Women in women’s health in North America

The founders and researchers advancing women’s health across North America. 29 names, each linking to her own work.

Founders

01USJoanna StroberFounder & CEO, Midi HealthMade menopause care something insurance actually pays for, in every US state.02USMonica MolenaarCo-founder & Co-CEO, Alloy Women's HealthClosed the gap between deciding you want HRT and actually getting it delivered.03USAnne FulenwiderCo-founder & Co-CEO, Alloy Women's HealthTook a magazine editor's reach and used it to make menopause ordinary to talk about.04USJannine VersiCo-founder & CEO, Elektra HealthBuilding the place women go to finally understand what's happening to them.05USAlessandra HendersonCo-founder of Elektra Health, now angel investor & advisor in women's healthStarted Elektra so no woman has to decode her own symptoms alone at 3am.06USAlicia JacksonCo-founder & CEO, EvernowA scientist who decided menopause deserved the same rigour as any other frontier.07USSally MuellerCo-founder, WomanessPut menopause products on the shelf out in the open, nothing to hide.08USMichelle JacobsCo-founder, WomanessCo-built the brand that made menopause self-care something you buy with your head up.09USMary Claire HaverFounder, The 'Pause LifeThe doctor who taught millions what their own doctors never explained.10USCatherine Balsam-SchwaberFounder, KindraMade estrogen-free menopause care women can trust and actually reach for.11USColette CourtionFounder & CEO, JoyluxBuilt the at-home devices for the menopause symptoms no one would put on a shelf.12USJill AngeloFounding CEO, GennevOpened one of the first online menopause clinics, so care for women over 40 was a click away.13USCarla DiGirolamoReproductive endocrinologist; founder of a menopause & performance telehealth practiceTreats menopause as performance medicine, for the athletes and high-performers who still have things to do.14USMadhvi VermaCo-founder, NutriGuide Women's HealthTreats perimenopause as a whole-life problem, not just a hormone one, with evidence over guesswork.15BangaloreShaumya SinhaFounder, MatrevaBuilding maternal mental health platform for easy access to resources and community support for women who are considering motherhood to their babies being toddlers 16Chicago, IL, USAAmanda BeaudouinResearcher, Early Origins of PMOS in BreastmilkResearcher at Early Origins of PMOS in Breastmilk, working in women's health.17Miami, Florida, USAAbigail Hall MyersFounder, Women's Brain & Nervous System HealthBuilding a women-first brain and nervous system health brand designed to support the high-functioning woman who wants her peace and performance to coexist.18United StatesDesiree FranklinGraduate student, ResearchOvarian aging; immune cell-like phenotype in unregressed corpus lutea in reproductively aged mice

Researchers

01USJoAnn E. MansonProfessor of Medicine; Chief, Preventive Medicine, Harvard / Brigham & Women's HospitalLed the science that rewrote what medicine knows about hormone therapy.02USStephanie FaubionDirector, Center for Women's Health; Medical Director, TMS, Mayo Clinic / The Menopause SocietyThe clinician setting the standard the rest of the field prescribes by.03USNanette SantoroProfessor & Chair, OB-GYN, University of ColoradoMapped what actually happens to the body through the perimenopausal transition.04USRebecca ThurstonDistinguished Professor of Psychiatry & Epidemiology, University of PittsburghProved hot flashes are a signal about the heart and brain, not just a nuisance.05USCynthia A. StuenkelClinical Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology), UC San DiegoWrote the guidance clinicians reach for on how to prescribe hormone therapy well.06USLisa MosconiAssoc. Professor of Neuroscience; Director, Women's Brain Initiative, Weill Cornell MedicineShowed that menopause is a brain event, and made the case for protecting it.07USHadine JoffeExecutive Director, Connors Center; Director, Women's Hormones and Aging Research Program, Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's HospitalProved the hot flashes, broken sleep and mood shifts are hormones, not imagination.08USPauline MakiProfessor of Psychiatry, Psychology and OB-GYN; Past President, NAMS, University of Illinois ChicagoThe researcher explaining why brain fog at midlife is real, and when it lifts.09USRoberta Diaz BrintonDirector, Center for Innovation in Brain Science, University of Arizona Health SciencesConnected menopause to Alzheimer's risk, and is mapping how to protect the aging female brain.10USGail GreendaleProfessor of Medicine; UCLA site PI, Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), UCLA (David Geffen School of Medicine)Followed thousands of women through menopause to show what really changes in bone and body.11USEllen FreemanResearch Professor, OB-GYN and Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania (Perelman School of Medicine)Showed that perimenopause can carry real depression risk, not just moodiness.

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