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Join us for a conversation hosted by The Boston Club, Servier Laboratories, and the Museum of Science with Dr. Jan Shifren, a leading gynecologist and reproductive endocrinologist from Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Shifren’s groundbreaking research is disentangling and demystifying the complexities of menopause. Instead of using the usual whispered tones, we are diving in with full voice to explore and elevate something that every woman experiences—and that most of us know little about.
Dr. Shifren will set the stage with critical background from her decades of research including a brief overview of evidence and insights on the full range of symptoms that affect health and quality of life at midlife, including novel treatment options.
Then she’ll be joined in conversation by award-winning host Callie Crossley, for a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred, exploration of the myths and truths of this ubiquitous experience and its impacts on women’s leadership, professional pathways, and lives.
This program is free, thanks to the generosity of the Lowell Institute.
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Thursday, October 12 | 7:30 pm
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Recommended for: Visitors 18 years of age and older
Jan Shifren, MD, Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Midlife Women’s Health Center is a gynecologist, reproductive endocrinologist, and the Vincent Trustees Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. She is a renowned expert in women's health and a leading figure in the field of menopause research. Dr. Shifren has played an important role in unraveling the complexities of menopause, focusing on symptom management, hormonal therapies, and the impact of menopause on women's health and quality of life. Her research includes the effects of estrogens, androgens, and alternative therapies on menopausal symptoms, mood, and sexual function. The author of many articles and book chapters, and Dr. Shifren has delivered national and international presentations on menopause, hormone therapy, androgens for women, the genitourinary syndrome of menopause, and female sexual function and is past president of the North American Menopause Society.
Callie Crossley is the Host of the radio show and podcast Under the Radar with Callie Crossley, which airs on GBH, 89.7 FM Sundays from 6:00 to 7 p.m. Her award-winning radio essays air Mondays during GBH’s Morning Edition. She also hosts Basic Black on GBH-TV, which focuses on current events impacting communities of color. Crossley is a frequent commentator on local and national television and radio programs and has been quoted in a variety of publications, including The Washington Post, and Vanity Fair. She was the subject of a major feature published in the August 2021 issue of Boston Magazine.
Ms. Crossley has won multiple TV, radio, and film awards, including the prestigious Gold Baton DuPont Columbia award, and an Academy Award “Oscar” nomination for her producer work on the documentary series, “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years.” She has also earned top honors for both her commentary and hosting/interviewing talent, including local and national Emmys, and awards from Associated Press, RTDNA Edward R. Murrow, Clarion, and the Public Media Journalists Association.
She was both a Nieman Fellow and an Institute of Politics Fellow at Harvard University and was honored as a distinguished alumna of Wellesley College in 2013, and in 2017 was named to Wellesley’s Board of Trustees. Crossley holds four Honorary Degrees: 2005 Doctorate of Arts Degree from Pine Manor College, 2009 Doctorate of Humane Letters from Cambridge College, 2018 Doctorate of Humane Letters from Wheaton College, and 2022 Doctorate of Humane Letters from Tufts University.
Crossley has been recognized with many community awards including being named one of three 2023 Distinguished Bostonians by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, and in 2022 named as one of four recipients of Governor’s Award from Mass Humanities.
Get Konnected named her one of 2021’s 50 Most Influential Women of Color in Boston. And in 2019 she received the Yankee Quill Award from the New England Newspaper and Press Association, the Justice in Action Award from Jane Doe, Inc.. In 2017 she was honored with the Open Door Award from Old South Church.
She is also featured in the 2011 book, “Boston’s Inspirational Women” co-authored by award- winning photographer Bill Brett, Kerry Brett, and Carol Beggy.
