Ep17: Dr. Alyson McGregor, MD on sex and gender, bias, and the importance of awareness

What is sex vs. gender? How visible are these? How does bias related to sex or gender play a role in medicine? I highly recommend listening in to Dr. McGregor, as everyone can make a difference. Dr. Alyson J. McGregor is a women’s health pioneer who is an expert in sex and gender differences in acute medical care. She was a Professor of Emergency Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and is currently the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville.  Dr. McGregor is also a Co-Founder for the national organization Sex and Gender Women’s Health Collaborative (https://sgwhc.org/).  Her TEDx talk, “Why Medicine Often Has Dangerous Side Effects for Women,” (https://www.ted.com/talks/alyson_mcgregor_why_medicine_often_has_dangerous_side_effects_for_women) currently has over 1.7 million views, and she has over ninety peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals on the topic of sex and gender. She’s also the lead editor for the medical textbook, Sex and Gender in Acute Care Medicine (Cambridge University Press, 2016; https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/medicine/emergency-medicine/sex-and-gender-acute-care-medicine?format=PB).