The Jacobs Institute is pleased to announce that Dr. Daniel Grossman will deliver the 2024 Edward N. Brandt, Jr. Memorial Lecture in Women's Health on September 11, 2024 at 11am in the Milken Institute School of Public Health Building.
Daniel Grossman is Professor and Vice Chair of Advocacy in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also directs the research program Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH). His research includes both clinical and social science studies aimed at improving access to contraception and abortion in the US, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa. He serves on committees for organizations such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the World Health Organization, and he has been an expert witness in several legal challenges to restrictive abortion laws, including Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. Dr. Grossman received his Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University and an MD from Stanford University. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCSF.
The Edward N. Brandt, Jr. Memorial Lecture in Women’s Health is an annual lectureship jointly created and sponsored by The George Washington University, Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, and the Hudson College of Public Health at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Created to honor Dr. Edward N. Brandt, Jr., former Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the lecture features leading researchers, policymakers and advocates who promote women's health.
Dr. Brandt is often called the “Godfather of Women's Health” for his leadership and support of women in the sciences and research on women’s health. Dr. Brandt is known for many contributions to health care, including his leadership of the federal response to HIV/AIDS. After leaving HHS, he served as president of the University of Maryland, School of Medicine before returning to the University of Oklahoma as executive dean of the medical school. He taught medicine there until his death in 2007.
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