30/09/2026
Murray Edwards recently hosted ‘Bridging Generations: Women’s Health, Wellbeing and Equity’, an interdisciplinary conference exploring women’s health and wellbeing.
The programme tackled a broad spectrum of contemporary research, spanning reproductive, intergenerational and maternal health, mental health and wellbeing, community engagement, global health, gender inequalities, policy, and lived experiences. One session explored the experiences of women affected by conflict and those seeking asylum or living as refugees, while another considered how multidisciplinary evidence can drive greater equity in women’s health.
Keynote speakers included Professor Krina Zondervan (Head of the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford) and Dr Tori Ford (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford). Their talks emphasised the ongoing need to address under-researched and stigmatised areas in women’s health. A strong emerging theme was the value of creating new interdisciplinary and inter-institutional partnerships to connect academic evidence more closely with clinical practice, communities and women’s lived experiences.
The conference was organised and co-chaired by Dr Shobhana (Shobi) Nagraj (Bye-Fellow, Murray Edwards College; Assistant Professor in Primary and Community Care, Department of Public Health and Primary Care) and Dr Laura Dearden (IMS-Epidemiology, University of Cambridge), as part of their theme lead roles for Health and Wellbeing Across Generations within Cambridge Reproduction. The conference comes at an especially meaningful time for Dr Nagraj, who has recently been elected a Fellow of the Medical Women’s Federation in recognition of her wider contributions to medicine and women’s health.
The conference contributed to the ongoing shared ambition to translate research into more inclusive and equitable approaches to women’s health at local, national and global scales.
