GWISE Spring Keynote featuring Mary Woolley

Mary Woolley is the President & CEO of Research!America, an alliance that advocates for science, discovery, and innovation to achieve better health for all.

Woolley received a bachelor of science from Stanford University and a master of arts from San Francisco State University. Woolley holds two honorary doctoral degrees, from the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) and Wayne State University. In her early career, Woolley served as San Francisco project director for the then largest-ever NIH-funded clinical trial, the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT). She has been honored with numerous awards for her work on behalf of medical research.

Woolley has served as president and CEO of Research!America since 1990. Under her leadership, Research!America has earned the attention and respect of elected and appointed officials, researchers in the public, private and academic sectors, media, and community leaders with its record of innovation in advocacy for research. She has a 30-year editorial and publication history on science advocacy and research-related topics in Nature, Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, and The Journal of the American Medical Association. Her op-eds and letters to the editor are published in newspapers and magazines from coast to coast including The New York Times and Washington Post. She is a sought-after speaker and is frequently interviewed by science, news and policy journalists and has received recognition by PBS as an “Unsung Heroine.”

We are so excited to have Mary share her experiences as a research and policy advocate. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session and networking lunch. RSVP using the link below to join GWISE on March 27th!