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…
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 2022 Connors Center Annual Research Symposium was held at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Tuesday, November 29th in conjunction with the Brigham/Harvard Reproductive Outcomes of Stress & Aging (ROSA) Center, an NIH Specialized Center of Research Excellence on Sex…
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…
Primavera Spagnolo, MD, PhD, Scientific Director of our First.in.Women Precision Medicine Platform, spoke to local Boston news station WCVB last Monday about a recently published study that she conducted with other Connors Center affiliates. The study, carried out by Dr.…
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,…
Sex, Gender, and Race: Intentional Inclusion of Representative Populations in Medical Research Annual Research Showcase of the Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology co-Sponsored by the Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Diversity & Inclusion December…
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.…
Podcast Our podcast series, Connors Center Conversations: Igniting Change for the Health of Women, explores the cutting edge in sex- and gender-informed research and how to translate these discoveries into better and more precise care for women. Find the podcast here. Episode 1: The Fundamentals of…
