Women's Health Symposium | Nucleate Rhode Island & Nucleate Boston

Nucleate Rhode Island and Nucleate Boston's first annual Women’s Health Symposium will be an immersive, community-building event taking place Saturday, April 17th, 2027. The symposium aims to strengthen the bridge between basic science, innovation, and entrepreneurship while addressing longstanding gaps in research and knowledge surrounding women’s health and the female body. By bringing together academic researchers, entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, and members of the biotech community, the event will highlight emerging research, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and encourage the development of innovative solutions to historically understudied areas of women’s health.

General knowledge of female biology and female-specific diseases lags far behind that of male biology. Until 1993, reproductive females were banned from clinical trial participation, causing safety data and dosage curves for common medicines like statins to be calculated solely based on male biology. Even today, female-specific medical conditions make up only 5% of pharmaceutical research spending. While increasing efforts to specifically discuss topics of women’s health have occurred in the biotech ecosystems of New England, our event is different in that it calls attention to the sorely needed equalization of basic biological knowledge in women’s health compared to men’s. This basic research is a fundamental need before translation, commercialization and clinical intervention will be possible.

The goals of the Women’s Health Symposium are the following:

• Promote community and innovation by providing a platform for academic researchers and trainees in women’s health research to showcase their cutting edge research.
• Allow clinicians, researchers and innovators to engage with peers and across their respective disciplines.
• Connect with industry and investors to advance promising ideas toward real world impact.

This event will take place at 745 Atlantic Ave, Boston MA.

Event Schedule:

9:00 - 9:30 - Registration, Coffee/Tea & Breakfast

9:30 - 9:50  - Introduction, Program Overview

9:50 - 10:50 - 20 minute research talks

10:50 - 11:00  - Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00  - 20 minute research talks

12:00 - 2:00  - Poster session, networking, lunch

2:00 - 2:30  - Panel discussion: Greatest clinical needs in women’s health

2:30 - 3:00  - Panel discussion: Greatest challenges to commercialization in women’s health

3:00 - 3:30  - Roundtable discussions on most pertinent women’s health topics

3:30 - 4:00  - Full group sharing of roundtable discussion points

4:00 - 4:10  - Closing remarks, advertisement for Nucleate’s operations

4:10 - 6:00 - Reception, networking

Speakers and panelists will be announced via LinkedIn prior to the event. Be sure to follow Nucleate Rhode Island for updates.

About the Host:

Nucleate is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of biotech leaders. With chapters spanning 41 geographic regions and participation from over 280 academic institutions, Nucleate sparks new intellectual communities and embeds emerging talent within a global biotech community. Through open-access educational programming, Nucleate helps democratize biotech innovation — removing barriers and helping founders concentrate on building transformational technologies. Visit www.nucleate.xyz for more information, and visit https://nucleate.xyz/privacy-policy/ to read our privacy policy.

We want to thank our HQ supporters for championing our open-access mission and empowering the next generation of biotech entrepreneurs!

Platinum: Eli Lilly and Company, Genentech, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, MilliporeSigma

Philanthropic Support: Lyda Hill Philanthropies

Preferred Partners: Pillar VC, Amino Collective, Excedr, Mercury, Brex, Fedsprout

In-Kind Support: AcademicLabs, Lens.org, SynBioBeta