Sex Cells: The Fight to Overcome Bias and Discrimination in Women’s Healthcare

Written by Phyllis E. Greenberger, M.S.W. and Kalia Doner

Narrated by Robin Siegerman

This is the tale of the still-pitched battle to get the scientific and medical world to recognize that women are unique and not smaller versions of men.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mayo Clinic Press
• Release date: Apr 2, 2024
• ISBN: 9781666658019

Phyllis E. Greenberger, M.S.W.

Phyllis E. Greenberger, MSW, is Senior Vice President of Science & Health Policy for HealthyWomen. She is the former President and CEO of the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR), a national nonprofit organization widely recognized as the thought leader in women's health research, for 26 years. In 2016 Phyllis was given the Trailblazer award by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Women's Health. Women’s Day magazine awarded Greenberger the 2006 “Red Dress Award” in recognition of her work in leading the way in the fight against heart disease in women, and in 2010 named her one of 50 “Women Who Are Changing the World.” She also received the “Award for Research Excellence” by the National Association for Women’s Health, “Journal of Women’s Health & Gender-Based Medicine’s Achievement Award,” “Champion of Women’s Health” by Ladies’ Home Journal, the “Washington Woman of Genius” by Trinity College in Washington, DC, and received an award for public advocacy from the Clinical Research Forum. She was named the 2013 'Woman of the Year' by the National Association of Professional Women.