SpEAKING engagements
Anushay Hossain, author of The Pain Gap and renowned women’s health expert, offers powerful insights on healthcare inequities, maternal health, and gender bias in medicine. Host Anushay at your event to spark meaningful discussions or collaborate with her to amplify awareness about critical women’s health issues and foster impactful conversations in your community.
Anushay's Keynote Topics
Keynote #1
Prioritizing Patients,
Believing Women
In this 50-minute keynote, followed by an optional Q&A, Anushay Hossain explores what it truly means to prioritize patients, focusing on the critical need to believe women and birthing people about their symptoms and pain. She highlights the dangers of “medical gaslighting,” which disproportionately impacts women of color, leading to alarming disparities in maternal health. Drawing on personal experiences and research, Anushay reveals how systemic biases and dismissing patient concerns undermine healthcare outcomes. This inspiring talk is a call to action for addressing inequities, confronting racial disparities, and rebuilding trust to drive transformative change in healthcare.
Keynote #2
Closing #ThePainGap in Women's Health: Why We Should All Be Invested
In this 30-minute keynote, followed by an optional Q&A, Anushay Hossain highlights the urgent need to close #ThePainGap in women’s health. Drawing from her upbringing in 1980s Bangladesh, where U.S.-led family planning initiatives reduced maternal mortality, she contrasts this progress with America’s preventable maternal health crisis today. Anushay examines the systemic inequities driving disparities, particularly for women of color, and emphasizes why addressing these issues benefits everyone. Through personal stories and research, she inspires audiences to confront healthcare inequities and invest in creating a system where all individuals have access to the care they deserve.
Keynote #3
Why Believing Women is Key to Changing Healthcare
In this 45-minute keynote, Anushay Hossain explores the pervasive medical bias that dismisses women’s pain, jeopardizing their health and impacting families and communities. Combining personal stories, research, and advocacy, she makes a compelling case for treating women’s health as a human rights issue. Anushay addresses the vital importance of believing women, offering practical insights into why this shift is critical to driving systemic change. This empowering talk inspires healthcare professionals and advocates to prioritize equity, close #ThePainGap, and create a more inclusive and transformative healthcare system for all.
Speaking engagements can be customized to suit various settings, ranging from intimate group discussions to expansive keynote events. Whether in-person or virtual, sessions can span from concise 30-minute presentations to comprehensive 90-minute sessions, with options for extended programming upon inquiry. Anushay has delivered impactful presentations at esteemed venues, including the National Press Club, Columbia University, Yale University, the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC), the American Hospital Association (AHA), Vertex Pharmaceuticals, America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH), March of Dimes, and more.