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#StreisandinDC: WHA co-founder Barbra Streisand addresses NIH

The Washington Post’s Reliable Source and Politico’s Playbook were among the news media that covered Women’s Heart Alliance co-founder Barbra Streisand’s visit to D.C. to address the National Institutes of Health for the prestigious J. Edward Rall Cultural Lecture on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Read more here.

Here are some of the highlights:

“Better understanding of sex differences will not only fill in critical gaps in women’s health, but can improve men’s health as well,” Barbra Streisand, delivering the 2018 J. Edward Rall Lecture at the NIH, on May 15.

Barbra Streisand thanks NIH Director Francis Collins, “You have done a lot by introducing female mice in the laboratories.”

Leaders in their fields, advocates for women’s health equity, together at the NIH on May 15, 2018: NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, WHA co-founder Barbra Streisand, NIAID Director Anthony Fauci.