Founding Director, ELAM Program
Phone: 215-991-8244
Email: Page.Morahan@drexelmed.edu
Page S. Morahan is the Founding Director of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women and co-director of the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) Institutes. She is also a tenured professor in microbiology and immunology, serving as a part-time faculty member at Drexel University College of Medicine. She has a consulting practice and conducts research in design, implementation, and evaluation of leadership development programs; strategic career planning; faculty affairs; and advancement of women.
Dr. Morahan is the Founding Director of the National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine, former Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, and served as Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology for ten years at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. She was the first woman President of the Association of Medical School Microbiology and Immunology Chairs in 1990. Her current research interests include expanding the definition of faculty scholarship, faculty career development, and leadership development. Dr. Morahan was an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow in 1992-93, and has participated in Harvard University Graduate School of Education's Management Development Program, as well as receiving certification in several organizational and personnel developmental processes.
She has served on various committees and taskforces of the National Board of Medical Examiners, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), National Institutes of Health, and American Society for Microbiology. Her honors include an NIH Research Career Development Award, Lindback Award for teaching excellence, AAMC Women in Medicine Leadership Development Award, The Network Annual Leadership Award from the ACE Office of Women in Higher Education; and membership in the American Academy of Microbiology and in the Forum of Executive Women. Dr. Morahan received her B.S., magna cum laude, from Agnes Scott College; M.A., from Hunter College; and Ph.D. in Microbiology from Marquette University.
ELAM is a core program of the Institute for Women's Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa.
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