Medscape and the Women’s Brain Foundation collaborated with ORWH Director, Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, on a new continuing medical education (CME) program, “The Female Void: Sex and Gender Considerations in Health Care with a Focus on the Female Brain.” The CME program addresses health care gaps related to sex and gender differences in brain health. This initiative is crucial because sex and gender affect disease prevalence, incidence, manifestation, progression, and treatment response.
Almost all brain and mental diseases (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety and depression, concussion, migraine, multiple sclerosis) have a sex and gender bias in incidence. Dr. Clayton remarked during the program, “Health is so much more than just biology—we need to include social factors, like gender context and policies around us. Social drivers of health are just as important, and we need to consider them.” It is critical that research and health care are sex and gender aware so that they can deliver a healthier future for everyone.
This CME program seeks to drive change in research, clinical trials, and personalized medicine. Let’s bring this evidence into practice together!