Jamie White

Jamie White is the Founder and CEO of innovative Health Science (iHS) Strategies, LLC. Previously, she acted as the Health Science Strategy and Relations Lead at the NIH Office of Research on Women’ Health (ORWH). In this position, she provided strategic guidance to leadership concerning policy and programmatic challenges in science, health, and the biomedical workforce that were of significance to the agency. In addition, she conducted a wide range of staff functions involving strategy, visioning, and process planning, as well as created and sustained external and internal partnerships through strategic engagement, including the Innovation Equity Forum (IEF). Jamie began her career at NIH as a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) – (STEM track), serving as the Special Assistant to the Director of ORWH. Prior to working for NIH, she was a Laboratory Analyst that developed methodologies for the destruction of chemical weapons at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot program and a Research Chemist at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

She has expertise in multiple disciplines, including global women’s health innovation, sex, gender & intersectionality, analytical chemistry, behavioral neuroendocrinology, bioethics and policy. Jamie has published several peer reviewed articles and frequently speaks at both domestic and international forums. Recently, Jamie was awarded the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Presidential Recognition Award,  First in Femtech Award, third NIH Director’s Award, and named in the 200 Trailblazing Leaders in Women’s Health and FemTech for her work on the Women’s Health Innovation Opportunity Map. She attained her graduate degree in neuroscience at Tulane University and is a proud alumna of Spelman College and the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. Currently, she is on the Advisory Board of the Women’s Health Innovation Series, member of the MedTech Color Community Collaborative and serves on the XPrize Global Visioneering Brain Trust – Health.