The RTP chapters of Women In Bio and the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) are excited to host our annual joint networking event. This year we'll present a panel of leading women's health experts who will focus on gender parity and health equity. This will be a great opportunity to hear from the panelists and learn about what is impacting current policies on women’s health. Ticket includes appetizers and two drink tickets.

Program 

4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.  Registration, Networking, Refreshments
5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.  Welcome, Introductions
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.  Panel Session Women’s Health: The Intersection of Gender Parity and Health Equity
6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.  Q&A
7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.  Closing, Raffles

Speaker Bios

Amy Bryant, MD, MSCR, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UNC School of Medicine

Dr. Bryant is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. She leads both the Division and Fellowship in Complex Family Planning at UNC. She is on the Executive Board of the North Carolina Ob/Gyn Society and the Board of Directors of the Society of Family Planning. She has been active in education, research, and advocacy on reproductive access in North Carolina for the last 15 years.

Omisade Burney-Scott, (Oh-me-Shah-Day), Creator at Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause^™

Omisade is a seventh-generation Black Southern feminist, storyteller, and reproductive justice advocate. She is also the Creator and Chief Curatorial Officer of the Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause (BGG2SM), a multidisciplinary narrative and culture shift project focused on normalizing menopause by centering the stories of Black women, transgender, gender-expansive people, and other marginalized groups of the Global Majority. The core program offerings by BGG2SM include a podcast that provides guidance and support for marginalized communities through the various stages of menopause, curated intergenerational storytelling gatherings, and a digital zine titled Messages from the Menopausal Multiverse. She has been featured in various prominent media outlets, such as Oprah Daily, Forbes, VOGUE, WebMD, NPR, InStyle Magazine, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. Additionally, she has written articles for Yes! Magazine, Blavity, Oprah Daily, The Honey Pot Company, and Ms. Magazine. Over the past 25 years, Omisade’s work has been grounded in social justice movement spaces focused on the liberation of marginalized people, beginning with her own community. She has worked in the nonprofit sector around social justice since 1995 and has been an organizational development and capacity-building consultant for 20 years for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. Omisade is a 1989 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill. She currently serves on the boards of the Acorn Center for Restoration and Freedom and the National Menopause Foundation, as well as the Honey Pot Company Pulse Panel. She was recently selected for the Open Society Foundations Soros Justice Fellowship to expand the storytelling work of the Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause to work with formerly incarcerated/system-impacted people. Omisade resides in North Carolina and is the mother of two beautiful sons.

Pricing Information

• Members: $25
• Non-members*: $45

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Maximum Capacity

140

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