Phyllis Greenberger is the President and C.E.O. of the Society for Women’s Health Research.  She is a longtime champion of women’s health care needs and friend of WomensRadio.  Greenberger joins Speak Up! to talk about the health research needed to identify gender differences in health care and how the Government is responding to this.

More about Phyllis E. Greenberger
Phyllis E. Greenberger, M.S.W., is the President and CEO of the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR), a national non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, and she is widely recognized as the thought leader in women’s health research.  SWHR’s mission is to improve the health of all women through advocacy, education and research.

Greenberger is the first and only President and CEO of SWHR since its founding in 1990.  Through her leadership, dedication and promotion of women’s health, sex differences is now widely known and recognized as a critical factor in women’s health.  As a well respected advocate, Greenberger has also earned widespread media coverage.

The Medical Herald selected her as one of the Twenty Most Influential Women in Medicine Today.  In 2006, Greenberger was named one of the "100 Most Powerful Women" by the Washingtonian Magazine.  Women’s Day Magazine awarded Greenberger the 2006 “Red Dress Award” in recognition of her work in leading the way in the fight against heart disease in women.  She is profiled in the book Extraordinary Women: Fantasies Revealed, which features profiles and portraits of 58 prominent women in the United States.

Greenberger, along with Dr. Jennifer Wider, is the Editor of the book The Savvy Women Patient: How and Why Your Sex Matters to Your Health, a resource guide detailing sex differences across major health diseases.  The book provides detailed information about symptoms, treatments and diagnosis creating an opportunity for women to become savvy about their medical health.

Greenberger has presented and spoken to multiple international and national audiences.  Internationally, she was invited by the American Jewish Congress Commission for Women’s Empowerment to present at Tel Aviv University, as well as the International Pharmaceutical Federation and the International Council of Nurses.

Nationally, Greenberger has addressed among other organizations, the Aspen Institute Health Forum (09); the Biotechnology Industry Organization about health disparities and drug development for women and minorities; the Southern Women in Public Service Conference; and Beyond Hunt Valley:  Research on Women’s Health for the 21st Century, held by the Office of Research on Women’s Health.  Greenberger frequently testifies before Congress advocating for additional research and funding for women’s health.

Greenberger currently serves on the scientific advisory board for WomenHeart, a national coalition for women with heart disease; is a board member of the Interstitial Cystitis Association; resides on the editorial board for Shape Magazine; serves on the women’s task force for the National Hemophilia Foundation; and is a member of the International Women’s Forum.

Previously, Greenberger served as an advisory board member for PBS' To the Contrary, the only national all-women’s news analysis program, and was a health adviser to the Entertainment Industries Council’s first draft program.  She also served on the Report Card Advisory Committee for Making the Grade:  A National and State by State Report Card; the advisory board for Style & Sense magazine; was an advisory board member for the Association of Black Cardiologists’ Center for Women’s Health; a member of Board of Advisors for the Iris Alliance Fund, which is dedicated to promoting mental health of children and families; and she is on the steering of the Campaign for Public Health. 

Additionally, Greenberger served as a member of the Research Committee of the Presidential HIV/AIDS Advisory Council and the National Institutes of Health’s National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council; was a board member to the National Council on Patient Information and Education and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Lay Advisory Committee; and was a consumer representative to the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee for the Centers for Medicare and Midicaid Services
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Greenberger is the recipient of numerous award, including: the “Award for Research Excellence” by the National Association for Women’s Health, “Journal of  Women’s Health and Gender-Based Medicine’s Achievement Award”,  “Champion of Women’s Health” by Ladies’ Home Journal, the “Wasington Women of Genius” by Trinity College in Washington, D.C. and received an award for public advocacy from the Clinical Research Forum.

Greenberger received a B.A. from Syracuse University and an M.S.W. from the Catholic University of America.

More about SWHR 
The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR), a national non-profit organization based in Washington DC, is widely recognized as the thought leader in research on sex differences and is dedicated to improving women’s health through advocacy, education, and research.

SWHR was founded in 1990 by a group of physicians, medical researchers and health advocates who wanted to bring attention to the myriad of diseases and conditions that affect women uniquely. Women’s health, until then, had been defined primarily as reproductive health. Women were not routinely included in most major medical research studies and scientists rarely considered biological sex as a variable in their research.

SWHR advocates for greater public and private funding for women’s health research and the study of sex differences that affect the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease; encourages the appropriate inclusion of women and minorities in medical research studies; promotes the analysis of research data for sex and ethnic differences; and informs women, health care providers, and policy makers about contemporary women’s health issues through media outreach and periodic briefings, conferences and special events.

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