Dr. Mary Guinan Assumes AMWA Presidency

May 10, 2011 - PRLog -- The AMWA Presidency is a prestigious position responsible for leading the association as well as advancing the cause of women’s health issues and gender equity.

Dr. Mary E. Guinan currently serves as Dean of the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Advisor to the Nevada State Health Division.  She served twice as the Nevada State Health Officer.

Dr. Guinan received her Doctor of Medicine from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and her PhD from the University of Texas in Biochemistry and Physiology. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Guinan is a physician and scientist who worked at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in various scientific and administrative positions for over 20 years. She served as the Associate Director for Science at CDC which is the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Director of CDC and was the first woman to hold this position.  She participated in the worldwide smallpox eradication program and was a member of the first CDC AIDS Task Force that investigated the emerging AIDS epidemic in 1981. Her prestigious work is described in the book and movie And the Band Played On. Dr. Guinan has been a member of AMWA for over 37 years and wrote a Women’s Health Column for Journal of American Medical Women’s Association from 1987 – 1994.

AMWA VISION
The American Medical Women's Association empowers women to lead in improving health for all within a model that reflects the unique perspective of women.

AMWA MISSION
The American Medical Women's Association is an organization which functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women's health.  We achieve this by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise, mentoring, and strategic alliances.

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The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) is an organization of women physicians, medical students and other persons dedicated to serving as the unique voice for women's health and the advancement of women in medicine.