Women's Health Forum

​Philadelphia helped invent women's medicine. In 1850, the city opened the world's first medical school for women. More than 170 years later, women's health is one of the fastest-growing areas in life sciences, yet Philadelphia has ceded innovation leadership to Boston and New York, cities that built dedicated women's health venture funds and innovation programs.

​The gap isn't a shortage of ideas or assets: it's coordination. This half-day symposium at uCity Square convenes the researchers, clinicians, advocates, and investors who can change that, bringing intentional focus to the categories where Philadelphia's strengths create real competitive advantage, from maternal health and fetal medicine to cancer diagnostics and reproductive science.

​Through fireside conversations and interactive working sessions, we'll tackle the following questions:

​+Why isn't capital flowing to women's health, and how do we change that?

​+Where do Philadelphia's research institutions, innovation programs, and investors already have an edge, and what would it take to lead the market this region should own?

​+Who are the major players that need coordination and support?