Three faculty members in Pitt’s School of Medicine and School of Public Health have been named to the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program’s 32nd class of fellows.
One faculty member at Pitt’s School of Medicine has been named to the Executive Leadership in Health Care (ELH) program’s fifth class of fellows.
The ELAM fellows are:
- Philana “Ling” Lin, associate professor of pediatrics and training director, Department of Pediatrics Child Health Research Center, School of Medicine;
- Sylk Sotto, associate vice chancellor for faculty affairs, health sciences, and associate professor of medicine, School of Medicine; and
- Caterina Rosano, professor of epidemiology, School of Public Health.
The ELH fellow is:
- Alexandra Urban, professor of neurology, School of Medicine.
ELAM is a national, selective program designed to train women in academic medicine leadership. It is the only longitudinal program in North America dedicated to preparing women for senior leadership roles in schools of medicine, dentistry, public health and pharmacy. The ELAM program has been developed for senior women faculty at the associate or full professor level who demonstrate the greatest potential for assuming executive leadership positions at academic health centers within the next five years. The ELH program, which has been designed with the same principles as ELAM, trains senior-level leaders preparing for executive roles within hospitals and health care systems.
To be accepted into the ELAM and ELH programs, fellows must be nominated and supported by the dean or another senior official of their institutions.
“We are excited to welcome 99 ELAM fellows and 45 ELH fellows to the class of 2026-27. This cohort comprises exceptional leaders from 108 institutions who are capable of making critical, systemic change. The need for the highest quality leaders in academic health care has never been greater, and we are doing everything we can to help meet that need by providing outstanding and innovative leadership training,” said Nancy D. Spector, executive director of ELAM.