The COVID-19 pandemic has imperiled the careers of many women in the biomedical workforce as they face disproportionately greater caregiving responsibilities at home and related productivity losses at work.
BlogSWHR brought together a group of patients, clinicians, researchers and other relevant stakeholders for a daylong roundtable meeting to identify unmet needs and knowledge gaps in endometriosis.
BlogIn June, SWHR hosted leaders from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) at the Society’s quarterly Policy Advisory Council meeting to share PCORI’s research portfolio and how they are working to advance women’s health.
BlogAwards dinner honors visionaries AARP Executive Myrna Blyth, Senator Susan Collins, and Dr. Mary Lake Polan
EventIn recognition of Labor Rights Week, SWHR hosted a webinar to discuss the challenges that women experiencing menopause symptoms face in the workplace and explore strategies that employers and supervisors can implement to improve workplace environments for midlife and postmenopausal women.
BlogAt the September Policy Advisory Council meeting, leadership from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) discussed how they are working to advance the nation’s health with an emphasis on women’s health.
BlogThe inaugural Equal Research Day, on June 10, 2022 honors the date of June 10, 1993 when Congress passed the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993, mandating that women and minorities be included in government-funded research.
BlogThis guest blog by Judette Louis MD, MPH from University of South Florida and SWHR Interdisciplinary Network on Sleep Member and Mary Ashley Cain MD from University of South Florida explores the overlaps of sleep and pregnancy.
BlogSWHR will celebrate its 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner on Wednesday, March 25, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington D.C.
BlogHeadaches affect the head, are caused by stress, exhaustion, et cetera, and are painful. Migraines are a type of headache that display all the same factors but on a greater scale. For