Susan J. Baserga, M.D., Ph.D., presents at the 100 Years of Women at the Yale School of Medicine Symposium. As a graduate of the Yale M.D./Ph.D. program in 1988, in her talk she reflects on the early years of coeducation at the Yale School of Medicine, and left us with a take-home message on what it is like for women, still, at Yale today:
“One hundred years later, it is still difficult for women professors at Yale to receive credit, acknowledgement, and respect for the work they do.
When in doubt, be scholarly. And kind.”
For more information on the early years of co-education at the Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Baserga published two articles in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine on this topic:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2595889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2588935/
For more information on the Yale School of Medicine’s celebration of women and their contributions to the School: