Saralyn Mark, MD, is a world leader in women’s health and sex- and gender-based medicine served as the first senior medical advisor to the Office on Women’s Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and advised the White House and NASA. She founded iGIANT, a non-profit accelerator focused on sex- and gender-specific design.
During the State of Precision Medicine 2026, Mark gave a compelling talk on sex and gender health protocols, describing how we need to be rethinking our approach with these distinct differences in mind when applied to the different sexes. She spoke of the learnings from the adaptation of sex and gender in outer space and how these discoveries can ultimately be applied to the delivery of precision medicine back here on earth.
She then convened a panel discussion with Kim Templeton, MD, from the University of Kansas and Dorit Donoviel, PhD, from the Translational Research Institute for Space Health. Their discourse not only broadened the discussion around these issues and the implications for women’s health as a whole, but indeed amplified the critical need for everyone to be rethinking how we approach healthcare delivery—ensuring it is personalized, precise and equitable given the differences we know exist between the sexes.
The entire virtual summit is available to watch free on demand: https://bit.ly/SoPM2026
