A productive partnership for women's health, with Dr. Will Walker

About this episode

Dr. Ralph Ford discusses women's health initiatives with Dr. Will Walker at Penn State Behrend.

Dr. Ralph Ford, chancellor of Penn State Behrend, talks with Dr. Will Walker, director of the college's Women's Health Innovation and Science Translational Lab, about how Behrend's role in the MWRI-Erie initiative is helping to benefit medical research, undergraduate learning experiences, and the broader Erie community. Originally recorded on November 14, 2025.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Ralph Ford

Guest: Dr. Will Walker

Topics covered

• women's health
• medical research
• undergraduate learning
• community impact
• innovation

Keywords

• women's health
• medical research
• Penn State Behrend
• Erie community
• innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Penn State Behrend, MWRI-Erie

Places: Erie

More episodes of Behrend Talks: A Penn State Podcast

• Creating the sneaker of the future, with Tiffany Beers · May 17, 2026 · 38 min
• Engineering the next generation of space travel, with Julia Cecchetti · April 17, 2026 · 35 min
• Supporting Erie’s business community, with Brandon Mendoza · January 16, 2026 · 44 min
• What COVID taught us about health care, with Dr. Ala Stanford · October 24, 2025 · 41 min
• Supporting family-owned businesses, with Dr. Christopher Harben · September 26, 2025 · 33 min
• The rapid evolution of AI, with Dr. Tiffany Petricini and Kyle Chalupczynski · July 4, 2025 · 59 min