Winship researcher, Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, has been awarded the 2024 Marion Spencer Fay Award.
Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University researcher, Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, Lawrence Davis professor and chair of radiation oncology at Emory University School of Medicine, has been awarded the 2024 Marion Spencer Fay Award. This honor, presented by Drexel University's Institute for Women's Health and Leadership, recognizes Jagsi's significant contributions to healthcare and gender equity.
Jagsi was selected “for her transformative and uniquely impactful research, clinical care and leadership, as well as her work in identifying and eliminating gender and racial disparities in patient outcomes and career advancement in the medical profession. Her visionary and inspiring leadership embodies the legacy of Dr. Marion Spencer Fay,” according to a statement from the institute.
The national Marion Spencer Fay Award, now in its 61st year, is presented annually by the Lynn Yeakel Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership of Drexel University College of Medicine to an outstanding woman physician and/or scientist who has made an exceptionally significant contribution to health care as a practitioner, medical educator, administrator and/or research scientist and who exhibits significant future potential. The award includes $10,000 to support the recipient’s work.
"Among the prior recipients of this award are people I have long admired and looked up to—women who have been pioneers and role models for so many of us who have followed. To be included in such an inspiring group of leaders in the field left me speechless,” says Jagsi. “I am grateful to my mentors and the women who went before me to make this possible—this is truly a moment of standing on the shoulders of giants.” The award ceremony will take place on Nov. 9, 2024, at Drexel's Health Sciences Building in Philadelphia, featuring a lecture by Jagsi at 4:30 p.m., followed by a reception.
A distinguished physician, bioethicist and social scientist, Jagsi has authored over 450 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including her most recently published paper which ran July 29th in JAMA, regarding midcareer satisfaction and attrition trends among top physician scientists. Additionally, Jagsi has conducted research funded by various grants from the NIH, as well as large independent grants from several philanthropic foundations, including the Doris Duke Foundation, for which she serves as the national program evaluator for its Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists.
Her work has significantly influenced the field of breast cancer treatment and gender equity in medicine. Jagsi has mentored dozens of others in research investigating women’s underrepresentation in senior positions in academic medicine and the mechanisms that must be targeted to promote equity. She has also served on national committees, including the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and the NIH Advisory Committee for Research on Women’s Health.
For more details about this award and Jagsi’s accomplishments, please visit Drexel Institute for Women's Health and Leadership.