Announcing the UW-Madison 2021-22 Outstanding Women of Color Honorees

For the past 14 years, UW–Madison has held annual nominations and selected a handful of those nominees to be honored as Outstanding Women of Color.  The six women selected to be honored in 2021-22 were announced at the UW–Madison Annual Diversity Forum by Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion LaVar Charleston.

This year’s Outstanding Women of Color include:

Cat N. Burkat, M.D.

Board-certified Ophthalmologist and Co-Chair of Global Ophthalmology Initiatives ASOPRS Fellowship Faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences with the UW School of Medicine & Public Health...

Jennifer Gauthier

Senior Outreach Specialist at Division of Extension: UW-Madison ...

Sheryl L. Henderson, M.D., Ph.D.

Medical Director of the Pediatric/Adolescent/Young Adult Program University of Wisconsin HIV Comprehensive Care Clinic and Medical Director for Madison Area for the Wisconsin Primary HIV Support Network...

Carola A. Peterson-Gaines

Community Research Associate with the Community-Academic Aging Research Network and Community Liaison for Quartz Insurance

Carolina S. Sarmiento

Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the School of Human Ecology and an affiliate with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Danielle Yancey

Director of Native American Center for Health Professions, UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

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Ken Notes: Again congrats, and please check out the details at the link..