Katarzyna J. Macura, M.D., Ph.D. AAWR Web Site Editor

AAWR’s resources currently available online:

AAWR Photo Albums Online
Visit AAWR web site History page at http://www.aawr.org/about/history.htm
to browse pictures form the events at RSNA, ARRS, and ACR.
We have collected photos since 2000 to preserve important moments for AAWR.

The “AAWR Pocket Mentor: Survival guide for women radiologists”, by BJ Manaster, MD, FACR, AAWR President in 1996 is now available for download on AAWR web site in the Members Network, access is password-protected, use your e-mail as Login, and the password. http://www.aawr.org/members_new/Login.asp

Remember that to update your contact information you can visit Online AAWR Membership Directory (within the Members Network), access is password-protected, use your e-mail as Login, and the password) and use “My Profile” button to open your record and edit it. We need your current e-mail address! http://www.aawr.org/members_new/Login.asp

AAWR Virtual Mentoring Program
Please sign up today to become a Mentor or Mentee in our online Mentoring Program. The goal of this program is to provide AAWR members an opportunity to interact informally with more experienced members of AAWR to discuss issues related to career development, promotion, radiology research, balancing family and work. Participants determine topics for discussion, but they may include advice about career path, work in progress, or how to get started. To sign up, you have to login to the AAWR Members Network on AAWR web site. http://www.aawr.org/members_new/Login.asp

Online AAWR Forum
The online Forum available through the AAWR website has restricted access for AAWR members only. http://www.aawr.org/members_new/ForumLogin.asp
Access is password-protected; use your e-mail as Login, and the password.
We hope that this Forum will become a valuable resource for our members, who can openly share their experiences, ask questions, provide feedback and guidance, and brainstorm on issues of importance to women in radiology, such as maternity leave, childcare, family life, stress, boards, and career development. The goal of this project is to give AAWR members an opportunity to voice personal and professional concerns and receive feedback from peers and other women radiologists who have succeeded in advancing in our specialty.

We structured the forum to include discussion categories such as Meet and Greet, Radiology Training (Life and Family in Radiology Residency, Pregnancy and Radiology Training, Radiology Boards, Research and Clinical Experience, AFIP: Meet and Share a Room), Careers (Looking for a Job and Negotiating, Career Development in Academic Radiology, Career in Private Practice, Mentors and Mentees – Help Center). The Forum can be expanded to include new debate threads.

Any user can add a new discussion topic, respond to existing questions, and interact with other members through the internal messaging system. We hope that our friendly forum will play an important role in the networking and mentoring activities of the AAWR membership. Please contribute and make it YOUR FORUM.

Online Resources on How to Become a Fellow of ACR
Please visit the AAWR web site Members Network (access is password-protected, use your e-mail as Login, http://www.aawr.org/members_new/Login.asp
to review materials related to the process of becoming a Fellow of ACR. You will find there alphabetical listing of women ACR fellows and also listing sorted by states to allow you locate AAWR member who could help you or inform you about their way to the Fellowship. You will also find comments and recommendations from ACR Fellows, as well as you will be able to download articles describing the process from the academic, private practice, and military perspectives.

New AAWR T-Shirt!
Thanks to the efforts of Meghan Blake, MD, AAWR’s Member-In-Training-At Large and generous financial support from Ann M. Lewicki, MD, MPH, AAWR’s Historian, the AAWR signature T-shirt featuring the portrait of our role model Marie Sklodowska Curie is available for sale (10$) and is on display on our Web site http://www.aawr.org/about/goodies.htm.
Please consider supporting the AAWR by adding this special T-shirt to your collection.

Visit the AAWR Bookstore and Support the AAWR!
Take a moment to visit the AAWR Bookstore at our website http://books.aawr.org/
The book selection is based on the Radiology Bibliography from the AAWR Survival Guide for Women Radiologists “The AAWR Pocket Mentor” and also includes authors who are AAWR members. Review the listing. If you find a title that is of interest to you, make the selection and you will be directed to the Amazon.com website to complete the purchase. For every book sold though a direct referral from the AAWR web site, our society can earn up to 15% in referral fees with no extra cost to you. AAWR earns referral fees when a visitor follows a link from the AAWR Web site to Amazon.com and makes a purchase.

An individual item link to a book sold by Amazon.com and discounted 10-30% will earn a referral fee of 15% of the sale price if the purchase is a direct sale. A direct sale occurs when the customer adds the individually linked book from the AAWR Bookstore to her or his shopping cart immediately upon entering the Amazon.com site. If the customer searches Amazon.com before adding the title to her or his shopping cart, the sale is considered an indirect sale and earns a lower referral fee of 5% of the sale price. Additional qualifying Amazon.com items purchased during the same shopping session earn a referral fee of 5%. Please remember that ANY purchase at Amazon.com (from apparel, through toys, electronics, to kitchen items) can earn referral fees if you enter Amazon.com through the link from AAWR web site. Our referral is 5% of the sale price for most Amazon.com Product purchases, and 2.5% of the sale price for most Marketplace Product purchases. Thank you for helping AAWR to increase its revenues in order to better serve our members.