Official X of Women's Health Research at @Yale & @YaleMed. Interdisciplinary center focusing on sex differences in health + medicine. Retweet ≠ endorsement.

New Haven, CT
Joined January 2010
In our 2nd newsletter article, we take it back to From Discovery to Impact, our summer symposium co-hosted with @SWHR_official. Read & watch our brand-new Symposium Recap Video! 🎥 medicine.yale.edu/innovation…
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In our Cover Story, we introduce the new Women’s Health Research at Yale Collaborative in a piece guest authored by @Yale Writer Meg Dalton. Nearly 300 Members strong, the Collaborative represents 12 Yale schools and 40+ departments. Meet the Members! medicine.yale.edu/innovation…
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The latest Innovations in Women’s Health (and a new digital experience) is now available! The newsletter features 5 articles about our Collaborative, From Discovery to Impact with @SWHR, improvements in #cancer care, a new Science Panel, and more. Explore! medicine.yale.edu/innovation…
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Women’s health is precision medicine’s unfinished business, shares Director Safdar in a recent Comment for @TheLancet. In our accompanying Q&A, Dr. Safdar details KINETIC, demonstrating organizational change in real-time. Learn more at this link! medicine.yale.edu/whr/news-a…
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In a recent Comment for @TheLancet, Director Safdar argues that women’s health is precision medicine’s unfinished business. Read our accompanying Q&A, exploring what precision health requires and what it will take to create meaningful change! medicine.yale.edu/whr/news-a…
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Re-reading this powerful Elizabeth Cooney @statnews piece. Women’s health IS precision medicine. There are finally market signals, by industry & gov.💰Director Safdar highlighted reverse-pitch (published by @TheLancet) + costly healthcare blindspots. Read! statnews.com/2026/08/26/wome…
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Women’s health is precision medicine’s unfinished business, argues Women’s Health Research at Yale (@WHRYale) Director Dr. Basmah Safdar in a new Comment for @thelancetgroup. Read! thelancet.com/journals/lance… #womenshealth #precisionmedicine
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Collaborative Member Clare Flannery, MD, was recently featured by @Yale News. She leads the Yale Legacy Collaborative, a long-term initiative reconnecting 2,500+ former childhood metabolic health study participants to improve outcomes. 🥼Read! news.yale.edu/2026/07/21/30-….
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3/3 Learn more about the studies and click through the carousel to meet our awardees: medicine.yale.edu/whr/news-a… @yaleIMed 📈 @YaleCardiology🔬@YalePediatrics🥼@YaleCellBio🧬@YaleCancer📈@MCDB_Yale🔬@yalemed
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2/3 🏆 Two projects received General Awards, 2 received the newly established Women’s Health and Cancer Research Awards – co-funded by @YaleCancer – and 1 received the Wendy U. and Thomas C. Naratil Pioneer Award.
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1/3 🎉 Today we celebrate our 2026 @WHRYale Pilot Project Awards! Five awards were made this year in key areas of #aging & #longevity, #metabolichealth, #cancer, and #autoimmunity. #Interdisciplinary science was key – two awards feature diverse teams across @YaleMed departments.
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In a @Yale Q&A, Collaborative Member Dr. Mary Jane Minkin discusses common misconceptions about #perimenopause + tips to navigate. Read the YaleNews piece! news.yale.edu/2026/03/10/myt…
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Collaborative Member Kimberly Manchester delivered a compelling talk at @SAEMonline's Annual Meeting about sex hormones, menopausal status & cognition in men & women with vascular risk factors. 🎉 This marks Manchester's 1st in-person national conference presentation! @Yale_EM
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This summer, @SWHR and @WHRYale co-hosted the collaborative symposium “From Discovery to Impact" welcoming 50+ speakers & 350+ attendees for a day-long event on the power of women’s health research. Read the recap article and explore the📸 galleries here: medicine.yale.edu/whr/news-a…
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.@Yale investigators, together with int'l scientists led by Dr. Dora Koller, have doubled the known genetic landscape of #endometriosis. Collaborative Member Dr. Renato Polimanti (@YalePsych) was senior author & recently published by @NatureGenet. Read! bit.ly/44yb6Tr
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.@WHRYale Undergraduate Fellow Nana Kyei answers the question “Why Didn’t I Know This?” in her 2nd article: “When A Migraine Sends You to the ER.” She explores migraine prevalence in women, how women experience migraine + migraine-related stigma. Read: medicine.yale.edu/whr/news-a…
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Collaborative Member Dr. Carolyn Fredericks (@NeurologyYale) recently spoke to @Pharmacy_Times about ways the menopausal transition can affect neurological risk🧠Many neurological disorders change significantly in menopause. Read/Watch/Learn: pharmacytimes.com/view/aan-2… 🧠@YaleMed
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Since 1998, we have been studying the health of women, which improves the lives of both women and men. Read about our discoveries and impact in Dr. Safdar's piece & support Women’s Health Research at Yale this May✨Women’s Health Month✨to fuel this work. medicine.yale.edu/whr/donate…
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Another misconception is medication, assuming men & women are the same way. As National Women’s Health Week (#NWHW) draws to a close, read Director Safdar’s article about what the science really says about women’s health: medicine.yale.edu/news-artic… #womenshealth #womenshealthmonth
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