Focus Areas
Research themes across the WHIRC collaborative.
- Maternal & Reproductive Health — maternal mortality and morbidity, fertility, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive health across the lifespan
- Gendered Stress & Mental Health — the health impact of gendered racism and intersectional stressors on women’s wellbeing
- Cardiovascular & Cellular Health — sex differences in vascular biology and cardiovascular disease mechanisms
- AI for Women’s Health — addressing bias in health AI caused by the underrepresentation of women in training data, and building equitable machine-learning tools for women’s health
Detailed descriptions of each focus area, along with the faculty leading them, will be added as the collaborative’s research agenda develops.