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Menstrual-health pioneer, researcher, advocate and performance artist.

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Bridging healthcare, research,

culture, lived experience and social activism.​​​​​

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Kate Shepherd Cohen is an award winning menstrual-health pioneer, researcher and performance artist, and the Founder & CEO of Menstrual Cycle Support — the UK’s first non-clinical menstrual-health service delivered through GP referral on social prescription. 

 

Kate's work bridges policy, healthcare, academia, lived experience and the arts, ensuring that menstrual literacy and equity are advanced through both systemic change and cultural engagement.

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In 2026/27 she tours I Am a Menstrualist – a research-led performance-lecture with a participatory creative element, blending scholarship, lived experience and artistic practice to deepen public understanding of menstrual culture and identity.

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E X T E N D E D  B I O

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A  C  C  R  E  D  I  T  A  T  I  O N  S  
A  W  A  R  D  S ,
A  F  F  I  L  I  A  T  I  O  N  S

L E A D E R S H I P

  • Founder & CEO, Menstrual Cycle Support (MCS) – delivering menstrual health and literacy on social prescription

  • Creator and 2026 touring performer of the performance-lecture I Am a Menstrualist

M E D I A &
P U B L I C
E N G A G E M E N T

A W A R D S

  • Global Social Prescribing Innovation Award, Global Social Prescribing Summit 2026

  • Millennium Award recipient, UnLtd Foundation, 2023

  • Innovator of the Year, International Social Prescribing Awards, 2021​​

P R O F E S S I O N A L
M E M B E R S H I P S

  • Society for Menstrual Cycle Research

  • Menstrual Rights Global Collective

  • Global South Coalition For Dignified Menstruation

  • College of Medicine & Integrative Health

  • British Society of Lifestyle Medicine

  • Alliance for Innovation in Social Prescribing 

  • Personalised Care Leadership Network 

  • Red School Alumna

R E S E A R C H &
P O L I C Y

  • Researcher in Contemporary Menstruation Studies, supervised by Dr Lara Owen (2024-25)

  • Member, James Lind Alliance Steering Group for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

  • Presenter at leading menstrual research conferences, including the 4M Consortium and the Menstruation Research Network

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