YON E Enters Medical Education Boldly
Roswitha Verwer delivering a FemTech lecture at Semmelweis University
Last week, we had the incredible honor of 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 Semmelweis University - Hungary’s top medical institution and ranked among the top 250 universities worldwide.
Our lecture, titled “𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘜𝘯𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘔,” brought together students from the faculties of 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 -all eager to explore how innovation can rewrite the future of women’s health.
A special thank you to Semmelweis University for this meaningful opportunity and to my phenomenal team:
Prof. Melissa Paola Mezzari, Ph.D., our Director of Microbiome Innovation
Shirin AshrafGanjouei, our brilliant Research Manager
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. After the lecture, we received emails that reminded us why we do what we do:
“𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩. 𝘐 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴.”
“𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 ‘𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭.’ 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦: 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”
As we look ahead, we’ll continue to amplify the voices of women in science and build bridges between innovation and advocacy, starting in the classroom. We were proud to issue official certificates of attendance to every participant because this was only the beginning.
And the future is clear:
Pharmacy will surpass $1.3T, with pharmacogenomics leading the charge in women’s health.
Medicine is evolving rapidly through telehealth and wearable tech, improving reproductive health and chronic condition management.
“𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝.”