Women and Leadership

Joy McCann Professorship

In June 2005 the University of Massachusetts Medical School received an endowment from the Joy McCann Foundation to establish a Joy McCann Professorship for Women in Medicine. The purpose of the Professorship is to identify and reward female faculty leadership in medical education, research, patient care and community service. The Professor will also have demonstrated outstanding mentoring and leadership. The recipient shall hold this Professorship for 3 years. It is accompanied by a salary stipend of approximately $25,000 per year. The explicit intent of the Joy McCann Foundation is that this stipend is to be used to encourage, inspire, and reward the recipient.

Our current Joy McCann Professor is Dr. Patricia D. Franklin, Director, Orthopedic Clinical and Outcomes Research. Her term will expire in June 2011.

Criteria for the Joy McCann Professorship Award:

The successful candidate:

  1. Is a fulltime female academic physician (MD) and faculty member of the UMMS and/or the UMMHC, with at least 5 years of fulltime service as an academic physician.
  2. Has documented evidence of providing mentoring and leadership in the medical profession.
  3. Has served as a mentor and role model to other faculty in teaching, research and/or clinical care.
  4. Has served as an effective advisor to medical students and/or residents.
  5. Has demonstrated leadership at the local or national level.
  6. Uses the Professorship to promote the success of women faculty, residents and students.

Professorship Responsibilities:

In addition to promoting the success of women faculty, residents and medical students, during her 3 year tenure, the Joyce McCann Professor will be expected to:

  1. Become an active member of the Women’s Faculty Committee
  2. Become an active member of the Women's Leadership Working Group
  3. Report annually on progress to the Women’s Faculty Committee
  4. Report annually on progress to the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
  5. Report annually on progress to the Joy McCann Professorship Program
  6. Report annually all activities and expenditures to the Office of Research