Until recently, women have been overwhelmingly underrepresented in health research studies.
As a result, health professionals are recognizing how little they know about women's health. But researchers at the University of Minnesota are working to fill that gap.
Doctors at the Medical School are researching issues that affect women throughout their lives, from high-risk obstetrics to menopause and osteoporosis. With research in these areas and many others — including heart disease, depression, eating disorders, urinary incontinence, and hormone replacement therapy — they're striving to help women live healthier lives.
The University is home to the Deborah E. Powell Center for Women's Health, named a National Center of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in September 2003. Because of its status as one of 19 National Centers of Excellence, the center has more opportunities to expand its work in research, clinics, academics, outreach, and leadership.
Gift Opportunities
Ways your gift can help support women's health at the University of Minnesota include:
- Providing hospitalized cancer patients with healing and recovery items, such as relaxation tapes, inspirational books, and massage and self-healing therapies
- Contributing to infertility research to enhance the understanding of related issues, provide quality care for couples who need infertility treatments, and treat women with disorders that affect the reproductive system
- Educating women in all communities to recognize and reduce violence in the home
- Supporting innovative faculty research in areas of women's health, including cardiovascular health, depression, eating disorders, and adolescent girls' health
Every gift can help University researchers understand more about women's health every day. Make your gift online now.