Society for Women's Health Research. (ehpnet).Women's health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. activists, researchers, and practitioners formed what is now known as the Society for Women's Health Research The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) is a non-profit organization in the United States whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy. (SWHR SWHR Society for Women's Health Research ) in the late 1980s to advocate for women's inclusion as subjects in clinical drug trials. Today, with the help of its website at http://www.womens-health.org/, the group promotes research on sex-based biology, lobbies for more women's health research funding Research funding is a term generally covering any funding for scientific research, in the areas of both "hard" science and technology and social science. The term often connotes funding obtained through a competitive process, in which potential research projects are evaluated and , and educates women on the importance of medical research. The site's Our Activities page links to information on society-sponsored conferences, clinical research workshops, and scientific advisory meetings developed in response to the Institute of Medicine's April 2001 report Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health: Does Sex Matter? These meetings have covered such topics as sex differences in immunity and autoimmunity, and understanding the biology of sex and gender. The What Is Sex-Based Bio? page offers fact lists, educator resources, and links to web-based tools such as the online version of the Institute of Medicine report. Outreach projects, such as the Women Can Do campaign to encourage women to make proactive health-related decisions and participate in medical research, are described on the Understanding Research page. Materials for specific minority communities address culturally relevant health concerns and beliefs. The Advocating Policy page posts government news on women's health and upcoming actions. This page links to an outline of the society's legislative priorities, and a Health Issues in Washington page links to information on the society's main areas of advocacy: research, clinical trials, and access to health care and drugs. A fourth area covers sex differences and smoking, and genetic testing Genetic Testing Definition A genetic test examines the genetic information contained inside a person's cells, called DNA, to determine if that person has or will develop a certain disease or could pass a disease to his or her offspring. for women with inherited breast and ovarian cancer ovarian cancer Malignant tumour of the ovaries. Risk factors include early age of first menstruation (before age 12), late onset of menopause (after age 52), absence of pregnancy, presence of specific genetic mutations, use of fertility drugs, and personal history of breast susceptibility. The Advocating Policy page also links to the Women's Health Research Coalition, founded by the SWHC SWHC Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre (Edinburgh, UK) in 1999 to promote development and funding for women's health research. The coalition has a congressional advisory committee composed of some of Capitol Hill's leading advocates for women's health research, and publishes a monthly newsletter. The SWHR oversees two funding mechanisms, outlined on the Funding Research page. The Isis Fund sponsors collaborative interdisciplinary research to study sex differences in pharmacology pharmacology, study of the changes produced in living animals by chemical substances, especially the actions of drugs, substances used to treat disease. Systematic investigation of the effects of drugs based on animal experimentation and the use of isolated and and the influence of women's reproductive life cycle on health and disease susceptibility. The Pfizer/SWHR Scholars Grants for Faculty Development in Women's Health fund research and training for physician researchers for basic studies on the biologic mechanisms of women's diseases. Other funding sources are listed by type of disease. |
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