Announcements

Dear Connors Center Community, Welcome to Connors Connection! Our monthly post is your go-to source for the latest news from the Center, including exciting updates, publications, press highlights from our community of talented investigators, and information on upcoming events and awards. You’ll find each new edition featured on our website’s homepage and in the news…

We are thrilled to announce that the Reproductive Outcomes of Stress and Aging (ROSA) Center, has received funding for an additional five years from the National Institute of Health, Office of Research on Women’s Health and the National Institute of Aging. The ROSA Center is one of 10 Specialized Centers of Research Excellence (SCORE) on…

The BWH Program for Interdisciplinary Neuroscience (PIN) and the Women’s Brain Initiative (WBI) are announcing several new research funding opportunities, all due Friday, October 10th, 2025: WBI Pilot Funding awards (one year, $50,000 direct costs plus indirect costs up to 20%): This program supports research proposals that address questions related to women’s brain health. It is open to early career researchers (postdocs,…

Women’s Health Access Matters is now accepting applications for their 2025 Edge Awards. These $25,000 grants support trailblazing early-stage research that drives discovery, accelerates impact, and advances the future of women’s health across four core areas: heart health, brain health, autoimmune disease, and cancer. In 2025, they are also accepting proposals that address healthspan, bone…

Dear Connors Center Community, Welcome to Connors Connection! This monthly post will replace our email newsletter and serve as the central course for news about our Center, exciting updates, publications, and press from our community of talented investigators, as well as relevant upcoming events and awards that may be of interest. Moving forward, you can…

On April 16, 2024, Governor Mary Healey visited the Connors Center for Women’s Health 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 Services Secretary Kate…

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…

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…

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 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 Officer, is thrilled…

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,…