ICON-X founder and Executive Director, Dr Jill Goldstein, was honored to have been part of an extraordinary gathering yesterday, marking a pivotal moment in Women's Health Research. The announcement of $100 million in funding for Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)'s inaugural Sprint for Women’s Health, led by Dr. Jill Biden, is a testament to the power of collaboration, innovation, and sheer will power to bring this initiative forward to put women's health issues front and center in the conversation at the highest level of government.

Yesterday was filled with inspiration as I brainstormed alongside remarkable minds from Research/Academia, Femtech, Entrepreneurs, Women's Health Investors and Advocates.

For decades, and more recently with the 2018 launch of the Innovation Center on Sex Differences in Medicine (ICON-✘) at MGH, we have been advocating with our colleagues to not only enhance discoveries around sexdifferences/women's health in medicine but to translate them into what we call sex-selective diagnostictools and therapies. This ARPA-H women's health initiative will allow for the realization of that mission on a broad scale.

Witnessing FLOTUS, Dr. Jill Biden, spearhead this initiative fills us with hope and excitement to help move it forward successfully. This endeavor is set to transform the lives of countless women in America and beyond. Together, we will pave the way for a healthier, more equitable future and the realization of precision medicine.