BIRCWH alum Dr. Beatriz Penalver-Bernabe, PhD and Dr. Janine Clayton, M.D., FARVO, NIH Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health and Director, NIH ORWH attended the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) meeting in Baltimore,…
Actress Halle Berry was joined by a group of bipartisan senators on Capitol Hill Thursday to push for legislation that would put $275 million towards research and education around menopause. Read More
Dr. Irina Buhimschi, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at University of Illinois Chicago, has always been a connector. In her research on the biological causes of pregnancy complications such as preterm birth and preeclampsia,…
Dr. Pauline Maki was featured in the New York Time article “How Menopause Changes the Brain.” Dr. Maki co-authored a study on menopause and dementia risk in older women. Read more on the…
The First Lady and Ms. Berry teamed up to come to UIC to bring continued visibility to the first-ever White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, and to showcase the work of Dr.…
Dr. Hunter Holt, a current BIRCWH Scholar was featured in a December 2022 article for the New York Times entitled “Why Many Older Women Are Getting Pap Tests They Don’t Need.” Dr. Holt co-authored a…
