Women’s Health Student Summit at Harvard Chan School

Pre-Register by April 24, 2026 to be invited to the ticket sales! (Pre-registration is required for non-Harvard affiliates to be invited to the ticket sales for IN-PERSON & ONLINE TICKETS) Harvard University Student Tickets are on sale now!

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 gathers to develop strategies that unify siloed programs, and bridge research, policy, and implementation to advance women’s health agendas globally.

Pre-Register by April 24, 2026 to be invited to the ticket sales!

Ticket Pricing:

• Professionals: $80
• Students: $40
• Online/Virtual Attendees: $25

Our speaker lineup includes:

• Dame Lesley Regan - Women's Health Ambassador for England
• Rhonda Pacheco - President, U.S. Business Unit and U.S. Country Head at Takeda
• Lia Tadesse – Former Minister of Health of Ethiopia
• Hector Valle – President, Mexican Foundation for Health
• Alicia Yamin, JD, MPH, PhD – Director, Global Health and Rights Project, Harvard Law School
• Louise P. King, MD, JD - Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School

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: Harvard 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

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