College Master awarded National Research for Women and Families honor
Omega C. Logan Silva, MACP, the second African-American woman to earn an ACP Mastership, has been awarded the Foremother Award of the National Research Center for Women & Families. Dr. Silva was the first woman president of Howard University Medical Alumni Association, the second African-American president of the American Medicine Women's Association, the founder of the International Women in Medicine, and winner of the Bertha Van Hoosen Award. Dr. Silva is well known for her long-time advocacy efforts for universal health care and ongoing support of women in medicine.
Omega C. Logan Silva, MACP, the second African-American woman to earn an ACP Mastership, has been awarded the Foremother Award of the National Research Center for Women & Families. Dr. Silva was the first woman president of Howard University Medical Alumni Association, the second African-American president of the American Medicine Women's Association, the founder of the International Women in Medicine, and winner of the Bertha Van Hoosen Award. Dr. Silva is well known for her long-time advocacy efforts for universal health care and ongoing support of women in medicine.
More information about the award and the National Research Center for Women & Families is available online.