»About the Raise Project
he RAISE project is designed to increase the status of professional women through enhanced Recognition of the Achievements of Women In Science, Medicine, and Engineering. Current programs of The RAISE Project include an interactive website with a listing of available awards categorized by discipline, career level and eligibility by gender. When available, all award recipients are listed since 1981. Further information about recipients is provided through a link with Research Crossroads (www.researchcrossroads.org). The website also analyzes distribution of awards and award recipients by gender and continuously updates data as additional awards and recipients are entered in the database. Future goals are to supply accurate information to facilitate identification of appropriate awards and to provide guidance to potential nominees.
The RAISE project is a program of the Society for Women’s Health Research. The Society's mission is to improve the health of all women through research. One of the goals of the Society has been to recognize women's achievements, since they have been underrepresented in academia and few have been the recipients of awards.
Who we are
The project is under the direction of Stephanie Pincus, M.D., M.B.A., and Florence Haseltine, Ph.D.,M.D. at the Society for Women's Health Research .
Dr. Pincus is the former Chair of the Department of Dermatology at the University at Buffalo and the former Chief Academic Affiliations Officer of the Veterans Health Administration. She currently devotes her time to advocacy for professional women. Dr. Pincus received her M.D. cum laude from Harvard Medical School, her M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and is a board-certified dermatologist and internist.
Dr. Haseltine is the founding Board Member of the Society for Women’s Health Research. A scientist and obstetrician gynecologist she has had longstanding dedication to improving women’s health and exploring sex-differences in health and disease. Dr. Haseltine received her M.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The RAISE project has received funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Dow Corning Company.
