Improving gender equity

Dr. Nahid Azad received the AFMC-May Cohen Gender Equity Award 2007 from the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) in May. An associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine, she is also director of the Office of Equity, Diversity and Gender and director of the Geriatric Assessment Unit of The Ottawa Hospital.

The award recognizes the outstanding effort of Dr. Azad in improving the gender equity environment in academic medicine in Canada. The University’s Faculty of Medicine celebrated faculty achievement, including Dr. Azad’s award, during its annual recognition day on September 26.

Dr. Nahid Azad: Risk Factors and Gender-Specific Dementi; Congestive heart failure in older women and Gender, sex and sexuality - a web based module for medical students.