World Stroke Organization 
Description: This WSO GENESIS conversational webinar examines why women remain underrepresented in senior academic and leadership roles in stroke medicine and what can be done to change it. We cover the academic and life stage pipeline, mentorship and sponsorship strategies, institutional solutions, and equity-focused approaches in stroke medicine, including low-resource settings, grounded in GENESIS data and closing with a practical call to action.
Chairs and Moderators: Dr. Ana Claudia De Souza (Brazil), Assoc. Prof. Aleksandra Pikula (Canada)
Speakers and Topics:
– The Data & the Road Ahead – Dr. Anna Gardin (Italy)
– Case Study: Women in Stroke in Low-Resource Countries – Dr. Helena Buque (Mozambique)
– The Landscape: Women in Academic Medicine – Prof. Marieke Wermer (Netherlands)
– Q&A discussion
Date & Time: June 3rd, 3-4pm (CEST)
Webinar Details
Speakers:
- Dr. Anna Gardin, Stroke Physician, Researcher, Stroke Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital “G. Martino”, Messina, Italy
- Dr. Helena Buque, Neurologist, Maputo Central Hospital Mozambique
- Prof. Marieke Wermer, Professor of Neurology (Neurovascular Diseases), Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Netherlands
Moderator:
- Dr. Ana Claudia De Souza, Stroke Neurologist, Clinical Research Coordinator, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Assoc. Prof. Aleksandra Pikula, Associate Professor of Medicine (Neurology); Director/Chair in Stroke Prevention; Clinician-Investigator, University of Toronto & University Health Network (Toronto Western Hospital / Krembil Brain Institute), Canada
