Happening Today! Join the NASEM Health and Medicine Division today, at 11:00 a.m. ET for a public webinar about their new report, which provides a comprehensive research agenda to fill critical knowledge gaps. Women experience female-specific conditions like endometriosis or uterine fibroids and are more likely to be diagnosed with conditions like depression, Alzheimer’s disease, and osteoporosis, but there is little research on the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and management of chronic conditions in women. Register now: https://ow.ly/joZ150St4MA
Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR)
Research Services
Washington, D.C. 7,702 followers
Eliminating imbalances in health care for women
About us
The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) is the thought leader in promoting research on biological differences in disease and is dedicated to improving women’s health through science, policy, and education. SWHR advocates for greater public and private funding for women’s health research and the study of biological differences that affects the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease.
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http://www.swhr.org
External link for Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR)
- Industry
- Research Services
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, D.C.
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1990
- Specialties
- Women's Health Research, Biological Differences, Sex-based Biology, Public Education, and Advocacy
Locations
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Primary
1025 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 1104
Washington, D.C. 20036, US
Employees at Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR)
Updates
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SWHR led a community sign-on letter to House appropriators in response to the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee’s fiscal year 2025 spending bill, which called for the consolidation of NIH’s 27 Institutes and Centers into 15. The letter, signed by 223 national organizations, expressed deep concerns over having a policy of such magnitude incorporated into an appropriations bill before having it move through a transparent input and review process. Read the letter: https://ow.ly/VgjW50SyGEA
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Despite its prevalence, the exact cause of #endometriosis is still unknown, and research into endometriosis has been underfunded and under prioritized. This Endometriosis Advocacy Toolkit was created by the Society with support from Endo What?, Endo Black, Inc., Endometriosis Foundation of America, and The Endometriosis Coalition in order to support endometriosis advocates in contacting their congressional representatives and asking for increased funding for endometriosis research and care: https://lnkd.in/eexrAdGW Would you like to see additional funding given for endometriosis care and research? Use this new advocacy toolkit to contact your members of Congress today! #SWHRtalksEndometriosis
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Clinical trials may extrapolate results from predominantly male test groups when evaluating new treatments, instead of intentionally testing with women. Menopausal and postmenopausal women especially are being shortchanged by this inequality in medical research, according to The Washington Post. SWHR Working Group member Stephanie Faubion is featured in this article. Read more: https://ow.ly/Xbtv50Sut2q
Older women are being significantly shortchanged by medical research
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New draft guidelines on self-collected #HPV testing are now open for public comment opportunity, from the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. Check out the guidelines: https://lnkd.in/gZamw5AP Self-collected HPV testing "opens up another option for a different demographic of people that might not feel comfortable, that might not have access [and] may not have time” to get tested otherwise, said SWHR Chief Science Officer Dr. Irene Aninye is a recent Washington Post article. Read the article: https://lnkd.in/ep7CVdKG
FDA approves self-collection screening for virus that causes cervical cancer
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Join SWHR and the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association for event this month exploring of the current landscape of women’s health in the United States. This event is free to attend, so register now! https://ow.ly/EUz150SoEVq
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The Endocrine System makes and releases hormones. Autoimmune diseases that affect the endocrine system cause too little or too much of certain hormones to be released or interfere with the body’s ability to regulate hormone activity. #Hashimotos Disease is an example of an autoimmune disease that affects the endocrine system. Hashimoto’s is a case of underactive thyroid and affects 5 in every 100 Americans – and women 10x more often than men. Learn more in SWHR’s Autoimmune Disease in Women fact sheet: https://ow.ly/Iqy950Somrz #SWHRtalksAutoimmune
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Join SWHR and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on July 11 to learn more about the VA MOVE! Program. VA staff will provide insights into the national, evidence-based weight management program, including lessons learned and what results the VA has seen from the program to date. Register now: https://ow.ly/9qeZ50SmCuq #SWHRtalksObesity
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The Digestive System absorbs nutrients to produce energy. Autoimmune diseases that affect the digestive system can lead to chronic inflammation and irritation, malabsorption, and vitamin deficiencies. #CeliacDisease is an example of an autoimmune disease that affects the digestive system, resulting in chronic inflammation as a reaction to dietary gluten. Celiac disease affects 1 in 133 individuals in the United States and is 1.5x more common in women than men. Learn more in SWHR’s Autoimmune Disease in Women fact sheet: https://ow.ly/Uo6g50Som9m #SWHRtalksAutoimmune
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On June 25, House appropriators released the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) spending bill. The bill contains several troubling provisions for the U.S. research enterprise, including calling for “the largest restructuring of NIH in a generation,” proposing consolidating NIH’s 27 Institutes and Centers into 15. The Society for Women’s Health Research is deeply concerned that the Labor-HHS bill incorporates policy to restructure the NIH without hearings, data, and review of the impact on biomedical research. Read more on the blog: https://ow.ly/qgi550StJ2o
House FY 2025 Labor-HHS Spending Bill Calls for "Largest Restructuring of NIH in a Generation" - Society for Women's Health Research
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