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2.24.25 | Menopause
Incorporating Midlife Health Priorities into Work-Life Balance during Menopause

This January, SWHR hosted a roundtable meeting to better understand the impact of menopause on women’s health in the workplace and discuss how health care providers, employers, and coworkers can better support women who are working throughout their menopause transition.

2.18.25
SWHR Announces Two Honorees, Keynote for 35th Anniversary Annual Awards Gala  

SWHR will recognize Kim Love and Teresa Woodruff, PhD for their commitments to improving women’s health at this year’s event.

2.13.25
SWHR Celebrates 35 Years of Making Women’s Health Mainstream 

SWHR is proud to celebrate 35 years since its incorporation and the Society’s remarkable 35-year history of groundbreaking advocacy and advancement in women’s health.

2.12.25 | Alzheimer's Disease
Bridging Gaps in Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis and Care

Understanding the critical intersection between Alzheimer’s disease and women’s health, SWHR convened a roundtable of interdisciplinary experts. This discussion expanded on SWHR’s decades-long work in brain health.

1.31.25 | Women's Health Perspective
Brandy Hopkins’s Endometriosis Journey

Ever since my late teens, I had irregular and painful periods. I didn't know this was unusual.

1.30.25 | Research and Clinical Trials
SWHR Releases First Women’s Health Research Agenda

SWHR is pleased to introduce its first Women’s Health Research Agenda, published in the Journal of Women’s Health this January.

1.24.25 | Research and Clinical Trials
Reflections for Women’s Health Research Day

Women’s Health Research Day is celebrated on January 25 each year to mark the anniversary of the implementation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) in 2016.

1.6.25
Society Welcomes Two Board Members in 2025

SWHR is pleased to welcome Kim Love and Tamara Day Shriver to its Board of Directors in 2025. These two women will bring unique personal and professional insights to SWHR’s current Board.

12.17.24 | Cancer
Rising Breast Cancer Rates Among Younger Women: Trends, Risk Factors, and Racial Disparities

The most common cause of cancer-related deaths among younger women (under age 50) is breast cancer.

11.8.24 | Women's Health Perspective
Eme’s Endometriosis Journey

My story with endometriosis is still being written. I started my period at ten years old, and I can't remember a time that my periods were not painful.