About the Giambalvo Fund
The Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women provides scholarships of up to $10,000 to support research advancing the study of women in the medical profession and strengthening the AMA's ability to identify and address the issues affecting women physicians and medical students.
The first award was granted in 2006. The scholarship was established by the Women Physicians Section (WPS) in conjunction with the AMA Foundation. To date, 35 research awards have been granted.
2024 Giambalvo Fund recipient
Learn about the recipient of the 2024 Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women and read about their research project.
Project Title: Allyship in Action: A Novel Social Media Initiative on Sharing Stories of Allyship to Promote Gender Equity
Award winners
- Maya Iyer, MD, MEd, Nationwide Children’s Hospital/The Ohio State University College of Medicine
- Jaclyn Caccese, PhD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Project summary
Allyship occurs when those in a positions of privilege support, work in partnership with, and promote the advancement of those in marginalized groups, including women in medicine. Allies are needed to promote gender equity.
However, individuals may seek to be allies but do not have specific examples of what constitutes allyship and how allyship can be used as a strategy for equity. The purpose of this project is to provide examples of how male leaders have promoted gender equity through sharing video stories on a social media platform. As compared to the sharing of written materials, we hope to show that these powerful short stories will have more impact on how to cultivate allyship in medicine.
“We are so excited and honored to be selected as recipients of the 2024 Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women. Women faculty cannot solve the problems of gender inequity alone; we need the involvement and support of the entire community. We believe that this award will be instrumental in doing this work on allyship and will help move the gender equity needle forward. We are grateful for the opportunity to pursue this research in collaboration with our outstanding colleagues at The Ohio State University College of Medicine Women in Medicine and Science organization and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.”
Access the press release for the 2024 Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women winners.
Past recipients
Learn about the past recipients of the Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women.
Donate to the Giambalvo Fund
The WPS in conjunction with the AMA Foundation established the Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women to promote the progress of women in the medical profession and to strengthen the ability to identify and address the needs of women physicians and medical students.
About Joan F. Giambalvo, MD
Joan Fara Giambalvo received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and, in 1956, her medical degree from Temple University Medical School. Dr. Giambalvo was an intern at Temple University Hospital and certified in her residency by the American Board of Anesthesiology.
Dr. Giambalvo passed away on May 14, 1971, at age 39, of liposarcoma.
