Women’s HealthX marks World Maternal Mental Health Day with lineup of maternity care leaders

By Women’s HealthX

In recognition of World Maternal Mental Health Day, Women’s HealthX is placing a spotlight on one of the most urgent and under addressed areas in women’s health: maternal mental health and maternity care innovation.

Worldwide, 1 in 5 new mothers experiences a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder, yet up to 7 in 10 hide or downplay their symptoms.

Even within established care frameworks, this creates challenges for timely detection and treatment, highlighting the need for additional tools, insights, and system-level support to prevent long-term consequences for both mother and child.

Women’s HealthX convenes 750+ senior leaders from across the women’s health ecosystem, including pharma & biotech, hospitals, digital health innovators, solution providers, payers, enterprises & policy makers to explore how telehealth, predictive analytics, and digital health platforms are transforming maternal and postnatal care – from AI-driven early risk identification to remote monitoring solutions that keep mothers cognitively and emotionally supported long after they leave the clinic.

Key sessions on Maternity & Maternal Care with key industry leaders:

Key sessions dedicated to maternity and maternal mental health will address critical system challenges and opportunities for innovation, including fragmentation in care delivery, health inequities, and persistent maternal mortality rates in high income countries.

Featured speakers include:

Christina Pardo, medical director, women’s health, Weill Cornell Medicine NewYork Presbyterian, on “Bridge Existing Healthcare Gaps Caused by Fragmentation Between OB/GYN And Birth Workers.”

Gayatri Setia, director of preventive Cardiology, NYCHHC, on “Improve Patient Access to Prevention in Equalities and Discrimination in Maternity and Maternal Care”

Catherine Monk, founding director, Center for the Transition to Parenthood, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, on “Leveraging Developmental Neuroscience to Provide Improved Maternal Care”

Danielle Johnson, chief medical officer, Lindner Center of HOPE, on “Understanding the Scope of Disparities in Perinatal Mental Health”

Kimberley Sampson, chair of OB GYN, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, on “Why Maternal Mortality Persists in High-Income Countries”

Erica Smith, VP value and access, Chiesi, on “Empowering Mothers, Advancing Equity, and Improving Outcomes in Premature Care”

A Call to Action for the Femtech Ecosystem

As femtech continues to mature, maternal mental health represents a critical frontier where technology, data, and clinical insight must converge.

Women’s HealthX provides a platform for collaboration and knowledge sharing to accelerate the development and adoption of solutions that deliver measurable impact for mothers and families.

From predictive analytics to personalized, continuous care models, the event underscores a central theme: meaningful transformation in women’s health begins with better data, stronger evidence, and cross sector collaboration.

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About Women’s HealthX

Women’s HealthX is where the transformation of women’s health begins at its true foundation: data, science, and evidence.

It’s the leading event dedicated to closing the sex difference data gap and accelerating breakthroughs through science driven, real world case studies.

Taking place on December 3 to 4, 2026 in Boston, USA, the exhibition will bring together more than 750 healthcare leaders, including clinicians, payers, employers, investors, and policymakers.

7 different stages across 2 days with 150+ expert speakers taking an holistic approach to women’s health.

From fertility, maternity, sexual health, cognitive health, menopause and chronic disease, we address care at every stage of a woman’s life.