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ABOUT WIMIN
The WIMIN Interest Group will foster the career development and advancement of women in molecular imaging sciences through all stages of their careers, take an advocacy position within the WMIS on issues of importance to women in molecular imaging sciences, provide leadership for career development opportunities for women in molecular imaging sciences, and promote and recognize the professional and scientific accomplishments of women in molecular imaging sciences.
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Mission Statement
To globally engage and advance the participation and achievements of women in molecular imaging sciences.
Strategic Directions
- Address the pipe-line issues:
- Attracting women students from chemistry, biology, physics, engineering and clinical medicine to pursue a career in molecular imaging
- Increasing the number of women post-doctoral fellows and students in molecular imaging that make a successful transition to academic faculty positions
- Increasing the number of top women from the physical and imaging sciences and clinical medicine who specialize in molecular imaging.
- Providing early and mid-career women in molecular imaging with the skills and knowledge necessary to advance to higher level administrative positions
- Providing the industry perspective on mentoring and career challenges
- Developing global collaborations and mentoring
- Collect data to identify other issues of relevance, and to review and understand the issues that impede the career advancement of women in molecular imaging
- Provide a stronger, higher visibility network of women molecular imaging scientists at all career levels
- Nominate women molecular imaging scientists to serve on relevant journal editorial boards
- Nominate women molecular imaging scientists for membership in prestigious professional organizations/societies, e.g., National Academies
- Work with other committees/groups that have the shared goal to advance women in molecular imaging sciences.
- Presence at the WMIC
- Coordinate with sister interest groups in other societies to share information and resources
- Establish a subgroup for graduate students and postdocs who will develop workshop and seminar concepts
Leadership
WIMIN Award Nominations
Extended Deadline: June 7th, 2026
With the WIMIN Outstanding Leadership in Molecular Imaging Award, WIMIN wishes to recognize the immense commitment to leadership required to be a successful molecular imaging scientist/professional while strongly advocating for advancing women’s careers in academia and industry.
This award is intended to recognize an outstanding senior female molecular imaging scientist/professional who has furthered the advancement of women in STEM through leadership, mentorship, and active support of WIMIN’s goals and vision.
With the WIMIN Mid-Career Excellence Award, WIMIN wishes to recognize the contributions of exceptional mid-career molecular imaging scientists (between 10 and 20 years, post-terminal degree, excluding periods of less than full-time employment) who are demonstrating outstanding potential for contributions to the field.
This award is intended to recognize and encourage leadership potential to help promote the retention and advancement of women in science.
With the WIMIN Rising Star Award, WIMIN wishes to recognize the contributions of exceptional early career molecular imaging scientists (<10 years post-terminal degree, excluding periods of less than full-time employment) who are demonstrating outstanding potential for contributions to the field.
This award is intended to recognize and encourage leadership potential to help promote the retention and advancement of women in science.
*Self-nominations are welcomed.
WIMIN Awardees
Sarah Schraven
Angelie Rivera-Rodriguez
Peizhen Ye
Judit Morla-Folch
Quan Zhou
Mamta Gupta
Kendall Barrett
Swati Shah
Merle Marie Weitzenberg
Beatrice Stefanie Ludwig
Veronica Clavijo Jordan
Apurva Pandey
Joy Wang
Vidyani Suryadevara
Una Goncin
Tanushree (Nina) Ganguly
Leah Gajecki
Laura Eibler
Meghan Hill
Min Wei
Xin Zhang
Behnaz Ghaemi
Yan Zhong
Jean Etersque
Aeli Olson
Evelien van Genugten
Jing Ning
Sixing Li
Hua Zhang
Vera Jörke
Shayla Shmuel
Yingying Ning
Rianne Maas
Irina Heid
Zinia Mohanta
Samantha Lovibond
Shehzahdi Moonshi
Asmaa Elshafei
Jessica Santana
Siyuan Cheng
Laura Kuebler
Alita D Almeida
Amber Liles
Amritjyot Kaur
Camilla Grimaldi
Clara Leboreiro Babé
Congcong Yu
Cristina Simó
Emma Brown
Eva Martinez Luque
Hui-Wen Chan
