First lady Dr. Jill Biden has announced a $100 million investment in women’s health research in the next year as the first deliverable of the newly established White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. This funding comes from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, within the Department of Health and Human Services. The announcement officially launched the ARPA-H’s “Sprint for Women’s Health.” Researchers and innovators can learn more about the Sprint and how to participate on Wednesday, March 6, at a virtual information session at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. For more information and to register, click here.
“In just 100 days from the start of the Initiative, it is tremendously meaningful to be able to announce this investment in women’s health research,” said Carolyn Mazure, PhD, who chairs the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. “This kind of commitment, spurred by the First Lady and the Presidential Memorandum, will generate research to improve women’s lives.” Mazure is the director of Women’s Health Research at Yale.