Connors Center Executive Director Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc Attends White House Conference on Women’s Health Research
On Wednesday, December 11th, the Connors Center Executive Director, Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, was invited to attend the first-ever White House Conference on Women’s Health Research. The conference brought together women’s health researchers, business leaders, advocates and others to discuss progress since the historic Executive Order that President Biden signed in March 2024 to reaffirm…
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey Visits Brigham and Women’s and the Connors Center
On April 16, 2024, Governor Mary Healey visited the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital to highlight Massachusetts’ leadership in life sciences and announce the reauthorization of the Life Sciences Initiative the Mass Leads Act. Governor Healey was joined by Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao, Health and Human…
A Message from the Connors Center on President Biden’s Executive Order on Women’s Health Research
Dear Members of the Connors Center Community, As we continue to celebrate what is turning out to be a momentous Women’s History Month, the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School would like to share our enthusiasm and support for the historic Executive Order that President Biden…
A Message from The Connors Center about Women’s History Month
Dear Members of the Connors Center Community, As we celebrate Women’s History Month, the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, affirms its unwavering dedication to transforming the health of women through sex- and gender-informed research. The Center has a rich history of championing women’s health,…
A Message from the Connors Center about the NIH Revitalization Act’s 30th Anniversary
June marks the 30th anniversary of the NIH Revitalization Act, which directed the National Institute of Health to establish guidelines for inclusion of women and minorities in clinical research. This marked a turning point, as more organizations and groups across the world implemented similar policies. In the following years, recognition of over-reliance on male animals…
ROSA Center Participates in National Meeting
On November 1, the Brigham/Harvard Center for Reproductive Outcomes of Stress and Aging (ROSA) joined other Specialized Centers of Research Excellence (SCORE) on Sex Differences nationwide for the annual meeting. Cara Tannenbaum, MD, MSc Scientific Director, Institute of Gender and Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research was the keynote speaker and discussed “Next Generation Sex…
First.In.Women® Fellow Published in American Heart Association Journal, Circulation
A study led by First.In.Women® Fellow Xiaowen “Wendy” Wang, MD was published in Circulation for work concerning “Sex Differences in Characteristics, Outcomes and Treatment Response with Dapagliflozin across the Range of Ejection Fraction in Patients with Heart Failure: Insights from DAPA-HF and DELIVER”. The cross-disciplinary, international team found that benefits were similar for men and…
ROSA Center Team Published in Menopause
Led by Lidia Minguez-Alarcon, PhD, MPH, a group of researchers within Project 2 of the ROSA center has been published in Menopause for work surrounding “Self-reported menstrual cycle length during reproductive years in relation to menopausal symptoms at midlife in Project Viva.” The team found that women with menstrual cycles of less than 25 days…
Announcing Two Inaugural Research Grants for Connors BWH-MGB Collaborative IGNITE Awards
Pictured Left to Right: Co-Investigators Hadi Shafiee, PhD and Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS; Co-Investigators Lydia Pace, MD, MPH, and Florian Fintelmann, MD The Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School, together with our partners in the Mass General Brigham (MGB) Office of the Chief Academic…
Introducing our Scientific Director, Primavera Spagnolo, MD, PhD
Originally from Italy, Dr. Spagnolo worked for years with patients with alcohol and drug use disorders. She launched an OB/GYN service for women with addictive disorders and she conducted several research projects assessing the consequences of alcohol use during pregnancy. In 2012, she moved to the United States to complete her post-doctoral fellowship at NIH,…
