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Save the date for the #SWHRGala 36th Annual Awards! Join SWHR on April 16 to celebrate the accomplishments of women’s health champions & network with key stakeholders. Save your seat: ow.ly/YggR50XVJ7a. The 2024 Gala & 2025 Gala sold out – don’t miss your chance!

New article from the Journal of Women's Health @SageJournals: "A Novel Framework to Integrate Data on Sex as a Biological Variable into Medical Education". journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

During the #SWHRGala next month, SWHR is thrilled to welcome Seema Yasmin, MD, @DoctorYasmin Emmy award-winning science journalist as the keynote speaker at its 36th Annual Awards. Join us on April 16 to celebrate the progress made in women’s health: swhr.org/events/swhr-an….

There are more than 80 known #autoimmune diseases. Biological sex differences influence autoimmune diseases During #AutoimmuneAwarenessMonth, learn more in SWHR’s fact sheet, Autoimmune Disease in Women: swhr.org/resources/unde… #SWHRtalksAutoimmune

New article from the Journal of Women's Health @SageJournals: "Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Vascular Damage Among Women with Type 1 Diabetes in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Cohort". journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Congratulations to Jenelle Krishnamoorthy, PhD, who will receive the Women’s Health Visionary Award at the 36th Annual Awards #SWHRGala! Dr. Krishnamoorthy is an industry leader at @Merck. Join us in celebration this spring: ow.ly/Kys350Yi4Uf

Congratulations to Jenelle Krishnamoorthy, PhD, who will receive the Women’s Health Visionary Award at the 36th Annual Awards #SWHRGala! Dr. Krishnamoorthy is an industry leader at @Merck. Join us in celebration this spring: ow.ly/Kys350Yi4Uf

March 16 is the start of #BrainAwarenessWeek! Women are disproportionately affected by Alzheimer’s disease, as patients & caregivers. Read SWHR’s call to action: ow.ly/o7jB50YqpI8 #SWHRtalksAlzheimers

New article from the Journal of Women's Health @SageJournals: "The Rural Maternal Health Crisis: Efforts at Legislative and Executive Redress". journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

SWHR and The Fuchsia Tent have launched a national survey to understand what constitutes best-in-class workplace #menopause support. Take the survey today! bit.ly/4rppfvl The survey takes no more than 12 min. All responses are anonymous & aggregated. #SWHRtalksMenopause

SWHR CEO Kathryn Schubert @k8eschubert recently appeared on the Business of the V @businessofthev podcast to discuss advancing women's health and the importance of continued research and policy. Listen to the full podcast at swhr.org/about/newsroom/.

March is #AutoimmuneAwarenessMonth. Autoimmune diseases affect more than 24M Americans. 4 out of 5 patients are women – yet women’s symptoms are often dismissed, misunderstood, or misdiagnosed. Explore SWHR’s free autoimmune resources: ow.ly/ysk150Yt0pb #SWHRtalksAutoimmune

Happening Next Month! Will you join us at the 36th Annual Awards #SWHRGala? On Thursday, April 16, 2026, SWHR and our partners will celebrate the accomplishments of women’s health champions: ow.ly/TcA250XVJ7v. The 2024 Gala & 2025 Gala sold out, so don’t miss your chance!

SWHR created its Narcolepsy Toolkit: A Woman’s Empowerment Guide to equip women with information on symptoms, wellness strategies, and changes across the lifespan. Learn more today: swhr.org/resources/narc… #SWHRtalksSleep #SleepAwarenessMonth #SleepAwarenessWeek

This #WorldSleepDay on March 13, we’re shining a light on an often-overlooked area of sleep health: narcolepsy. On average, women are diagnosed with narcolepsy 12 years later than men after symptom onset. #SWHRtalksSleep

Happening today, 3/12 at 8pm ET! Join @nahnnursing for the webinar "Savvy and 65: Supporting Women Through the Medicare Transition," featuring SWHR & HealthyWomen's Medicare Guide: swhr.org/event/savvy-an… SWHR's Lindsey Miltenberger is speaking at this event!

Today is #WorldKidneyDay. Some kidney treatments, like dialysis, require significant water and energy. By promoting prevention, early detection, and greener health care practices, we can reduce the burden on patients & the planet: worldkidneyday.org @worldkidneyday

Congratulations to Alex Taylor, who will receive the Women’s Health Visionary Award at the 36th Annual Awards #SWHRGala! Taylor, of Perelel, leads coalition building in women’s health research advocacy, speaking up for patients and the need for research to optimize women’s health outcomes. Join us in celebration this spring: swhr.org/events/swhr-an…

To learn more, explore SWHR’s timeline of events that changed the course of women’s health research: swhr.org/about/1977-198… #WomensHealthResearch #WomensHistoryMonth

> 2010: SWHR and @OSSDtweets launch @BiologySexDiff to elevate research on biological sex influences on body, behavior, disease. > 2016: NIH implements its Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable in Research, requiring research to account for #SABV. SWHR supported this policy.

March is #WomensHistoryMonth! For too long, women and their health have been overlooked and understudied. This month, we’re spotlighting the milestones that are helping bring #WomensHealth #Research into the mainstream.