Janet B. Henrich, M.D. - Whitney Center
Janet B. Henrich, M.D.
Director

Janet Henrich

Dr. Henrich is Professor of Medicine and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, at the Yale School of Medicine, and Assistant Chair for Women and Gender Equity, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Medicine, Yale Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Henrich has a longstanding commitment to women’s health and gender equity. At Yale, she directed one of the vanguard National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health, designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and helped create innovative, interdisciplinary women’s health education and training models. Nationally, she served as Special Assistant at the National Institutes of Health and, with colleagues at other government agencies and policy-making organizations, made recommendations to Congress on women’s health education and training. She served as Head of Trumbull College, Yale University, from 1997 to 2013, and was Co-Founder and Faculty Advisor to the Yale College Living History Project, a collaboration with Yale-New Haven Hospital. Currently, she is Director of the Women and Gender Health Education Program in the Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine.