Eggleston selected for prestigious fellowship in academic medicine leadership

West Virginia University Health Sciences Associate Vice President for Community Health Innovation Emma Morton-Eggleston, M.D., has been named a fellow in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program for Women at Drexel University College of Medicine.

The prestigious ELAM program is designed as a year-long fellowship for women to develop necessary skills for senior leadership roles in schools of medicine, dentistry, public health and pharmacy. The program places a unique focus on the challenges facing women in leadership positions.

Dr. Eggleston is also an associate professor in the School of Medicine Department of Medicine, director of the WVU Medicine Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health and chief of diabetes and obesity prevention for WVU Health Sciences. Eggleston earned a medical degree and master’s degree in public health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed her training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and an endocrinology fellowship at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville where she conducted research in the microvascular actions of insulin and exercise in obesity and insulin-resistant patients.

ELAM was established in 1995 to offer leadership training and networking and mentoring opportunities with a purpose of preparing women to lead in academic health centers. The program continues the legacy of advancing women in medicine that began in 1850 with the founding of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, the nation’s first women’s medical school and a predecessor of today’s Drexel University College of Medicine. Over 1,200 alumnae of the program serve in leadership positions around the world. For more information on the ELAM program, visit drexel.edu/elam.