Women in women’s health

Some are building the companies. Some are running the trials. All of them decided midlife hormonal health was worth a career. This is who they are.

For a long time this work happened in the margins. Underfunded, under-studied, waved off as a phase. The women on this page decided it was the whole point.

33Women, and counting

21Founders

12Researchers

7Countries

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The founders

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They looked at midlife and saw customers, not a phase to wait out. Telehealth, diagnostics, supplements, community. Companies built on the bet that this decade is worth serving well.

North America

01USJoanna StroberFounder & CEO, Midi HealthInsurance-covered virtual menopause and midlife care across all 50 US states.02USMonica MolenaarCo-founder & Co-CEO, Alloy Women's HealthEvidence-based menopause telehealth with an integrated online pharmacy for HRT access.03USAnne FulenwiderCo-founder & Co-CEO, Alloy Women's HealthMenopause telehealth, education and advocacy.04USJannine VersiCo-founder & CEO, Elektra HealthEvidence-based menopause education, care and community.05USAlessandra HendersonCo-founder, Elektra HealthVirtual menopause platform pairing education with clinical care.06USAlicia JacksonCo-founder & CEO, EvernowTelehealth menopause treatment with round-the-clock clinical support.07USSally MuellerCo-founder, WomanessDirect-to-consumer menopause self-care and wellness products.08USMichelle JacobsCo-founder, WomanessDirect-to-consumer menopause self-care and wellness products.09USMary Claire HaverFounder, The 'Pause LifeMenopause nutrition, weight and symptom-management programmes.10USCatherine Balsam-SchwaberFounder, KindraPlant-based, estrogen-free menopause personal care.

UK & Europe

11UKAndrea BerchowitzCo-founder & CEO, Vira Health (Stella)Digital menopause therapeutic and enterprise midlife-health benefits.12UKRebecca LoveCo-founder, Vira Health (Stella)Chronic-disease epidemiologist building a menopause behaviour-change product.13UKLouise NewsonFounder, Newson Health / BalanceMenopause clinic network, HRT prescribing, education and the Balance app.14UKKate BacheCo-founder & CEO, Health & HerResearch-led perimenopause and menopause supplements plus a tracking app.15UK / GermanyLaura OkaforCo-founder & CEO, perryPerimenopause peer-support community app.

India

16IndiaSwathi KulkarniCo-founder, Elda HealthHolistic menopause care for midlife urban women: nutrition, movement and support.17IndiaShaili ChopraFounder, GytreeAI-led women's health with plant-based nutrition for midlife.

ANZ

18AustraliaKelly TeagleFounder, WellFemmeAustralia's first dedicated telehealth menopause clinic and practitioner directory.

SE Asia

19Singapore / AustraliaAriella Heffernan-MarksFounder & CEO, OvumAI health companion spanning periods through to menopause.20SingaporeMabel Yen Ngoc NguyenCo-founder & CEO, EloCareWearable and app tracking 35+ menopause symptoms.

GCC & Middle East

21UAESophie SmithFounder & CEO, Nabta HealthThe Arab world's first femtech; women's health including menopause for emerging markets.

The researchers

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They run the trials the field forgot to run. The cohorts, the data, the papers. What they publish now is what your doctor will know in ten years.

North America

01USJoAnn E. MansonProfessor of Medicine; Chief, Preventive Medicine, Harvard / Brigham & Women's HospitalWHI principal investigator; menopausal hormone therapy risk-benefit and chronic-disease prevention.02USStephanie FaubionDirector, Center for Women's Health; Medical Director, TMS, Mayo Clinic / The Menopause SocietyMenopause, hormone therapy, sexual health and healthy aging.03USNanette SantoroProfessor & Chair, OB-GYN, University of ColoradoReproductive endocrinology and the perimenopausal transition (SWAN).04USRebecca ThurstonDistinguished Professor of Psychiatry & Epidemiology, University of PittsburghHot flashes as markers of cardiovascular and brain-aging risk (SWAN, MsBrain).05USCynthia A. StuenkelClinical Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology), UC San DiegoMenopause clinical guidelines; hormone therapy dose, route and duration.06USLisa MosconiAssoc. Professor of Neuroscience; Director, Women's Brain Initiative, Weill Cornell MedicineMenopause and the female brain; Alzheimer's prevention.

UK & Europe

07UKMyra HunterEmeritus Professor of Clinical Health Psychology, King's College LondonCBT for hot flushes and night sweats, validated in randomised trials.08UKJoyce HarperProfessor of Reproductive Science, UCL Institute for Women's HealthReproductive science and society; menopause education.09UKAnnice MukherjeeConsultant Endocrinologist, British Menopause Society / Society for EndocrinologyHormone health, menopause management and HRT.

ANZ

10AustraliaSusan R. DavisHead, Women's Health Research Program, Monash UniversitySex hormones including testosterone across women's lifespan; menopause.11AustraliaHelena TeedeDirector, MCHRI; Endocrinologist, Monash UniversityPCOS, metabolic health and menopause.12AustraliaJayashri KulkarniProfessor of Psychiatry; Director, HER Centre Australia, Monash UniversityThe role of oestradiol in women's mental health across midlife.

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A curated, evolving list, not a ranking or an endorsement. A name here means public work in menopause, perimenopause and midlife hormonal health, nothing more and nothing less. Links point to each person’s own site, institution or professional profile.