{"id":736,"date":"2020-02-09T11:57:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T16:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pcoschallenge.org\/symposium\/?page_id=736"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:50:15","slug":"event-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pcoschallenge.org\/symposium\/boston\/event-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10px&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5856&#8243; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/pcoschallenge.org\/symposium\/boston\/register\/&#8221;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Event Overview<\/h3>\n<p><strong>PCOS\/PMOS Awareness Symposium 2026 &#8211; Boston<\/strong> is a full-day educational program presented by PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association and the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.<\/p>\n<p>The symposium brings patient experience, clinical expertise and research insight together to help people affected by PCOS gain clearer answers, practical guidance and resources for navigating care. The symposium also gives healthcare professionals and researchers opportunities to strengthen their understanding of PCOS, examine persistent gaps and better align care and research with patient priorities.<\/p>\n<p>PCOS is an endocrine and metabolic condition with reproductive health consequences that can affect health across life stages. The symposium addresses the need for better-informed care, more comprehensive support, stronger professional education and continued progress in PCOS research and treatment development.<\/p>\n<h3>Target Audience<\/h3>\n<p>The full-day symposium is designed for patients, supporters, healthcare professionals, researchers and partners interested in PCOS care, treatment, research and access.<\/p>\n<p>A separate half-day adolescent program is designed for teens living with PCOS\/PMOS and students interested in health, research, policy and innovation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<h3>Topics Covered<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Patient perspectives and lived experiences<\/li>\n<li>Nutrition, GLP-1s and other medications<\/li>\n<li>PCOS across life stages, symptoms and health priorities<\/li>\n<li>Hair and skin symptoms<\/li>\n<li>Mental, reproductive and metabolic health<\/li>\n<li>Questions, care goals and next steps for provider conversations<\/li>\n<li>The PCOS\/PMOS naming transition and its implications<\/li>\n<li>Patient priorities for care, research and treatment development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #E8F7F7; border-left: 4px solid #0AA2A0; padding: 16px 20px; margin-bottom: 50px;\">\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> A new name for PCOS was recently announced: polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS. 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