On Friday, April 18th from 12-1pm the Connors Center is hosting a virtual mixer event for the Sex-Informed Research Collaborative Think Tank (SIRCTT). This event will feature a brief overview of SIRCTT and how MGB investigators can get involved in the…
The Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health is pleased to announce the 8th Annual Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Stress Program of Research (WHISPR) Symposium. The Symposium will take place in the Marshall Wolf Conference Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital…
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…
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 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School, together with our…
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 a recent issue of the Milwauke Journal Sentinel, journalist Mark Johnson interviewed Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, about the difference in COVID-19 disease outcomes between men and women. Access to the article is available here.
