On Tuesday, September 16, a powerful coalition of congressional champions, women’s health advocates, and award-winning actresses Mandy Moore and Lupita Nyong’o gathered for a conversation about the urgent need to fund women’s health research. The women’s health research congressional roundtable and advocacy day was hosted by Society for Women’s Health Research and Perelel, led by SWHR president and CEO Kathryn Schubert, Perelel Health co-founder Alex Taylor, and Hannah Linkenhoker.
Members of Congress in the room included Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Representative Julia Letlow (R-LA), Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Representative Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Representative Shontel Brown (D-OH), Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Ayanna Representative Pressley (D-MA), Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL), and Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM).
Women’s health advocates in the room included George Vradenburg and Meryl Comer with UsAgainstAlzheimer’s, Cindy Rahman with March of Dimes, Dr. Hy Simhan with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Emily Holubowich with the American Heart Association, Dr. Rebecca C. Thurston with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Molly Murray with Autoimmune Association, Claire Gill with Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation, Sateria Venable with The Fibroid Foundation, and Tanika Gray Valbrun with The White Dress Project.
Read more about the roundtable meeting in the SWHR summary blog here.
Watch ABC News’ exclusive coverage of the event here.
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- SWHR CEO Kathryn Schubert, actress Lupita Nyong’o, Perelel Co-Founder Alex Taylor, actress Mandy Moore, Hannah Linkenhoker. Photo credit Perelel Health.
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- Hosts SWHR CEO Kathryn Schubert and Perelel Co-Founder Alex Taylor. Photo credit Perelel Health.
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- Perelel’s Alex Taylor
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- SWHR’s Kathryn Schubert
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- Women’s health advocates and Lupita Nyong’o (center)
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- Mandy Moore
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- Lupita Nyong’o
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- Lupita Nyong’o
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- Senator Angela Alsobrooks
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- Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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- Representative Juan Ciscomani
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- Representative Julia Letlow
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- Representative Ayanna Pressley
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- UsAgainstAlzheimer’s, Meryl Comer
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- American Heart Association, Emily Holubowich
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- Autoimmune Association, Molly Murray
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- The Fibroid Foundation, Sateria Venable
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- The White Dress Project, Tanika Gray Valbrun
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- Dr. Hy Simhan, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
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- March of Dimes, Cindy Rahman
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- Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation’s Claire Gill
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- Meeting with Senator Patty Murray. (Official U.S. Senate photo by Daniel Lightfoot)
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- Meeting with Senator Patty Murray. (Official U.S. Senate photo by Daniel Lightfoot)
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- Meeting with Senator Susan Collins. Photo credit Perelel Health.
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- Meeting with Senator Susan Collins. Photo credit Senator Collins.
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- Meeting with Senator Susan Collins. Photo credit Perelel Health.
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- The Fibroid Foundation Sateria Venable, Lupita Nyong’o, Mandy Moore. Photo credit Perelel Health
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- Lupita Nyong’o and Senator Angela Alsobrooks. Photo credit Perelel Health
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- Women’s health advocates and Lupita Nyong’o (center)
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- Women’s health advocates and Lupita Nyong’o (center)
Photos are credited to the Society for Women’s Health Research unless otherwise noted. Thank you to Perelel Health, Senator Murray’s office, and Senator Collins’ office for additional photos.