Alyson McGregor, MD MA FACEP
University of South Carolina
Biography
Alyson J. McGregor, MD MA FACEP is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and currently serves as Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. Dr. McGregor was the co-founder and Director of the Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications on biological sex differences and their impact on women’s health and was recently awarded an Honorary Degree in Science by the University of New Hampshire for her life’s work.
Dr. McGregor currently serves as a member of the Advisory Committee Research on Women’s Health for the Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health. She is a Co-Founder of the national organization Sex and Gender Health Collaborative and serves on the Advisory Council to the Sex and Gender Health Education Summit series which is designed to establish an integrative sex and gender curriculum for current and future health professionals. In her new role at the School of Medicine Greenville, Dr. McGregor is responsible for the development of over 1300 clinical faculty for which she has established novel programs for Emerging Leaders, a Clinical Educator Teaching Academy, and recently was awarded an NIH R25 Grant for the project Sex and Gender Curricular Assessment and Revision (SG-CAR).
Dr. McGregor’s TEDx talk, “Why Medicine Often Has Dangerous Side Effects for Women,” currently has over 2 million views, and her award-winning book “Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women’s Health and What We Can Do About It”. Dr. McGregor is excited to have recently published her second book entitled “Why Women Aren’t Winning at Health (But Can)” Published by WorldChangers Media.
Dr. McGregor currently serves as a member of the Advisory Committee Research on Women’s Health for the Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health. She is a Co-Founder of the national organization Sex and Gender Health Collaborative and serves on the Advisory Council to the Sex and Gender Health Education Summit series which is designed to establish an integrative sex and gender curriculum for current and future health professionals. In her new role at the School of Medicine Greenville, Dr. McGregor is responsible for the development of over 1300 clinical faculty for which she has established novel programs for Emerging Leaders, a Clinical Educator Teaching Academy, and recently was awarded an NIH R25 Grant for the project Sex and Gender Curricular Assessment and Revision (SG-CAR).
Dr. McGregor’s TEDx talk, “Why Medicine Often Has Dangerous Side Effects for Women,” currently has over 2 million views, and her award-winning book “Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women’s Health and What We Can Do About It”. Dr. McGregor is excited to have recently published her second book entitled “Why Women Aren’t Winning at Health (But Can)” Published by WorldChangers Media.
