Society for Women's Health Research
Organization URL(s)
info@womenshealthresearch.orgwww.womenshealthresearch.org/
Other Contact Information
1025 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 701
Washington,
DC 20036
202-223-8224 (Voice)
202-833-3472 (FAX)
Description
Established in 1990, the Society for Women's Health Research (formerly the Society for the Advancement of Women’s Health Research) is a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health of women through research, education and advocacy. The Society grew out of concern that the health of all American women was at risk due to biases in biomedical research. The organization fights for greater research funding not only for what are often known as "women's diseases," such as breast cancer, osteoporosis and reproductive cancers, but also for diseases traditionally associated with men, such as heart disease and lung cancer. The society also advocates support for the field of sex-based biology to understand how diseases and their treatments affect men and women differently.
Online Resources
- Frequently Asked Questions about Medical Research - Society for Women's Health Research
http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/site/PageServer?pagename=hs_learn - Just the Facts: Differences Between Women and Men in Specific Diseases and Conditions
http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/site/PageServer?pagename=hs_healthfacts - Pharmaceuticals - Society for Women's Health Research
http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/site/PageServer?pagename=hs_consumerfacts_pharm - What Do Native American Women Suffer From?
http://www.womancando.org/conditions/nativeamerican.htm - WomanCanDo.Org - Some Things Only a Woman Can Do
http://www.womancando.org/ - Women's Health Research News Service
http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_newsservice