Women's Health Career Pathways: Jessica Badlam
19 November 2026
19 November 2026 @ 16:00 GMT
Join us for the inaugural webinar in the 'Women's Health Career Pathways' series, a new initiative from the PVRI Women's Health Task Force that explores the personal and professional journeys of leaders working across women's health and pulmonary hypertension (PH). The series was developed as an interview-style format, focusing on one guest at a time to allow for deeper storytelling and practical career insights.
In this inaugural session, Jessica Badlam, will share her career journey, reflect on key decisions and challenges, and discuss the lessons she's learned along the way. We'll also explore how considering sex and gender has influenced her scientific thinking, collaborations, and career development.
Topics include:
- building a career in PH and women's health research
- finding mentors and developing collaborations
- navigating opportunities, challenges, and setbacks
- developing a leadership and research identity
- the role of sex and gender in shaping research and career pathways
Our speaker
Jessica Badlam
Jessica Badlam is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Care Center at the University of Vermont (UVM). She co-leads the PVRI Women’s Health Task Force since it’s re-launch in 2025. Prior to joining the UVM Larner College of Medicine in 2018, she completed an Internal Medicine Residency on the Women’s Health track at the University of Pittsburgh and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship with a focus on Pulmonary Vascular Disease at the University of Colorado. In addition to her clinical interest in the intersection of women’s health and pulmonary vascular disease, her research focuses on the sex specific risk factors driving the female predominance in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Our speakers & moderators
Jessica Badlam, University of Vermont (UVM)
Aleksandra Babicheva, The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota
Daria Kostyunina, Imperial College London