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October 2021
Menopause Mindfulness: Exploring Menopause’s Effect on Health and Well-Being
On October 26, 2021, SWHR hosted the congressional briefing, “Menopause Mindfulness: Exploring Menopause's Effect on Health and Well-Being,” where panelists shared information about menopause, including the health risks for women during this life stage and the stigma often associated with menopause and aging.
May 2022
Policy for the People Health Equity Virtual Summit
The 2022 Health Equity Summit provides attendees the opportunity to engage in an in-depth discussion with subject-matter experts, community and business leaders, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Subjects include access to equitable health resources in maternal care and addressing issues in chronic illness disproportionately impacting Black communities. REGISTER
July 2022
Taking Heed of Alzheimer’s Disease: Recognizing and Responding to a Coming Crisis
SWHR, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s, and the National Alliance for Caregiving hosted a national webinar and congressional briefing to discuss Alzheimer’s disease and its disproportionate impact on women, and in particular women of color, as well as its health, social, and economic toll on both patients and caregivers.
September 2022
Public Health Approaches to Addressing Health Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Please join UsAgainstAlzheimer’s Center for Brain Health Equity on September 15 for a virtual Congressional briefing on the state of Alzheimer’s disease in the United States. Speakers will highlight how health inequities deeply affects people living with Alzheimer’s, especially in Black and Latino communities, and how a public health approach to Alzheimer’s, led by the CDC is operating. Confirmed Congressional Briefing Participants include: Dr. Lisa McGuire, PhD, Lead, Alzheimer’s Disease Team, Healthy Aging Branch, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health…
The STEM Gap: Building the Pathways for Women of Color in STEM Careers | WCPI Policy Briefing
This event is hosted by the Women's Congressional Policy Institute in cooperation with Congresswomen Madeleine Dean and Jenniffer González-Colón and Co-Chairs, Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues and Congresswomen Lucy McBath and Kat Cammack Vice-Chairs, Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. The Women’s Congressional Policy Institute (WCPI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy organization whose mission is to bring together a community of bipartisan women policymakers and trusted partners to advance issues of importance to women, develop the next generation of women…
Congressional Briefing: Advances in the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Retinal Diseases
On Wednesday, September 21, The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) will host two important events in conjunction with the Eighth Annual Emerging Vision Scientists Day on Capitol Hill. Congressional Briefing: Advances in the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Retinal Diseases 12:30 – 1:30 pm, House Rayburn Office Building, Room 2060 Held during International AMD Awareness Week 2022 and Healthy Aging Month, this Briefing begins AEVR’s Eighth Annual Emerging Vision Scientists Day on Capitol Hill. The briefing features…
January 2023
Friends of ORWH Congressional Reception
The Friends of the Office of Research on Women’s Health invite you to a congressional reception in celebration of Women’s Health Research Day, which commemorates the implementation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) in January 2016. The day aims to raise awareness of the historical underrepresentation of women in clinical trials, the importance of designing basic, preclinical, and biomedical research studies in females and males, and the need to disaggregate and…
Pregnant and Lactating Populations in Research: How Leaving These Populations Out Leaves Them Behind
During this congressional briefing and national webinar, panelists explored certain areas of research where the exclusion of these groups has resulted in an inability to support them, how federal research investments could improve outcomes, and where there is opportunity—both at the legislative and regulatory level—moving forward.
February 2023
PRGLAC Then and Now: Where We Are and Where We’re Going
During this congressional briefing and national webinar, designed specifically for—but not limited to—members of the 118th Congress, panelists reviewed the state of PRGLAC, the PRGLAC recommendations and their implementation status and the current legislative and regulatory landscape.
May 2023
Discovery, Development, Delivery: Understanding the Biomedical Research and Development Pipeline
May is Lupus Awareness Month, an opportune time to explore the “process behind progress” in the fight against this and other high cost, high burden diseases. Please join Research!American on Monday, May 22 for an in-person lunch briefing with speakers representing the full spectrum of the health and medical research continuum, who will discuss their roles tackling research into and treatments for lupus and other diseases from bench to bedside. The briefing, Discovery, Development, Delivery: Understanding the Biomedical Research and…