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SWHR Presents at MichBIO Life Sciences Showcase

SWHR attended MichBIO 2023 and gave the presentation “Addressing Disparities Through Patient, Provider, and Policymaker Collaborations: Women’s Health and Autoimmune Disease Case Study.”

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Bone Health Roundtable: Importance of Women’s Bone Health Throughout the Lifespan

SWHR convened an interdisciplinary Bone Health Working Group of health care providers, researchers, patient advocates, and policy leaders for a closed, roundtable meeting in April 2022. During the roundtable, the Working Group discussed scientific and policy issues in women’s bone health, including strategies for fracture prevention in at-risk women.

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VCU Health of Women 2024 | Emerging Topics in Women’s Health: Autoimmune Disease Challenge

Join us for the VCU Health of Women Conference 2024 SWHR Pre-conference Symposium! This symposium will discuss the impacts of autoimmune diseases on women’s health across the lifespan, with special emphasis on pregnancy and maternal health, caregiving/parenting.

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Maternal Health Literacy: Educating Mothers to Keep Them Safe

Poor health literacy is a contributing factor to health disparities and may influence maternal and infant health. 

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ICER’s Value Framework: A Work in Progress for Women’s Health

ICER’s updated value assessment framework embraces several of SWHR’s recommendations, but more work remains to adequately evaluate the value of health care interventions for women.

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Zika: Women and Children Are At Risk

Since its outbreak in early 2015 in Brazil, the Zika virus has spread across South and Central America and now into the United States, devastating thousands of women who are pregnant or who have given birth to a child with irreversible birth defects, including microcephaly.

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SWHR Welcomes Three New Members to Board in 2024 

SWHR is pleased to welcome three new leaders Shyamasundaran Kottilil, MD, PhD, Christine Harhaj, and Catherine Spong, MD to its Board of Directors.

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SWHR 2022 Annual Report

The Society for Women’s Health Research’s vision it to make women’s health mainstream. The initiatives described in SWHR’s 2022 Annual […]

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Congress Unveils FY2023 Omnibus Spending Bill

The fiscal year (FY) 2023 omnibus spending legislation (H.R. 2617) includes all 12 FY2023 spending bills including resources for advancing women’s health.

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SWHR Elects Roberta L. Gartside as Incoming Board Chair

SWHR announced the unanimous election of Roberta L. Gartside, MD, as the new Chair of its Board of Directors for 2018-2019. As a business leader with a strong commitment to nonprofit service, Dr. Gartside will lead the organization’s mission-based efforts to eliminate imbalances in care for women through science, advocacy, and education.