Sasha Ottey, MHA, MLS(ASCP)

Opening Plenary: Accelerating Progress, Expanding Access

Panel Topic: Name Change Perspectives

Sasha Ottey, MHA, MLS(ASCP) is the Founder and Executive Director of PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association, where she leads national and international efforts to advance PCOS care, research, and policy. She spearheads engagement with the U.S. Congress, FDA, CDC, and NIH to drive Patient-Focused Drug Development, hormone testing standardization, and trans-NIH collaboration on PCOS research. Sasha played a pivotal role in establishing the Bipartisan Congressional PCOS Caucus and helped drive the first successful U.S. legislative effort for PCOS.

Under her leadership, PCOS Challenge serves nearly 60,000 members and has educated thousands of patients and healthcare professionals through its symposia since 2013. She also founded World PCOS Day and leads collaborative initiatives to align research, policy, and clinical practice. Her work focuses on advancing patient-centered research and interagency collaboration to close critical knowledge gaps, improve treatment development, and strengthen systems of care for people with PCOS.

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).