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Insights Feb 25, 2026
What Happened to Your Grandmother Is Affecting Your Health | Katie Schubert & Joanna Sickler Explain
Katie Schubert is President & CEO of the Society for Women’s Health Research — 35+ years advocating for sex differences research. Former Capitol Hill staffer. Her goal: make women’s health so mainstream that her organization goes out of business.
Joanna Sickler is VP of Health Policy & External Affairs at Roche Diagnostics. Former public health professional. Her mantra: we haven’t even implemented A, B, and C before demanding X, Y, and Z.
In Today's Episode We Discuss:
- Transgenerational Health: What Famines Teach Us
- Pregnancy Sets the Stage — But Nobody's Tracking It
- Pre-eclampsia Increases Hypertension Risk Decades Later
- Employers Are Seeing ROI on Women's Health Benefits
- 1 in 5 Women Left or Considered Leaving Jobs Due to Menopause
- "Bikini Medicine" — Women's Health Is More Than Reproductive Health
- Women Weren't Included in Clinical Research Until 1993
- Sex as a Biological Variable Wasn't Required at NIH Until 2016
- Women Make 80% of Healthcare Decisions
- Endometriosis Affects 10% — Still Requires Surgery to Diagnose
- The 9-Minute Primary Care Appointment Isn't Working
- Who Owns Women's Health? The Fragmentation Problem
- Implementation > Innovation
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