The Women’s Health Student Summit at Harvard Chan
Women around the world experience systemic barriers to respectful, quality care. Countries like the UK and Australia, in response, developed national women’s health strategies to evolve from fragmented programs toward integrated, life-course approaches. However, there is no academic forum that convenes global leaders, policymakers, academic experts, and advocates to advance the discussion and create a shared agenda for holistic women’s health strategies. The women’s health student summit at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is the forum where changemakers gather to develop strategies that unify siloed programs and bridge research, policy, and implementation to advance women’s health agendas globally.
This event is in-person and virtual.
Agenda
8:00 AM — Registration
9:00 AM — Opening remarks · Betza Bravo & Aracely Guzman Guajardo
9:20 AM — Keynote: The Imperative of Developing National Women’s Health Strategies · Dame Lesley Regan
10:00 AM — Panel: Transforming Maternal Health: From Evidence to Systems Change · Katherina Semrau · Rose Molina · Christin Price
10:55 AM — Panel: Womenomics 2.0: The ROI of Investing in Women’s Health Strategies · Rhonda Pacheco · Esther Duflo
11:50 AM — Lunch (breakout sessions):
- “Small Shifts, Meaningful Directions” — MomPath
- “The Menopause Leadership Gap: From Screening to Empowering Leaders in and Beyond Transition” — Promoting Good
12:20 PM — Lunch (fireside chat):
- The Power of Prevention
1:05 PM — Panel: Sexual and Reproductive Health in a Polarized World: Evidence, Rights, and Policy · Alicia Yamin · Sapna Kathri
2:00 PM — Panel: Invisible No More: Addressing Neglected Areas in Women’s Health Across the Life Course · Jorge Chavarro · Olga Garcia · Louise King
2:55 PM — Panel: Blueprint for Change: Moving Toward Integrated, Life-Course Health Strategies · Lia Tadesse · Hector Valle · Dr. Winnie Yip
3:50 PM — Panel: The Last Mile of Health Policy: If Science Doesn’t Influence People’s Behavior, What Does? Communicating Health Policy in the Age of Social Media · Amanda Yarnell
4:20 PM — Closing keynote
4:50 PM — Closing remarks · Betza Bravo & Aracely Guzman Guajardo
We greatly thank our sponsors for their contribution to making this event possible.
Changemakers: FUNSALUD, Promoting good
Blueprint partner: Provost’s Fund for Student Collaboration, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Womenomics champion: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (department of Social and Behavioral Health, Department of Global Health), Harvard Chan Student Government Association
Speaker Information
Dame Lesley Regan
Lia Tadesse
Hector Valle
Alicia Yamin, JD, MPH, PhD
Rhonda Pacheco
Winnie Yip, PhD
Organizers
ⓘ Harvard Chan School hosts a diverse array of speakers, invited to share both scholarly research and personal perspectives. They do not speak for the School, and hosting them does not imply endorsement of their views, organizations, or employers.