Drs. Joffe and Houtchens Speak at International Women’s Brain Forum

Maria Houtchens, MD (second from left), and Hadine Joffe, MD MSc (third from left), attend the first International Women’s Brain Forum in Switzerland as invited guest speakers. Houtchens and Joffe gather for a photo with their fellow panelists, who shared insights on increasing the number of female participants in clinical trials. From left: Valerie Bruemmer, MD, senior medical advisor at Eli Lilly; Maria Houtchens, MD, of the Department of Neurology; Hadine Joffe, MD MSc, executive director of the Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology and vice chair of Research in the Department of Psychiatry; Antonella Chadha Santuccione, MD, clinical reviewer at Swissmedic; and Marsha Henderson, MCRP, assistant commissioner for Women’s Health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)