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AMWA CHICAGO CONSORTIUM?

This consortium represents a collaboration of women students and physicians in private practices, health clinics and academic organizations across the Chicagoland area. Our goal is to create a support network amongst women physicians in Chicago to promote women's health and the advancement of women in medicine in our city.
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Health Month
MARCH 2019

Resources

10,000 Women Survey by Arogya World
highlights the impact of NCD's on women and the burden of caregiving

Check out
the upcoming Chicago Salons

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Alzheimer's: Make a Plan
A sure sign that there is a stigma associated with Alzheimer’s disease is people’s hesitancy to talk about it, acknowledge its signs and symptoms, and their minimization of the cognitive issues. Read More

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Women in Stroke infographic
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RFUMS Leading in INNOVATION and technology

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AMA Presents:
What Moves You About Medicine?

Celebrating inspiring members who are relentlessly moving medicine
through advocacy, education, patient care and practice innovation.
Read and watch more.

WIB-Chicago:
Overcoming Gender Bias in the Workplace

MATTER, 12th floor, 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
Monday, March 25, 5:30pm - 9:00pm

LEARN AND REGISTER NOW!

Speaker:
Andie Kramer is a partner in an international law firm, named one of the “10 Best Big Law Firms for Female Attorneys.” Andie heads the firm’s Financial Products, Trading and Derivatives Group and is the founding chair of the firm’s Gender Diversity Committee. Read more

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FDA takes action against 17 companies for illegally selling products claiming to treat Alzheimer’s disease
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ARTICLE OF THE MONTH

FEBRUARY 2019

MAKING A DIFFERENCE:
Championing Women's Health
By Neelum T. Aggarwal, MD, Chair
AMA Women's Physicans Section

2019 CMS MAGAZINE ISSUES

EVENTS

ACTIVISM + IMPACT:
Antionette Carroll
IIT Institute of Design
MARCH 6, 6pm–8pm
Kaplan Institute
3137 South Federal Street, Chicago

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About the pre-conference
LATHAM LECTURE SERIES Richard Latham (1920–1991) studied design at the Illinois Institute of Technology and became an influential figure in strategic design.
See our full list of Latham Lectures

May 22-23
DESIGN INTERSECTIONS
Design Intersections 2019:
Design + Networks + Activationinvites diverse leaders, including designers, executives, strategists, policymakers, and entrepreneurs to explore emergent practices for activating networks and designing infrastructures that lead to large scale impact.
Register now