4.27.22 | Diagnostics
Ovarian Cancer Screening: More than a Pelvic Exam
SWHR is hosting a series of public forums to share educational information about the importance and value of innovative diagnostics throughout the lifespan and across disease states and conditions. This event discusses how to improve health outcomes for diseases and conditions that exclusively affect women, with a focus on ovarian cancer.
4.27.22 | Diagnostics
How Hormones Can Tell a Fertility Story
SWHR is hosting a series of public forums to share educational information about the importance and value of innovative diagnostics throughout the lifespan and across disease states and conditions. This event discusses how to improve health outcomes for diseases and conditions that differently affect women, with a focus on fertility.
4.25.22 | Sleep
Rising to a Better Tomorrow: Addressing the Impact of Narcolepsy on Women’s Health
SWHR's interdisciplinary working group of health care providers, researchers, patients and patient advocates, and policy leaders met to discuss the state of narcolepsy research and treatment for women.
4.18.22 | Maternal Health
How One Researcher’s Integrative Biology Background Led to a New Frontier in Pregnancy and Lactation Research
Nicole Danos, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor at the University of San Diego, shared her research on how animals move - and how it relates to pregnancy.
4.18.22 | Lupus
Addressing Barriers in Research and Health Care for Women Living with Lupus
SWHR convened an interdisciplinary Lupus Working Group to discuss scientific and policy issues related to the impact of lupus on women’s health across the lifespan.
4.13.22 | Bone Health
Steps to Strengthen America’s Seniors: How Preventing Osteoporosis Helps America’s Health System
SWHR, in partnership with the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), hosted a national webinar and congressional briefing to discuss osteoporosis and its disproportionate impact on women as well as its impact on society.
3.28.22 | Diagnostics
Assessing and Promoting Bone Health Across the Lifespan
SWHR hosts a series of public forums to share educational information about the importance and value of innovative diagnostics throughout the lifespan and across disease states and conditions. This event discusses how to improve health outcomes for diseases and conditions that disproportionately affect women, with a focus on bone health.
3.15.22 | Autoimmune
Addressing Autoimmune and Immune-mediated Skin Disease Burden in Women
The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) published a commentary in the Women’s Health Issues, examining the gaps in research; […]
3.14.22 | Bone Health
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.
3.7.22 | Diagnostics
Improving Lives by Detecting Sexually Transmitted Infections Early
SWHR hosts a series of public forums to share educational information about the importance and value of innovative diagnostics throughout the lifespan and across disease states and conditions. This event discusses how to improve health outcomes for diseases and conditions that differently affect women, with a focus on sexually transmitted diseases.
