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Brian Wallach is an attorney and ALS patient. In the aftermath of his diagnosis in November 2017, he and his wife founded I AM ALS, a patient-led, patient-centric movement to...
Donald Warne is associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He also directs the Indians Into Me...
Elizabeth Wayne is an assistant professor in biomedical engineering and chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. An advocate for women in higher education, she is a...
Alan Weil is editor in chief of Health Affairs, a leading American health policy journal, and directs the Aspen Institute’s Health Strategy Group. Previously, he was executive...
Leana Wen is president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Previously, she was Baltimore city health commissioner, overseeing m...
Ruth Westheimer is a psychosexual therapist and media personality. She sprang to national attention in the early 1980s with her live radio program, “Sexually Speaking,” which...
Ryan White is a documentary filmmaker who directed and produced Ask Dr. Ruth, a film about sex therapist Ruth Westheimer that premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2019. He was...
Mary Woolley has been president and CEO of Research!America, an alliance working to prioritize research to improve health, since 1990. She is a Fellow of the American Associat...
Lauren Wright is founder and CEO of The Natural Nipple, a bottle that offers continuity between breast and bottle feeding which she hopes will empower moms to breastfeed, prom...
Maryjane Wurth is executive vice president and COO of the American Hospital Association, where in addition to providing overall strategic direction, she advances an agenda for...
Jocelyn Wyatt is the CEO of IDEO.org, the nonprofit design organization that she co-founded in 2011 after leading IDEO’s social innovation practice. Prior to joining IDEO in 2...
Megan Wyatt is managing director for programs and strategy at the Bezos Family Foundation, which supports rigorous, inspired learning environments for young people, from birth...