Women’s Health Conference 2026

Overview

The global Women’s Health Conference was launched in 2023 by the Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health (GloW) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, in collaboration with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Following the successful conferences held in Singapore in 2023 and 2024 and in Paris in 2025, the 2026 conference will take place in Boston from September 30 to October 2, 2026.

The 2026 meeting is co-organized by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, GloW at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, and the Institute for Women and Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Health (iWISH) at Université Paris Cité. The conference will highlight cutting-edge advances shaping women’s health across the life course.

Despite increasing global attention, women’s health remains under-researched and underfunded in many critical domains. Women experience unique biological transitions—from puberty and pregnancy to menopause and aging—that shape lifelong health trajectories. Addressing these complexities requires coordinated, interdisciplinary, and global collaboration.

This conference will convene leading scientists, clinicians, innovators, policymakers, and global organizations to accelerate solutions that improve health outcomes for women worldwide.

The scientific program will feature:

• Breakthroughs in precision nutrition and lifestyle medicine
• Advances in fertility, pregnancy, and reproductive health
• New approaches to mental health and brain health
• Healthy aging, cognition, and cardiometabolic health
• The expanding role of AI and femtech in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
• Global women’s health and health equity

The program will include plenary lectures, thematic panels, poster sessions, lightning talks by junior investigators, and a special session featuring international organizations and foundations focused on sustaining global investment in women’s health research.

The conference will conclude with a half-day symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), the largest and longest-running study of women’s health, established in 1976.

Registration

Register to join us in-person or on livestream (via Zoom).
*Please note that no certificates of attendance will be provided*

Abstract Submission

Call for abstracts: Submit your abstract for a chance to present a poster or give a flash talk. Trainees and investigators within five years of earning their terminal degree are eligible to present a flash talk. Please follow these rules and guidelines and use this template to prepare your abstract.

Deadline: Abstract submission deadline is May 15th, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST.

Organizers

Scientific Organizing Committee

• Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (Committee Chair)
• Cuilin Zhang, MD, PhD, Chair Professor of Women’s Health; Founding Director, Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health (GloW), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (Committee Co-Chair)
• Yap Seng Chong, MBBS, MD, Lien Ying Chow Professor in Medicine; Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
• Heather Eliassen, ScD, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Professor of Medicine, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
• Jorge E. Chavarro, MD, ScD, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology; Dean for Academic Affairs, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
• Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD, MPH, Chief, Division of Women’s Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief Academic Officer, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Michelle A. Williams, ScD, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health; Associate Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Melissa Bondy, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Rosa Maria Bruno, PhD, Professor in Clinical Pharmacology, Université Paris Cité; Head of the Hypertension Unit of Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France; iWISH, Institute for Women Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Health, Université Paris Cité
• Clarisse Berthezène, PhD, Professor of History, Université Paris Cité; Chair, Institut Universitaire de France; iWISH, Institute for Women Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Health, Université Paris Cité

Administrative Organizing Committee

• Katrina Soriano, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Jessie Powell, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Tentative Program