About this event
- Date and time Tue 29 Oct 2024 from 6:00pm to 8:15pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Public Engagement Programme
We are honoured to announce that Professor Dame Lesley Regan DBE, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Past President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Chair of Wellbeing of Women, and England’s first government-appointed Women’s Health Ambassador, will deliver the 2024 Jephcott Lecture. This lecture will provide a deeper understanding of the intricacies of women's health and highlight the wide range of benefits to society that can be achieved by its improvement. Following the lecture, we invite you join us for a complimentary drinks reception.
Dame Lesley Regan undertook much of her clinical training in Cambridge, where she was also a teaching fellow and Director of Studies in Medicine at Girton College. Subsequently, she assumed the role of a consultant and senior lecturer in obstetrics and gynaecology at St Mary’s Hospital, where she currently serves as the chair. Notably, she was one of the first women to hold a chair in obstetrics and gynaecology in the UK.
In 2016, Dame Lesley was elected as President at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, becoming only the second woman to hold this role and the first for 64 years. During her 3 year tenure, she advocated for a life course approach to women’s health and emphasised the significance of lifestyle improvements, such as tackling obesity, to ensure better pregnancy outcomes.
As the co-director of the UK’s Baby Bio Bank (BBB), a pregnancy tissue archive established in 2013 by University College London and Imperial College London with funding from Wellbeing of Women, Dame Lesley Regan actively contributes to advancing translational research on major complications of pregnancy. Her exemplary service to women's healthcare was recognised with the prestigious appointment of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2020. Additionally, in 2021, she was honoured with the Inspiration of the Year award by Hello Magazine.
By attending, you will:
- Gain insight into the far-reaching impacts of women's health on broader societal well-being.
- Deepen your understanding the importance of improving women’s health.
Agenda
View the programme
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Chair: Professor Gillian Leng CBE, President, Royal Society of Medicine
Optimising women’s health benefits everyone in society
Professor Dame Lesley Regan DBE, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College London, Past President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Chair, Wellbeing of Women
Questions and answers
Vote of thanks
Close of meeting
Drinks reception
All welcome
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close on Monday 28 October at 1:00am (GMT). Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.