The Women’s Health Data Gap: Why Diagnostics Are Decades Behind - Marra Francis, MD

Diagnosing Dx · Mar 12, 2026 · 48m

In this first episode of Diagnosing WDx, the new women’s health-focused sister series from Diagnosing Dx, I’m joined by Marra Francis, MD, board-certified OB-GYN, women’s health expert, and advisor to multiple early-stage diagnostics companies.

Recorded in the week of International Women’s Day, this conversation explores one of the biggest blind spots in healthcare: the historic and ongoing gap in women’s diagnostics.

Marra breaks down why women were excluded from clinical trials for decades, why many diagnostics and therapeutics still used today were originally studied in men, and why…