primary Care Training Track, Internal Medicine; Associate Chair, Clinical Affairs

  • Anthony N. Brady Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology); Chief Translational Research Officer, Yale Cancer Center; Chief, Head and Neck Cancers/Sarcoma; Co-Leader, Developmental Therapeutics, Yale Cancer Center; Associate Cancer Center Director for Translational Research, Yale Cancer Center

  • Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Medical Director, Patient Experience, Emergency Medicine; Medical Director, Yale New Haven Hospital PA/NP Post-graduate Training Program, Department of Emergency Medicine; Faculty Member, Division of Global Health and International Emergency Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

  • Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Medical Director of the IBD Center, Yale Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program; Vice Chief for Gastroenterology, Digestive Diseases

  • Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Pediatrics; Director, Yale Obesity Research Center (Y-Weight); Co-Director, Yale Center for Weight Management

  • Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Head of Advisory House, Palade House, Office of Student Affairs; Director of Communication Skills, Office of Curriculum

  • Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology); Site Program Director, University of Connecticut Renal Fellowship Program, Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

  • Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics); Associate Chief of Palliative Care, Internal Medicine; Director of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Education and Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

  • Liaison Committee Co-Chair

    Associate Professor Term of Cellular & Molecular Physiology; Co-Director, In Vivo Physiology Core, Yale Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center, Endocrinology; Assistant Director, Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination; Co-Leader, Cancer Signaling Networks, Yale Cancer Center; Co-Associate Director, Yale Liver Center Cellular & Molecular Physiology Core, Digestive Diseases

  • Professor of Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and of Environmental Health Sciences; Director, Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Internal Medicine

  • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology; Clinical Chair of Anesthesiology, Bridgeport Hospital, Anesthesiology; Director, Pre-Surgical Evaluation , Anesthesiology

Executive Committee Emerita

Departmental Liaisons

  • Emergency Medicine

    Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Associate Professor, General Surgery, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care; Medical Director, SkyHealth and YNHH ACCT Teams, Emergency Medicine

  • Comparative Medicine

    Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine, of Pathology, and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences

  • Yale School of Public Health

    Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health and Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies

  • Urology

    Associate Professor of Urology; Director of Male Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery, Urology; Vice Chair of Quality and Safety, Urology

  • Cancer Center

    Associate Professor; Associate Cancer Center Director, Clinical Initiatives; Interim Section Chief, Medical Oncology and Hematology; Deputy Director , Clinical Affairs

  • Cellular & Molecular Physiology

    Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

  • Pediatrics

    Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Associate Vice Chair for Ambulatory Operations; Director, Pediatric Echocardiogram Program; Co-Director, Yale Fetal Care Center

  • Dermatology

    Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pathology; Director, Dermatopathology Fellowship, Dermatology

  • Internal Medicine: Cardiology

    Assistant Professor; Fellowship Director, Advanced Cardiac Imaging Program , Cardiovascular Medicine; Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship, Cardiovascular Medicine

  • Psychiatry: VA

    Associate Professor of Psychiatry; VA Site Training Director, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship; Director Opioid Treatment Program, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, Yale Department of Psychiatry

  • Pediatrics

    Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine); Medical Director Greenwich Hospital, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

  • Internal Medicine: Rheumatology

    Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology); Chief of Rheumatology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System; Associate Professor on Term, Chronic Disease Epidemiology; Network Lead, Yale Network for Global Non-Communicable Diseases (NGN); Associate Program Director, Global Health Emerging Scholars Program; Program Director, CMB Global Health Fellowship Programs; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

  • Neurosurgery

    Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Neurosurgery; Director, Interventional Neuroradiology

  • Cell Biology

    Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular and Development Biology; Co-Leader, DNA Damage and Genome Integrity, Yale Cancer Center; Associate Cancer Center Director, Basic Science

  • Internal Medicine: Geriatrics

    Associate Professor Term; Associate Program Director, Clinical Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine

  • Child Study Center

    Associate Research Scientist; Co-chair Pediatric Protocol Review Committee, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI); Faculty At Large, Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee Members; SWIM YCSC Liason , YCSC; YSM Advisory House Affiliate, Palade House Affiliates

  • Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

    Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Chief, Section of Family Planning ; Program Director, Complex Family Planning Fellowship

  • Cancer Center

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology); Associate Director for Medical Education in Women's Health, Women's Health Research at Yale; Clinical Director, Classical Hematology, Hematology

  • Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry

    R. Selden Rose Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Cell Biology; Director, Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine

  • Surgery

    Associate Professor Term; Leader, Skin Cancer Surgery, Melanoma Program; Clinical Director of the Smilow Melanoma Program, Yale Cancer Center; Co-Director Cutaneous Malignancy Tumor Board, Yale Cancer Center; Medical Student Clerkship Liaison for Division of Surgical Oncology, Surgery; Chair Credentials Committee and Secretary of Medical Staff, Surgery

  • Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

    Associate Professor, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

  • Genetics

    Assistant Professor of Genetics; Assistant Professor, Genetics; Assistant Professor, Reproductive Sciences

  • neurology

    Assistant Professor, Academic Clinician Track; Attending Physician, Neurogenetics Program; Member, Program in Neurodevelopment and Regeneration

  • Internal Medicine: Pulmonary

    Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine); Medical Director, Sleep Program, VA Connecticut Healthcare System; Program Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship

  • Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

    Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive; Director of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Division, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Director, Sub internship and Elective course in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine ; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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We encourage anyone who is interested in gender equity to get involved with SWIM.