The Carole Mendelson, Ph.D., Visiting Professorship
Each year, the Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee (WISMAC) selects and hosts an outstanding female scientist/physician to visit UT Southwestern Medical Center for a two-day professorship. The Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine was established by the Southwestern Medical Foundation in honor of the late wife of Texas Instruments’ founder Cecil H. Green, who died in 2003. Mrs. Ida M. Green, who died in 1986, championed the cause of opening new career paths for women in science and provided a major bequest to Southwestern Medical Foundation. In 2023, WISMAC lost one of its founding members and Co-chair, Dr. Carole Mendelson. Dr. Mendelson was a Professor of Biochemistry and Obstetrics and Gynecology and a passionate advocate for the advancement of women in science. To honor her legacy, the Visiting Professorship was renamed the Carole Mendelson, PhD, Distinguished Visiting Professorship.
The Visiting Professorship promotes the accomplishments of women in science and medicine and provides inspiration to UT Southwestern's junior faculty and trainees. Our visiting professor meets with individuals and diverse groups on campus and presents a University Lecture.
2024–2025 Professorship
For the 2024-2025 academic year, the Carole Mendelson, PhD, Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Honoring Women in Science and Medicine will feature Gina Poe, PhD, Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology and the Director of Maximizing Access to Research Careers U*STAR Program at UCLA.
She will give the lecture on April 9, 2025 from 12:00 p.m - 1:00 p.m. in the D1.602 Lecture Hall, South Campus.
Celebration of Women in Science and Medicine Poster Session
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of UT Southwestern and the 25th anniversary of WISMAC’s founding, WISMAC hosted its first poster session in conjunction with the 2018 Visiting Professorship. Graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, and junior faculty were encouraged to submit an abstract and present a poster. Over 100 abstracts were chosen to be presented after the Visiting Professorship University Lecture Series, and two were selected as the winners. Winners of the Poster Session were awarded $700 each to put toward their travels to scientific conferences. The Celebration of Women in Science and Medicine Poster Session has been such a success that the Committee has decided to make it its own event.
We are excited to announce that the Celebration of Women in Science and Medicine Poster Session will take place on April 9, 2025, in the D1 Lecture Hallways, across from the D1.700 Lecture Hall, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m and then 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. $500 Travel Awards will be awarded to the top 6 posters.
