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A National Center of Excellence, is focused on promoting, facilitating and disseminating research on women’s health.

Vision: To promote the health of diverse women, families, and communities. 

Mission: To catalyze research partnerships that advance knowledge of women's health across the lifespan. 

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2013-2014 Women's Health Seed Grants Recipients

Congratulations to Alicia Allen, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School and Emil Lou, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Medical School for being awarded the 2013-2014 Women's Health Interdisciplinary Seed Grants. Read more about their research.


10th Annual Women's Health Research Conference: Optimizing Women’s Health Through a Life Course Approach

 

Register Today!

 

$50 - General
$25 - Students
$25 - Continuing Medical
        Education credits

Register here.
      

Call for Poster Abstracts

Now accepting poster abstracts on any women's health
and sex/gender difference research.

Deadlines:
For award consideration - 7/15/2013
For general session - 8/23/2013

Submit your abstract today!

This year's conference will be held on Monday, September 16, 2013 at McNamara Alumni Center. This year's keynote speakers include:

  • Paula Braveman, MD, MPH
    Professor of Family and Community Medicine; Director of the Center on Social Disparities in Health;University of California, San Francisco

    "The Social Determinants of Women's Health Across the Life Course"
     
  • Janet Rich-Edwards, ScD, MPH
    Investigator, Nurses' Health Study; Director of Developmental Epidemiology, Connors Center for Women's health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, Division of Women's Health, Harvard Medical School, and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health

    Title TBA - Nurses' Health Study

 View the complete agenda.

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