Virtual PCOS Advocacy Day - March 4, 2021
2021-03-04 08:30:00
Training
Write Your Rep
PCOS Advocacy Day Presented by PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association. Share your story, meet elected officials and staff in the U.S. Congress to advocate for increased PCOS research and improved care.

Sasha Ottey, MHA, MT (ASCP)

Executive Director, PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association


Sasha Ottey is Founder and Executive Director of PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association.

Serving  55,000 members, PCOS Challenge is the leading patient support and advocacy organization for women and girls with PCOS. The organization touches the lives of women with PCOS and their supporters each year through television and radio programming, support groups, grants, health screenings and awareness, education and advocacy initiatives. Since PCOS Challenge began in 2008, the organization has helped women overcome struggles with infertility, weight gain, hirsutism, anxiety and depression and reduce their risk for life-threatening related conditions including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Sasha started PCOS Challenge after she was diagnosed with PCOS and experienced great dissatisfaction with the availability of support resources for women with the condition. As Executive Director of PCOS Challenge, Sasha built a coalition of over 70 major national and international health organizations and led the first successful legislative advocacy effort in the U.S. Congress to recognize the seriousness of PCOS, the need for further research, improved treatment and care options, and for a cure for PCOS and to designate September as PCOS Awareness Month. Sasha also created the PCOS Awareness Symposium, the largest event globally dedicated to polycystic ovary syndrome, which has educated thousands of patients and healthcare professionals about PCOS since 2013. In 2018, Sasha helped organize the first International Conference on PCOS in India for both patients and healthcare providers.

Sasha is a Clinical and Research Microbiologist with a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Laboratory Science from Howard University and a Master’s in Health Administration from the University of Phoenix. Prior to founding PCOS Challenge, Sasha was a contract research microbiologist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Other Speakers

Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz - PCOS Advocacy Day SpeakerU.S. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Congresswoma Jenniffer González Colón - PCOS Advocacy Day SpeakerU.S. Congresswoman Jenniffer González Colón
PCOS Advocacy Day Speaker - Lauren AshLauren Ash
PCOS Advocacy Day Speaker - Maci BookoutMaci Bookout
Candice Carter - PCOS Advocacy Day SpeakerCandice Lewis-Carter
Lateshia Pearson - PCOS Advocacy Day 2021 SpeakerLateshia Pearson
Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBARicardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA
Anuja Dokras MD - PCOS Awareness Symposium SpeakerAnuja Dokras, MD, PhD
Tania S. Burgert MD - PCOS Advocacy Day SpeakerTania S. Burgert, MD
Katherine Sherrif, MD - PCOS Advocacy Day SpeakerKatherine Sherif, MD
Robert Wild, MD - PCOS Advocacy Day 2021 Featured SpeakerRobert A. Wild, MD, MPH, PhD
Melanie Cree-Green, MD - PCOS Advocacy Day SpeakerMelanie Cree-Green, MD, PhD
Angela Grassi, RD - PCOS Advocacy Day SpeakerAngela Grassi, MS, RD, LDN
Barb Collura, RESOLVE - PCOS Advocacy Day SpeakerBarbara Collura
Martha McKittrick, RD - PCOS Advocacy Day SpeakerMartha McKittrick, RD, CDE, CHWC
William Patterson - Director of Public AffairsWilliam Patterson
About PCOS Challenge
PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association
PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association is the leading organization advocating for and shaping public policy with regard to individuals impacted by polycystic ovary syndrome. PCOS Challenge works with the U.S. Congress, federal and local government agencies on public policy and legislation affecting people with polycystic ovary syndrome. Our efforts help improve and expand access to care and increase funding for PCOS research.

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