The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) was honored to participate in the inaugural in-person gathering of the Milken Institute Women’s Health Network, chaired by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. This landmark convening brought together cross-sector leaders—entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers, scientists, healthcare providers, patient advocates, universities, payers, investors, and community organizations—united by a shared mission to transform women’s health through collaboration, innovation, and investment.

Hosted at the newly opened Milken Institute for Advancing the American Dream in Washington, D.C., the event was truly a “Who’s Who” in women’s health, including many long-standing AMWA partners. The Network has set an ambitious goal to mobilize $1 billion in capital to accelerate progress in women’s health.

AMWA members represented various stakeholder organizations – Dr. Elizabeth Garner (Sena Therapeutics), Dr. Vrunda Desai (Cooper Surgical), Dr. Sarah Temkin (American Cancer Society), and Dr. Eliza Chin (AMWA).

Panel discussions explored key themes central to AMWA’s mission:

  • Breaking Silos in Women’s Health: Encouraging data transparency, systems-level collaboration, and partnerships across academia, industry, and community to accelerate innovation.
  • The Power of Partnerships: Highlighting cross-sector collaborations such as the Oura–Dexcom–Tidepool initiative to close research gaps in diabetes and women’s health.
  • Mobilizing Capital for Women’s Health Innovation: Emphasizing the growing economic case for investing in women’s health, with insights from WHAM and other partners demonstrating that women’s health is both a public health imperative and an economic opportunity.
  • Advancing Brain Health and Translational Science: Addressing women’s disproportionate burden of brain-based disorders and underscoring the need to “count, study, care for, include, and invest in women.”
  • Technology, Regulation, and Payment Innovation: Exploring how AI, virtual care, and evolving benefit design can expand access to menopause care, fertility services, and clinical research participation.

Throughout the event, participants reaffirmed that women’s health is not niche—it is foundational to global health, economic growth, and social well-being. AMWA’s engagement in this collaborative network reinforces its century-long commitment to advancing equity, driving policy change, and ensuring that women’s health across the lifespan remains at the forefront of research, innovation, and care delivery.

Photos coming soon!