Kateryna Ostrovska is a health policy and systems strategist with a background in family medicine and extensive leadership experience across Ukraine’s healthcare sector.

She has worked as a Health Governance Specialist with the United Nations Development Programme in conflict-affected regions and as a consultant with Deloitte on the USAID Health Reform Support Project, focusing on workforce policy.

From 2019 to 2025, she served as President of the Ukrainian Society for Gender and Anti-Aging Medicine. She is also a Fulbright alumna, having conducted research at the University of California, San Francisco.

Motivation:

Women's health is not a given — it is a political choice. And like all political choices, it requires sustained advocacy, institutional commitment, and continued visibility. This is precisely why I believe we must persevere in promoting women's health, especially within public health frameworks that are increasingly under pressure.

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Rosa Maria Bruno is Professor of Pharmacology at Université Paris Cité and Head of the Unit of Clinical Pharmacology at Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou.

She specialises in internal medicine and hypertension and is a member of the INSERM research team on arterial health and disease in women.

Her research focuses novel approaches for the non-invasive evaluation of vascular ageing in hypertension and other diseases, with particular attention to sex and gender differences. She holds leadership roles in several European scientific societies, including the Artery Society and the ESC Council on Hypertension.

Motivation
My work is motivated by the need to better integrate sex and gender into medical education and clinical practice. I am particularly interested in ensuring that gender medicine is no longer seen as a niche field, but as a fundamental component of healthcare. Advancing this integration remains a key priority.

Alexandra Kautzky-Willer is Professor of Gender Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna and Head of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Vienna General Hospital.

Her clinical expertise includes internal medicine, endocrinology, geriatrics, and palliative care.

Her research focuses on metabolic diseases and gender-specific medicine, particularly in diabetes and hormonal regulation. She is President of the Austrian Society of Gender-Specific Medicine and has received multiple national awards for her contributions.

Seong-Mi Park is Professor of Cardiology at Korea University Anam Hospital and Director of the Heart Failure and Echocardiography Laboratory and Rosetta Hall Women’s Heart Center.

Her clinical and research work focuses on myocardial function in heart failure, ischemic heart disease, and coronary microvascular dysfunction.

Her academic interests also include women’s cardiovascular health and the application of artificial intelligence in medicine. She has held leadership roles in multiple Korean cardiovascular societies.

Motivation:

My motivation grew from clinical experience, where I observed important differences between men and women in cardiovascular disease. Encounters with mentors in this field further strengthened my commitment to gender medicine. I aim to advance research and clinical practice that better reflect these differences.