Sharon F. Terry

Sharon F. Terry (born November 16, 1956) is an American health advocate in San Diego, California.

[1] Her TEDMED talk[2] from 2017 has been viewed more than a million times, and was the subject of the TED Radio Hour.

[3] In 2009, she was elected an Ashoka Fellow[4] for her entrepreneurial work in engagement and the development of interventions for genetic conditions.

[12] In 2012, she received the Spirit of Empowerment Advocacy Award, Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered,[13] and was given an honorary professorship, at Hebei United University, Tangshan, China.

[19] Her work includes novel data-sharing projects such as Registries for All,[7] winner of the Transforming Health Systems Ashoka Changemakers Award.