Overlooked Podcast: A New Way of Looking at Endometriosis, with Rowan Gardner
Endometriosis affects millions of women worldwide and remains one of the most under-diagnosed, misunderstood, and under-researched conditions in modern medicine. In this episode of the Overlooked podcast, PrecisionLife co-founder Rowan Gardner explores why women’s health must be understood as more than half of healthcare – not only because women have been historically understudied in biomedical research, but also due to the unique biological demands of carrying and delivering children.
Rowan discusses how PrecisionLife is using advanced combinatorial analytics and genomic insights to reveal that endometriosis is not one disease, but a collection of mechanistically distinct subtypes. By identifying the specific biological drivers behind each subtype, this work is helping to accelerate precision diagnostics, targeted therapies, and more personalized care pathways.
She also highlights the scale of the opportunity ahead – solving women’s health challenges like endometriosis is not only a moral and medical imperative, but also a $1 trillion global economic opportunity, with the potential to reduce healthcare burden, enable earlier interventions, and improve quality of life for millions.
This episode shines a light on why traditional one-size-fits-all approaches have failed women for decades, and how precision medicine is finally creating a path toward effective, personalized treatment.
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A New Way of Looking at Endometriosis, with Rowan Gardner