Historically, medical training has had a narrow view of the human body. “Normal” in medical terms has traditionally been based on healthy White men, creating a knowledge gap and disadvantaging anyone outside of that “norm.” Can science, paired with new medical training and understanding, improve health outcomes for those who have been underserved or harmed by the medical community?
To fully explore the impact of gender on health outcomes, The 19th and media partner STAT News are bringing together doctors, medical experts, elected officials, patients and more for an afternoon of critical conversations.
Speakers
Schedule
Welcome | 1 p.m. ET
- Emily Ramshaw, CEO, The 19th
Sponsor Remarks From The Commonwealth Fund
- Laurie Zephyrin, Vice President, Advancing Health Equity, The Commonwealth Fund
1:10 p.m. ET
Should Your Doctor Look Like You?
- Dr. Oni Blackstock, Executive Director of Health Justice
- Laura Huang, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
- Moderator: Shefali Luthra, Health Reporter, The 19th
1:45 p.m. ET
Suffering in Silence: Fibroids and Endometriosis
- Dr. Erica Marsh, Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Michigan Medical School
- Rep. Nikema Williams, Democrat, Georgia’s 5th District
- Moderator: Dr. Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu, Reproductive Psychiatrist and Columnist, STAT
Performance | 2:15 p.m. ET
Why It’s So Hard to Get Mental Health Care in America
- Stephanie Foo, Author, What My Bones Know
2:30 p.m. ET
Navigating Care With a Disability
- Dr. Lisa I. Iezzoni, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Moderator: Sara Luterman, Caregiving Reporter, The 19th
3 p.m. ET
Medical Training, Care and LGBTQ+ Patients
- Dr. Renee Crichlow, Chief Medical Officer, Codman Square Health Center; Vice-Chair of Health Equity, and Boston University Medical School, Dept. of Family Medicine
- Dallas Ducar, CEO of Transhealth Northampton
- Moderator: Kate Sosin, LGBTQ+ Reporter, The 19th
3:30 p.m. ET
Improving Pregnancy Care and Outcomes
- Mimi (Paulomi) Niles, Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
- Abigail Echo-Hawk, Chief Research Officer for the Seattle Indian Health Board
- Colleen Durocher, Executive Director, Rural OB Access and Maternal Services
- Moderator: Nicholas St. Fleur, Reporter, STAT
Interstitials by Rachel Gross, Author, Vagina Obscura