Dr. Yahir Santiago-Lastra

So it's a really stark gap and that feeds into a lot of downstream effects. One example that I'll give the members in our audience is we now have more women reaching the age of menopause and being active and working than ever before. yet we know very little about how menopause impacts women. And in fact, we know very little about how hormones impact women.

And we've had to not only spend time unraveling those impacts, hormonal impacts, and how to mitigate the effects of menopause, but we also have had to fight against all of the decades of misinformation regarding those hormones. So those things actually challenge the workforce.

And we've had to not only spend time unraveling those impacts, hormonal impacts, and how to mitigate the effects of menopause, but we also have had to fight against all of the decades of misinformation regarding those hormones. So those things actually challenge the workforce.

And we've had to not only spend time unraveling those impacts, hormonal impacts, and how to mitigate the effects of menopause, but we also have had to fight against all of the decades of misinformation regarding those hormones. So those things actually challenge the workforce.

Because if you're in menopause and you want to work and you feel like you still have a lot to give, but you're having symptoms that aren't appropriately treated or diagnosed, that can be a huge impact to your ability to remain in the workforce.

Because if you're in menopause and you want to work and you feel like you still have a lot to give, but you're having symptoms that aren't appropriately treated or diagnosed, that can be a huge impact to your ability to remain in the workforce.

Because if you're in menopause and you want to work and you feel like you still have a lot to give, but you're having symptoms that aren't appropriately treated or diagnosed, that can be a huge impact to your ability to remain in the workforce.

There are different ways that women engage with society or different, shall we say, gender schema for women across the world. So the way that women navigate spaces in society. The Americas or in the United States will be very different than how women navigate spaces in Asia or in the Middle East or Africa.

There are different ways that women engage with society or different, shall we say, gender schema for women across the world. So the way that women navigate spaces in society. The Americas or in the United States will be very different than how women navigate spaces in Asia or in the Middle East or Africa.

There are different ways that women engage with society or different, shall we say, gender schema for women across the world. So the way that women navigate spaces in society. The Americas or in the United States will be very different than how women navigate spaces in Asia or in the Middle East or Africa.

There's different ways that women are perceived and different agencies that they might have in each of these arenas. So these impacts of knowing or not knowing about health can have more or less of an impact societally, but across the board, it is an impact because health is wealth. And so if we are not our healthiest best selves, that really impacts our ability to be income generators.

There's different ways that women are perceived and different agencies that they might have in each of these arenas. So these impacts of knowing or not knowing about health can have more or less of an impact societally, but across the board, it is an impact because health is wealth. And so if we are not our healthiest best selves, that really impacts our ability to be income generators.

There's different ways that women are perceived and different agencies that they might have in each of these arenas. So these impacts of knowing or not knowing about health can have more or less of an impact societally, but across the board, it is an impact because health is wealth. And so if we are not our healthiest best selves, that really impacts our ability to be income generators.

So that is extremely important. And The way I like to look at gender equity sometimes is looking at it as the ability to be productive and productivity to me doesn't mean making money necessarily. It means that we have limited time on this earth. And are we able to check all or very close to all of the boxes that we strive for in our life? You know, if we

So that is extremely important. And The way I like to look at gender equity sometimes is looking at it as the ability to be productive and productivity to me doesn't mean making money necessarily. It means that we have limited time on this earth. And are we able to check all or very close to all of the boxes that we strive for in our life? You know, if we

So that is extremely important. And The way I like to look at gender equity sometimes is looking at it as the ability to be productive and productivity to me doesn't mean making money necessarily. It means that we have limited time on this earth. And are we able to check all or very close to all of the boxes that we strive for in our life? You know, if we

If we seek to be partners, if we seek to have fun, travel, eat, drink, whatever, work, contribute to society, all of those things really depend on our wellness and our health. We have to be healthy in order to obtain those things. And so if there is already a gap in work,

If we seek to be partners, if we seek to have fun, travel, eat, drink, whatever, work, contribute to society, all of those things really depend on our wellness and our health. We have to be healthy in order to obtain those things. And so if there is already a gap in work,

If we seek to be partners, if we seek to have fun, travel, eat, drink, whatever, work, contribute to society, all of those things really depend on our wellness and our health. We have to be healthy in order to obtain those things. And so if there is already a gap in work,

health knowledge for women then you know it's a race that we're already starting from behind so that's why it becomes you know an incredibly important issue and then the other thing i wanted to mention when you made that point was you know how women are diagnosed with certain diseases or or maybe the persistence of symptoms without a diagnosis lasting longer for women