COSECSA-WiSA, RCSI and the J&J Foundation are proud to announce the Inaugural WOMEN IN SURGERY RESEARCH GRANT (WISURG)
The grant is a collaborative effort aimed at fostering increased participation of female surgeons in high quality clinical research in the East Central and Southern African (ECSA) region.
Dear WiSA members, please give a warm welcome to our new Secretariat:
Dr. Agneta Odera
WiSA Chairperson
3rd Dec 2022
It has been a great pleasure and privilege working with you and serving you as capacity as Chair in
the last couple of years.
In Dec 2019, I was asked to reconsider taking a second term as chair. This was a position that I took
up after thoughtful and careful consideration knowing how young WiSA was as an organization
and the expected great journey of growth ahead.
Women in Surgery Africa is currently preparing its 3rd Strategic Plan for 2023-2026.
To inform the planning, we are holding a consultation process. We would love to hear your views on how WiSA can best serve you and effectively fulfill our mandate.
You can have your say by completing our short survey below or submitting a written proposal to wisa@cosecsa.org.
DEADLINE: 30th April 2022
“Reach out to other women today and tell them one positive and motivational thing that you wish you had known and needed to hear 1 year ago from this day. Let us continue to expand the boundaries that define the realm of possibilities for women today”
By Dr Busi Mlambo,
General surgeon.
Zimbabwe.
The program is open to senior female surgical trainees who are preparing to take this fellowship level examination in 2022. The award will be used towards fellowship examination expenses, including fellowship examination, examination travel and accommodation, graduation, and five-year membership dues to COSECSA and ACS.
The program is open to junior female surgical trainees enrolling in the COSECSA surgical fellowship program. The usage of this award is to register into the fellowship program.
Announcement for call for nominations for WISA sub-committees positions to be made as from April to June 2022.
