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The editorial team and staff of HealthyWomen.

Kim Ledgerwood

Editorial Director, HealthyWomen

As HealthyWomen’s editorial director, Kim oversees the production of all content and ensures that it is aligned with our mission, meets our high editorial standards and captures our brand voice.

Kim is an award-winning editor and copywriter with more than 25 years of experience. She started her career as a copywriter and broadcast producer at the Southeast’s largest full-service advertising agency, The Tombras Group. Since then, she has edited and written for a wide variety of clients, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to indie authors across multiple industries and topics.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, as well as a master’s degree in communications/advertising from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Kim lives in Maryland with her husband, three children and a menagerie of pets.

Jacquelyne Froeber

Senior Editor, HealthyWomen

Jacquelyne Froeber is an award-winning journalist and editor. She holds a BA in journalism from Michigan State University. She is the former editor-in-chief of Celebrated Living magazine and has editing and writing experience for print and online publications, including Health magazine, Coastal Living magazine and AARP.org.

As a breast cancer survivor, Jacquelyne encourages everyone to perform self-exams and get their yearly mammograms.

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Congressional Briefing: The New Path Forward in Women’s Health

Congressional Briefing: The New Path Forward in Women’s Health

Transforming Research Outcomes into Better Healthcare

Programs

HealthyWomen hosted a congressional briefing about new research plans for women’s health and their potential to transform women’s healthcare.

Women make up more than half the U.S. population, but a lack of research and data on women’s health has left major gaps in knowledge about how various conditions specifically impact women. There has been a significant push to close those gaps by focusing attention and funding on health areas that solely, disproportionately or uniquely affect women across the lifespan, such as autoimmune diseases, brain disorders, cardiovascular disease, reproductive health and cancer. The past year has seen new government efforts to galvanize women’s health research, develop innovations to address gaps and ensure that ALL women have access to quality care.

View the recording below to learn more about this work, its ripple effect across the women’s health ecosystem and actions that Congress can take to continue to make progress for women everywhere.

Opening Remarks

Beth Battaglino

Beth Battaglino, RN-C
President and CEO, HealthyWomen

Moderator

\u200bKalahn Taylor-Clark, PhD, MPH

Kalahn Taylor-Clark, PhD, MPH
Adjunct Faculty, Carey School of Business at the Johns Hopkins University; President and CEO, ZGDG Associates

Speakers

\u200bSeileen Mullen

Seileen Mullen
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (PDASD(HA)), Department of Defense

Jenica Patterson, PhD

Jenica Patterson, PhD
Portfolio Lead of the Sprint for Women's Health, Project Accelerator Transition Innovation Office (PATIO), ARPA-H

Kathryn Rexrode, MD, MPH

Kathryn Rexrode, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Women’s Health in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Director, the Office for Women’s Careers in the Center for Diversity and Inclusion; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School


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