Diagnosing the Divide: Innovations in Women’s Health | Session 2: The Course of Women’s Lives

Описание: The future of women’s health is at a critical crossroads. Innovations in precision medicine and environmental epidemiology have unlocked methods for more accurate diagnoses and more effective treatments of women’s health conditions. Yet, challenges to public understanding as well as social inequities continue to thwart scientific and therapeutic impact.

The 2025 Harvard Radcliffe Institute science symposium explores cutting-edge developments in research and clinical medicine—related particularly to the complexities of X- linked cancers and factors that differentially affect the course of women’s lives—as well as the societal backdrop in which these advances occur. The program features a keynote by Elizabeth Comen, physician and author of the bestselling book, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today.

Session 2: The Course of Women’s Lives
Linda G. Griffith, School of Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering and MacVicar Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; scientific director, MIT Center for Gynepathology Research

Colin Hill, chief executive officer and cofounder, Aitia

Deborah Kado, professor of medicine and chief of geriatrics research, Stanford University School of Medicine; codirector, Stanford Center on Longevity

Moderator: Jill Goldstein, founder and executive director, Innovation Center on Sex Differences in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Helen T. Moerschner Endowed MGH Research Institute Chair in Women’s Health; professor of psychiatry and professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School

The Gellert Family Science Symposium is made possible through the generosity of Catherine A. Gellert AB ’93, a longtime friend and champion of Harvard Radcliffe Institute. This annual convening invites leading figures in the sciences to share their expertise, ideas, and diverse perspectives with the Harvard community and the broader public.

For information about Harvard Radcliffe Institute and its many public programs, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/.

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