Ivy Wang
Jessica Hsu
Jiani Huang
Joni Sebastiano
Keyu Zhuang
Lifang Zhang
Marina López-Álvarez
Meiling Xiao
Michela Varani
Olga Eremina
Rahaf Mihyar
Renesmee Kuo
Sofya Osharovich
Sunidhi Jaiswal
Valerie Porter
Vedangi Kulkarni
Weiling Chen
Xiaoyun Luo
Yiyang Gao
Yongshan Liu
Lisa Eckardt
Evie Ehrhorn
Camilla Grimaldi
Jessica Hsu
Yimeng Huang
Sherin James
Chang Jiang
Elizabeth Kras
Vedangi Kulkarni
Siao Lei
Yingqing Lu
Zuzanna Magnuska
Riya Mallik
Esther Ngan
Alexandra Raab
Samantha Reyes
Jessica Santana
Mona Sarhan
Joni Sebastiano
Prachi Srivastava
Ha Tran
Tamara Vasilkovska
Yihan Wu
Yapei Zhang
Fei Zheng
Julia Zickus
Visions by WIMIN
Members of the Women in Molecular Imaging Network (WIMIN) have come together to take a stand on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of molecular imaging. We strongly condemn oppression in all its forms and strive to identify and dismantle barriers that lead to inequities in the molecular imaging community and STEM as a whole. In this series coined “Visions” (Antiracism and Allyship in Action), we identify and discuss specific actionable items for improving diversity and representation in molecular imaging and ensuring inclusion of all members of the community, inclusive of race, disability, ethnicity, religion, or LGBTQ+ identity.
Visions by WIMIN: Global Mentorship to Retain Underrepresented Trainees
Visions by WIMIN: BIPOC Representation Matters
Visions by Women in Molecular Imaging Network: Antiracism and Allyship in Action
WIMIN Sub-Committees
WIMIN is divided into multiple subcommittees with specific activities to achieve our mission. View more details for each sub-committee below.
- Coordinates the social media accounts of WIMIN to highlight WIMIN events and spotlight the work of women in molecular imaging.
- Organizes WIMIN webinars series
- Organizes events dedicated to support the career development and advancement of women in molecular imaging
- Collates feedback from trainees to cultivate events and recruit senior mentors based on trainee needs
- Organizes events for those who identify as women inclusive of racialized people, LGBTQ2+, and disability
- Facilitates discussion on pertinent issues that impact women in molecular imaging in a judgement-free and empowering space
- Organize networking events to connect academic and industry scientists and stimulate further offline discussions
- Host the Industry/Academia “Tour” at WMIC to allow insight into industry-life and learn steps others took to arrive in their current role stages including the WIMIN Scholar awards, Outstanding Leadership award , Rising Star award and Mid Career Award”
- Facilitates multiple WIMIN awards to recognize the professional and scientific accomplishments of women in molecular imaging at multiple career stages including the WIMIN Scholar awards, Outstanding Leadership award , Rising Star award and Mid Career Award” series published in MiB focusing on topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion”
- WIMIN members contribute to this article series published in MIB focusing on topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion
Members of the Women in Molecular Imaging Network (WIMIN) have come together to take a stand on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of molecular imaging. We strongly condemn oppression in all its forms and strive to identify and dismantle barriers that lead to inequities in the molecular imaging community and STEM as a whole. In this series coined “Visions” (Antiracism and Allyship in Action), we identify and discuss specific actionable items for improving diversity and representation in molecular imaging and ensuring inclusion of all members of the community, inclusive of race, disability, ethnicity, religion, or LGBTQ+ identity.
Visions by WIMIN: Global Mentorship to Retain Underrepresented Trainees
Visions by WIMIN: BIPOC Representation Matters
Visions by Women in Molecular Imaging Network: Antiracism and Allyship in Action
Member Resources
Article By Heike Daldrup-Link
“The Fermi Paradox in STEM – Where are the Women Leaders?”
Molecular Imaging and Biology features an article describing the status of women leaders in STEM.
Read the article: The Fermi Paradox in STEM – Where are the women leaders?, by Heike E. Daldrup-Link, MD, PhD.
Click here to read the WIMIN IG Article: Women in Leadership Roles in Imaging, an interview with Drs. Bhujwalla and Wu by Helen McBride.
Click here to read the WIMIN IG Article: Mid-Career Women, by Helen McBride.
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