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DLR 444, Purdue University
207 S. Martin Jischke Drive
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Register for Women's Health Workshop

2:30 - 5:00 PM, Nov 6, 2024 | DLR 131

Join us for a dynamic workshop featuring short talks and interactive breakout sessions focused on advancing women's health research. 

Agenda

2:30 PM Welcome and opening remarks
2:40 PM Short Talks (see featured speakers)
3:55 PM Intermission 
4:00 PM Breakout Sessions
5:00 PM Conclusion 

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Register for the interview event

WGHI Interview Series: Leading the Way -- 6:30 PM EST, Nov 11, 2024

Rebecca Doerge | Faculty
"Navigating the Journey: Leadership, Well-being, and Giving Grace in the Workplace"
Provost, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
former Glen de Vries Dean, Carnegie Mellon University 
Co-sponsors:
Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence
College of Health and Human Sciences
Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease

Submit Travel Grant Application

Due: Nov 15, 2024

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Women's Health Research Pilot Grant

Due: Feb 17, 2025

The year, the WGHI Women’s Health Research Pilot Grant program has significantly expanded funding through partnerships with the College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, and our long-standing partner, the Indiana CTSI. With this increase, we expect to fund more research projects than in previous years.  
Please note:  funding is restricted to personnel on Purdue’s main campus (please see the attached RFA for more details on eligibility), and applicants must hold full WGHI membership. Details on WGHI membership information and application can be found here.

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Women's Health Research Symposium -- March 3, 2025

Samantha Meltzer-Brody named 2020 O. Max Gardner Award Winner | Newsroom
Keynote: 
Assad Meymandi Distinguished Professor and Chair
Director, Center for Women's Mood Discorder
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Congratulations to Dorothy Teegarden, Director of the WGHI, for receiving the 2024 American Society for Nutrition Foundation Mentorship Award!

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This award is given for outstanding mentorship in the development of successful nutrition science investigators. Dr. Teegarden is one of three Purdue Nutrition Science faculty who were recognized with prestigious awards from ASN during the annual meeting.


Congratulations to 2024 Catherine Peachey Breast Cancer Research Grant awardee! 

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Professor 
Chemical Biology and Analytical Chemistry
Project title: Monitoring High-risk Populations for Breast Cancer through Measuring Functional Proteins from Plasma-derived Extracellular Vesicles" 
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Assistant Professor 
School of Health Sciences
Project title: Improving Breast Cancer Radiotherapy by Theragnostic Targeting of Tumor-Supporting Macrophages"

Congratulations to 2024 WGHI research grant awardees! 

Women's Health Research Grant Awardees: (click for details)

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Andrea Pires dos Santos

Vet Clinical Pathology

Susan South

Psychological Sciences

Wendy Koss

Animal Behavior 

 Laura Murray-Klob

Nutrition Science


Congratulations to Ulrike Dydak, Associate Director of the WGHI, for winning the 2024 Christine M. Ladisch Faculty Leadership Award!

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Ulrike Dydak, professor of health sciences in the Purdue University School of Health Sciences, Associate Director of the Women's Global Health Institute, is the recipient of the 2024 Christine M. Ladisch Faculty Leadership Award.

Established in 2018, the award is presented annually to a female faculty member in the College of Health and Human Sciences who is interested in developing her leadershipskills. The award provides up to $5,000 to cover the cost of participation in courses, conferences, workshops, institutes or other leadership opportunities that promote the development of faculty leaders. 

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New Book: "Exposed: The Hidden History of the Pelvic Exam" 

The pelvic exam. If you’ve ever had one, you’re probably already wincing. It might be considered a routine medical procedure, but for most of us, it is anything from unpleasant to traumatic. 
 
In Exposed, noted historian Wendy Kline uncovers the procedure’s fascinating―and often disturbing―history. From gynecological research on enslaved women’s bodies to nonconsensual practice on anesthetized patients, the pelvic exam as we know it today carries the burden of its sordid past. Its story is one of pain and pleasure, life-saving discoveries and heartbreaking encounters, questionable procedures and triumphant breakthroughs.  Drawing on previously unpublished archival sources, along with interviews with patients, providers, and activists, Kline traces key moments and movements in gynecological history, from the surgeons of the nineteenth century to the OB/GYNs of today.   
 
This powerful book reminds us that the pelvic exam is has never been “just” a medical procedure, and that we can no longer afford to let the pelvic exam remain unexamined.


"Leading the Way" Interview Series -- Nov 16, 2023

"Beyond the X and Y: Gender Biology and Women's Health" -- Paula Johnson, a cardiologist and the President of Wellesley College and Karen Plaut, the Executive Vice President for Research of Purdue University

   


Women's Health Research Symposium -- Sept 6, 2023

The playlist of the entire event

Selected talks:

Opening Remarks -- Daniel DeLaurentis, Vice President for Research Institutes and Centers of Purdue Discovery Park District, and Kei Hui, the Purdue First Lady

Keynote: "Breast Cancer Screening -- New Ways of Thinking" -- Christiane Kuhl, Chair of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Aachen RWTH, Director of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Aachen, Germany 


Women's Global Health Institute

The health of women and girls is of particular concern as a result of gender-related biological differences, socioeconomic status, and disparities in research involving women participants. At Purdue University, we deliver solutions through research and training that address these challenges, both nationally and internationally, through our work at the Women’s Global Health Institute (WGHI). The institute combines strong technology, engineering, natural and social sciences, and is a hub for interdisciplinary research. 

The institute aspires to deliver meaningful solutions to the challenges in women’s health by securing partnerships and support for research and training from government, private foundations, and corporate companies. 

Our Women's Health Research Grant Program supports outstanding researchers in women's health. Here are the recent awardees. 

Tell us about your work on women's health and sex differences: 

We'd love to hear from you and discuss how we can promote and support your work on women's health and sex differences. Please click here to send us the information (requires a description of ~2-3 lines of your current or future work) and we will follow up with you. 

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