Saralyn Mark Biography

Saralyn Mark, MD, an endocrinologist, geriatrician and women's health specialist is the founder, president and CEO of SolaMed Solutions, LLC, a boutique consulting firm. In this capacity, she has served as a medical and scientific policy advisor providing scientific and strategic direction for organizations and agencies including the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Strategic Investment Fund, academia, industry, and non-governmental and professional society organizations. She is also the founder and president of iGIANT®, the only nonprofit in the world accelerating the translation of research into gender/sex-specific design elements across all sectors.

Dr. Mark was the first Senior Medical Advisor to the Office on Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services for 11 years and to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for 18 years and now serves on the NASA Steering Committee on Precision Innovation for Space Exploration.

As Senior Medical Advisor, Dr. Mark was responsible for the development and analysis of initiatives and programs on emerging technologies, public health preparedness, physician workforce issues, sex and gender-based medicine and women's health on Earth and in space.

As a pioneer in women's health, she designed the first women's health fellowship in the United States, helped create the National Centers of Leadership in Academic Medicine, the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health in academic and community health centers across the country and landmark educational campaigns on critical health issues.

Dr. Mark is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and had been the civilian representative to the Surgeon General Physician Advisory Committee. She has chaired or served on over 60 national and international editorial and advisory boards, commissions and task forces including the President's Interagency Council on Women, the National Institutes of Health Federal Work Group on Bone Diseases, the NASA Medical Policy Board, NCQA HEDIS Measurement Advisory Panel, the United Nations (UN) Global Commission on Women's Health, the UN Council on Gender Health, APCO Worldwide International and Healthcare Advisory Councils, the Society for Women's Health Research Board, and the Dean’s Scientific Advisory Board for George Mason University. She is the lead/spokesperson on COVID-19 for the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and the XPrize Health and Pandemic Alliance Brain Trust.

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