Dr. Alyson J. McGregor is a physician, researcher, writer, and advocate. She is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and serves as Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development at University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville.

Dr. McGregor was the co-founder and Director for the Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University from 2010-2020 where her research on the roles sex and gender play in emergent conditions has made her a spokesperson and advocate for women around the world.

Dr. McGregor currently serves as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health. She is a Co-Founder of the national organization Sex and Gender Health Collaborative She has published over 100 peer-review publications in sex, gender, diversity, medical education and women’s health.

Dr. McGregor’s TEDx talk, “Why Medicine Often Has Dangerous Side Effects for Women,” currently has over 1.8 million views and her latest book “Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women’s Health and What We Can Do About It” has won several awards including Gold Book of the Year for the Stevie Awards Women in Business.

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