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Panel: Improving Diversity in Clinical Trials Better Serves Patients

Researchers and health care stakeholders must actively pursue more representative clinical trials and make changes that encourage the participation of historically marginalized groups within the research community.

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SWHR Celebrates Equal Research Day, June 10

The 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.

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SWHR Celebrates 2022 Champions for Women’s Health

SWHR is proud to honor Claire Gill of the Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation and Pamela D. Price of The Balm In Gilead for their work in women’s health in 2022 and beyond.

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Maternal Health Network Meeting Addresses Novel Approaches for Education About Prenatal Genetic Screening

In a Maternal Health Network meeting, Katie Stoll, MS, LGC, executive director of the Genetic Support Foundation (GSF), shared about educational and decision support tools for prenatal testing.

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SWHR Convenes Thought Leaders in Women’s Health for Salon Dinner Conversation

A small group of thought leaders and national partners in women’s health gathered in Washington, D.C. in September, for Elevating Women’s Health: A Salon Dinner Conversation, hosted by SWHR.

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Diagnostic Screenings May Help Reveal the Power of Preventative Health 

The importance of preventative health care for women was reiterated time and time again throughout the SWHR Value of Diagnostics within Women’s Health virtual public forum series this year.

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Statement from the Society for Women’s Health Research on President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address

March 7, 2024—The Society for Women’s Health Research released the following statement in response to the 2024 State of the […]

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Not Always Safer at Home: COVID-19 and Domestic Violence

With most of the world facing restrictions on movement due to the novel coronavirus, many media outlets are reporting on both expected and observed increases in domestic violence cases globally.

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Supporting New Moms in the Fight Against Postpartum Depression

SWHR spoke with Taiwo Ajao, MPH, RN, IBCLC CD (DONA) a maternal-newborn nurse, lactation consultant and doula, and Jenifer LaNore, MSW, LCSW-C, PMH-C, a trained full-spectrum doula (DTI) and owner of Gracefully Balanced Perinatal Counseling, LLC, on postpartum depression.

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SWHR CEO Policy Watch Report – FDA Developments

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP Committee) recently voted in favor of Dr. Scott Gottlieb to be the next commissioner of the FDA.