ISSWSH 2026 Recap: Testosterone, Research Funding, and Women's Sexual Pleasure with Dr. Tami Rowen
About this episode
Dr. Tami Rowen discusses the insights from the ISSWSH 2026 conference, focusing on sexual medicine research and women's sexual pleasure.
Sexual medicine is underfunded, misunderstood, and often dismissed. But it's also one of the most collaborative fields in healthcare. Dr. Tami Rowen recaps this year's ISSWSH conference and what it revealed about where the field is heading. Dr. Rowen is the current president elect of ISSWSH and has been instrumental in shaping sexual medicine education and research. We recorded this right after the 2026 ISSWSH conference in Long Beach, which had almost 600 attendeesone of our biggest conferences yet. We discuss the standout research from the meeting, including award winning work on sexual function after gender-affirming hysterectomy and why most top abstracts focused on sexual pleasure rather than prevention. We talk about the reality of research funding in sexual medicine, why industry support creates conflicts of interest that look bigger than they are, and how lack of NIH funding means we have almost no treatment options for conditions like vulvodynia. We also dive into testosterone therapy why it's controversial, what the data actually shows versus what social media claims, and why Dr. Rowen doesn't treat hormone levels but rather treats individuals with specific goals. We…
More episodes of Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones
- Understanding Orgasms: Science, Solutions, and Why Doctors Don't Ask with Dr. Lauren Streicher
- Pelvic Venous Disorders, Chronic Pain, and the Pelvic Floor with Dr. Julie Baron
- Labiaplasty, Anatomy, Overdoing It, Traveling for Surgery & Prevention with Dr. Dahlia Rice
- Fertility Myths, Egg Freezing, and The Lucky Egg with Dr. Lucky Sekhon
- How We Treat Pelvic Pain, Painful Sex, and Sexual Dysfunction
- Functional Strength Training, Nutrition, and Midlife Reset with Katalin Rodriguez-Ogren
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones podcast page.