Staying, Thriving, Leading: Research as Resistance

This talk explores the growing crisis of emergency physician attrition - particularly among women - and reimagines how we can build sustainable, meaningful careers in academic emergency medicine (EM). Drawing on national qualitative research and personal experience, Dr. Michelle Lin shares themes behind why physicians leave and how research, leadership, and system-level advocacy can serve as forms of resistance. Through this lens, she examines not just how to stay, but how to thrive and lead.