Welcome to Women’s Health Research at Yale

Photo by Harold H. Shapiro, Guilford, CT.

From the Director

Improvements in our health and health care depend on new scientific knowledge that can be translated into practical benefits – in the form of better clinical and personal practices. Yet research to generate this knowledge on women’s health and gender-specific aspects of health has been historically lacking – becoming a focus of attention only in recent years.

Our self-supporting program was founded in 1998 to address the dramatic need for biomedical research on women’s health. With generous support from friends in the community we have been highly successful in starting to insure that women’s health and gender differences are studied, and that health information of practical benefit is derived from this work and used to enhance our lives and well-being.

Since the inception of our program, we have

• Initiated more than 60 major studies designed to answer important questions about women's health
• Leveraged pilot funds into external grants so that researchers could continue and expand the work they have begun
• Built new collaborations within Yale and in centers across the country
• Helped launch new investigators into careers dedicated to studying gender-specific aspects of health
• Established an educational outreach program in collaboration with the community to provide health information that can be translated into clinical and personal practice

Yet we are just beginning to understand what needs to be uncovered and illuminated in women’s health and gender-specific medicine. We welcome and encourage your interest in our program.

Carolyn M. Mazure, Ph.D.
Women's Health Research at Yale (WHRY)