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Boston Women in Bioinformatics 2026 Fall Fundraiser logo, themed around women's health research

2026 Fall Fundraiser:
The Data, Tech, and Opportunities Driving a New Era of Women's Health

Eli Lilly, Seaport, Boston, MA

Every dataset, pipeline, and model reflects the assumptions of its creators. What scientific knowledge might we have today if women’s perspectives had been fully represented throughout history? Join Boston Women in Bioinformatics for an evening of dinner, a panel discussion, networking, and a raffle and silent auction with researchers, industry scientists, and data professionals exploring this question through the lens of federal policy, data infrastructure, reproductive and consumer health research, the $2.6B women’s health VC landscape, and the future of the field.

This is one of our rare ticketed events. Proceeds support BWIB’s year-round programming, networking events, and community resources.

Schedule

  • 5:00–5:45 PM: Registration & Networking
  • 5:45–6:30 PM: Opening Remarks (Yevgenia Khodor, BWIB President; Gold Sponsor Spotlights; Eli Lilly)
  • 6:30–7:30 PM: Panel & Q&A
  • 7:30–9:00 PM: Dinner, Networking, Raffle & Silent Auction

Pricing

Early Bird Pricing (through Sept 18): Professional $70 · Student $45

Regular Pricing (after Sept 18): Professional $80 · Student $55

Student perk: the first 25 student registrants get a FREE ticket to the Women’s HealthX Conference this December ($99 value), including Career Zone access.

Keynote Speakers

  • Ashley Abel, Ph.D. — CEO & Co-Founder, Metri Bio
  • Brandi Davis-Dusenbery, Ph.D. — Principal (Partner), ZS
  • Shruthi Mahalingaiah, M.D., M.S. — Associate Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Ida Moeller, Ph.D. — Vice President, Head of Data Science and Computational Biology, Eli Lilly and Company
  • Sheri Simmons, Ph.D. — CSO, MaaT Pharma & Founder, KMS Bioinnovation Consulting, LLC

Sponsors

Thanks to our sponsors for supporting this event:

Interested in sponsoring future events? Reach out to sponsorship@boston-wib.org.

Support BWIB

Boston Women in Bioinformatics is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. If you’d like to support our work beyond attending, you can donate here.

Code of Conduct:

This event is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment in any form. Anyone violating these rules may be sanctioned or banned from attending at the discretion of the conference organizers. Please contact the organizers through lu.ma messaging/Slack, if you feel someone has broken the code of conduct.

Original source and credit:http://2012.jsconf.us/#/about &The Ada Initiative

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