USA Today’s Honors Women in Healthcare
These honorees are strong and resilient women who have been champions
of change across the country, leading and inspiring as they promote
and fight for equity, and give others a place to seek help and find hope.
Daisa Taylor – Iowa
This 19-year-old invented an infection-detecting suture and then founded an inclusion-focused medical device company. “I’m not your average science kid,” she says.
Naja Bazzy – Michigan
An interfaith leader widely considered an ambassador for Muslim health care and ethics, she has spent more than three decades in critical care and transcultural nursing.
Anne McNulty – Nevada
As the executive director of Care Chest, she expanded the nonprofit across the entire state, providing life-changing medical resources for people living in poverty.