Women Experience Poorer health from Missed Diagnoses Receiving the Wrong Diagnosis Minimized Symptoms Higher Prevalence of Some Illnesses More Severe Symptoms of Some Illnesses Poorly Targeted Treatment Adverse Treatment Effect

Who We Are

We are an international network of multidisciplinary professionals that strive to create a future where women and girls can live equitably healthy lives across their lifespan

Vision: To achieve sex-and-gender health equity.

Mission: We mobilize a global multidisciplinary network of researchers and stakeholders to promote, expand, and catalyze impactful women’s health research.

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What We Do

Research Facilitation

Capacity Building

Knowledge Translation

Advocacy

Examining the impact of extended family networks on perinatal mental health in African Immigrants

Interviewee: Beulah Suleman, BSc,University of Nebraska-Lincoln |Editors: Romina Garcia de leon and Janielle Richards (Blog Co-coordinators) Published: July 11, 2025 Can you tell us about your research? I am currently looking at how extended family...

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Charting the Brain’s Sex Differences: Dr. Alex DeCasien Earns 2024 BoSD Early Career Award

Dr. Alex R. DeCasien, PhD, Stadtman Investigator in the Laboratory of Neurogenetics at NIH’s National Institute on Aging, has won the 2024 Biology of Sex Differences Early Career Award for their paper “Sex differences in the...

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Spotlighting Women’s Health Research at the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences Annual Meeting

Author: Bonnie Lee, PhD, CAMH | Editors: Romina Garcia de leon, Janielle Richards (Blog Coordinators) | Reviewers: Jena Roy, Manager, Philanthropic Gifts, Research (womenmind) CAMH; Amanda Namchuk, PhD Student, University of Toronto, CAMH Published: July 4th,...

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The Invisible Disability of Ehlers-Danlos and Hypermobility

Authors: Kanak Gupta, MSc student, University of Toronto | Editors: Romina Garcia de leon, Janielle Richards (Blog Coordinators) | Expert Reviewer: Jesse Lacasse Published: June 27th, 2025 Sometimes being too good at yoga is a...

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Closing the Gap on Substance Use And The Female Brain

Interviewee: Yanaira Alonso Caraballo, PhD, University of Minnesota | Editors: Romina Garcia de leon, Janielle Richards (blog coordinators) Can you tell us about your research? My research focuses on understanding how female-specific life experiences, hormonal transitions,...

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Our Impact

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900+ Members

Our members live, work, and play in countries across 6 continents.

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Countries

Our trainees are the future of women’s health research. Their undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate work will foster innovation and lead to novel discoveries for years to come.

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Trainee Members

Our faculty members are experts in a variety of women’s health disciplines. Through research, teaching, and systems change work, they advance the health of women worldwide.

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Faculty Members

Our community members play a pivotal role in society, actively championing women’s health initiatives in their workplaces and social networks—driving positive and lasting change.