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November 30, 2022
Leadership in Women's Lung Cancer: From Disparities to Economic Opportunity
WHAM and GO2 for Lung Cancer host leading voices in women's lung cancer for a virtual roundtable on the impact of investing in women's lung cancer research. This discussion features Carolee Lee, Founder, CEO and Chair, WHAM; Laurie Fenton, Co-Founder, President and CEO, GO2 for Lung Cancer; Julie Brahmer, Co-Director of the Upper Aerodigestive Department and Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Anne-Renee Hartman, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Adela; and Melanie Nallicheri, CEO, EQRx.
February 24, 2022
Leadership in Women's Heart Health: From Disparities to Economic Opportunity
WHAM and Go Red for Women host leading voices in women's heart health and Kalisha Figures from the White House Gender Policy Council to discuss the impact of accelerating heart research on women, business, and the economy. This discussion features Carolee Lee, Founder, CEO and Chair, WHAM, Nancy Brown, CEO, American Heart Association, Dr. Nanette Wenger, Director, Cardiac Clinics, Grady Health, Dr. Chloe Bird, Senior Sociologist, RAND Corporation, Dr. Jennifer Hall, Chief, Data Science American Heart Association, Dr. Stacey Rosen, Senior Vice President for Women’s Health, Katz Institute for Women’s Health, Dr. Annabelle Santos Volgman, Co-Founder and Medical Director, Rush University Heart Center for Women.
January 26, 2022
WHAM – La Jolla Institute for Immunology Partnership and Report Launch
WHAM Founder Carolee Lee and La Jolla Institute of Immunology (LJI) President and CEO Erica Ollmann Saphire and board chair Gail Naughton, Founder of Histogen, Inc. announced a partnership to accelerate immune and autoimmune health research focused on women, including a new sex and gender research focus for LJI. Lori Frank, Ph.D. Senior Behavioral Scientist at RAND Corporation highlighted findings from The WHAM Report study on autoimmune rheumatoid arthritis, including that while more than 60% of patients are women, just 7% of research focuses on women, and that adding just $6 million for this research would return $10.5 billion to our economy through improving health, quality of life and productive years in the workforce.
December 2, 2021
Global Wellness Summit
Carolee Lee, WHAM CEO & Founder, shared The WHAM Report with leaders across the multi-trillion dollar wellness industry, and led a discussion with Robynne Chutkan, MD and Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum highlighting how the current underinvestment in research focused on women impacts their work to improve the individual lives of women patients.
October 28, 2021
WHAM Report Roundtable Discussion with Research!America
WHAM Founder and CEO Carolee Lee launched The WHAM Report: Making the Case for Funding Women’s Health Research joined by Senator Tammy Duckworth, Congressman Don Beyer, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Congresswoman Haley Stevens, and Research!America Chair Susan Dentzer moderated a roundtable discussion... read more
October 28, 2021
WHAM Report Roundtable Discussion with Research!America
WHAM Founder and CEO Carolee Lee launched The WHAM Report: Making the Case for Funding Women’s Health Research joined by Senator Tammy Duckworth, Congressman Don Beyer, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Congresswoman Haley Stevens, and Research!America Chair Susan Dentzer moderated a roundtable discussion featuring Dr. Erica Ollmann Saphire, President and CEO of La Jolla Institute for Immunology, Dr. Jennifer Hall, Chief of Data Science and Co-Director, Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine, American Heart Association, American Heart Associations, Dr. Sharyn Rossi, Director of Neuroscience Programs, BrightFocus Foundation, and Jennifer Luray, Vice President of Strategy and Communications, Research!America.
October 27, 2021
WHAM Report Coronary Artery Disease Study Media Tour
Actress Susan Lucci and WHAM Collaborative Member Dr. Stacey Rosen, Senior Vice President, Women’s Health, Katz Institute for Women’s Health share new data from The WHAM Report Coronary Artery Disease study showing that investing $20 million in research focused on women generates nearly $2 billion in economic returns.
July 6, 2021
Global BBP Brain Trust Webinar
Virginia Bennet interviews WHAM Founder and CEO Carolee Lee to discuss the global impacts of The WHAM Report.
June 17, 2021
Carolee Lee at the National Summit on the Health of Women
WHAM Founder, CEO and Chair Carolee Lee presents the findings of The WHAM Report and speaks about its implications for investing in women’s health at the 2021 National Summit on the Health of Women hosted by The Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
May 18, 2021
World Economic Forum and CEOi Virtual Lausanne Dialogue
Carolee Lee and Lori Frank discuss the economic benefits of
investing in women’s Alzheimer’s research.
May 12, 2021
NIH Office of Women’s Health Vivian Pinn Symposium
WHAM Founder, CEO and Chair Carolee Lee presents the findings of The WHAM Report and speaks about its implications for investing in women’s health at the NIH Vivian Pinn Symposium.
April 22, 2021
NIH Alzheimer’s Summit
Meryl Comer, WHAM Vice Chair and Global Chair and Co-Founder, UsAgainstAlzheimers / WomenAgainstAlzheimers along with Lori Frank, Senior Behavioral Scientist at RAND Corporation present findings from The WHAM Report Alzheimer’s disease study at the NIH Alzheimer’s Summit.