Birth to Legacy: Reimagining Women's Health, Aging, and Care

Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2025Time: 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Location: The Brown-Lupton University Union Auditorium
TCU, 2901 Stadium Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76129

REGISTER HERE: https://womenspolicyforum.org/event-6710271

AGENDA: 

8:00 - Networking Breakfast & Welcome Remarks
9:00 - Panel Discussion
- Bright Spots in Women's Healthcare in Tarrant County
(Dr. Karen Duncan, CEO, JPS Network)
- Tarrant County Maternal and Infant Health Coalition Update
(Dr. April Bleich, Chair, TCU Burnett School of Medicine)
- From Maternal Health to Menopause: Closing the Gaps in Women’s Care
(Dr. Jeanine Thomas, M.D.)
9:40 - Keynote speech with Dr. Sara E. Hill, TCU
10:00 - Moderated Q&A, and more fun activities! 
10:30 - Closing remarks

KEYNOTE SPEECH:
Why Medicine Keeps Failing Women—and What Needs to Change

For decades, health research has treated the male body as the default and the female body as a deviation to be controlled, silenced, or fixed. The result? Women are under-diagnosed, overmedicated, and told their symptoms are “normal” when they are anything but.

Keynote Speaker, Dr. Sarah E. Hill's talk unpacks how sex-blind research created a healthcare system that routinely fails women—and why many well-intentioned “solutions” have actually made things worse. Most importantly, it offers a roadmap for how women can advocate for themselves in medical settings that were never designed with their bodies in mind, reclaiming trust in their biology and power in their care.