Gloria E. Sarto, MD, PhD, a national trailblazer and pioneer in women’s health, will showcase the greatest advances and key moments in women’s health leadership at the national and local levels. Angela Byars-Winston, PhD; Cynthia Carlsson, MD, MS; and Earlise Ward, PhD, LP, provide testimonials on how the UW Center for Women's Health Research programs have advanced their career development.

This video contains presentation regarding Women's and Children's Health from the 2008 Global Health Symposium: Same Problem, Different Factors: Maternal Health Care Seeking in Mathare, Kenya by Stephanie Koczela The Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns: Partnerships for Sustainable Improvements in Maternal and Newborn Health by Dr. Aaliya R. Bibi, MBBS Estimating the Prevalence of Childhood Disability in Developing Countries: Data From UNICEF’s Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey-round 3 (MICS-3) by Carissa Gottlieb FGM/C Project 2008 “The Right to be UnCut: Women and Infibulation in the Horn of Africa” by Araceli Alonso

Hear the following presentations from the 2007 Medical Student Research Fall Forum: "Immunohistochemical Analysis of Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in Pre-Isolation Pancreas Biopsies as a Predictor of Islet Isolation Outcome: Ann Marie Segal, Mentor: Luis A. Fernandez, MD "To Be or Not to Be...In a Clinical Trial: Improving Accural Rates in Cancer Clinical Trials at UWCCC" Brian Schmidt, Mentor: Kim McDowell, MD, PhD "Women's Knowledge of Commonly Used Contraceptive Methods" Sarah Hoffman, Mentor: Sarina Schrager, MD, MS "Effects of Iron Deficiency in Minority Mothers on Offspring" Olamide Zaka, Mentors: Pamela Kling, MD; Roseanne Clark, PhD "Development and Characterization of a Cultured Myofibroblast Model for Vocal Fold Scar Studies" Bimal Vyas, Mentor: Susan Thibeault, PhD

Earlise Ward, PhD, speaks on "Mental Health Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities: A Growing Problem" and Tracy Schroepfer, PhD, speaks on "Partners Building Bridges: Reducing Cancer Health Disparities in Wisconsin" both at the Littlefield Leadership Lecture at the University of Wisconsin School of Nursing.

Earlise Ward, PhD, speaks on "African American Women's Mental Health: Beliefs, Perceived Stigma and Coping Behaviors" at the CDH Research Symposium on June 28, 2007.

Linda Janet Holmes is a seasoned women's health researcher and writer who is widely recognized for her groundbreaking documentation of the practices of traditional African American midwives, speaks on "Reclaiming Midwives: Backdrop to the Future".

Rachel Kimbro, PhD, RWJ Health and Society Scholar, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, speaks on “Together Forever? Fragile Families,Relationship Dynamics, and Maternal Prenatal Health Investments”.

Why Women’s Health?: A presentation including perspectives on gender differences in medical research, women’s health within public health and the importance of women in the health of families.

Julie Krause spoke on "Living with Fertility Through Natural Family Planning" on April 7, 2006 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Health Sciences Learning Center.