UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health

Congratulations to all of our incredible @UCL_IfWH students who graduated yesterday at Royal Festival Hall! 🎓 We can’t wait to see where your journey takes you next and the impact you'll make in the future 🌎 #UCLGrad #WomensHealth #Postgraduate #UCL

What a week. Congratulations to all of our May 2026 graduates – welcome to the UCL alumni community. Your journey continues. 🎓 Learn more: bit.ly/4dBCqEx

Uganda has made significant improvements in maternal health outcomes. However, high risk obstetric conditions remain a leading cause of maternal mortality Under @UUKHAhealth SCALE program, @uclh is building Uganda's maternal fetal medicine capacity to improve obstetric outcomes

Thinking of studying Women's Health? 🔬 Join us at UCL’s Life & Medical Sciences Postgraduate Open Evening to explore Master’s programmes across population health and the wider life and medical sciences. 📆 10 June, 5–8pm 📍 UCL, Gower Street, London bit.ly/4v3oiey

I loved talking to @tommys all about how caesarean sections in advanced labour may lead to a preterm birth in the next pregnancy. The good news is that we can now predict who is more likely to have a preterm birth & start treatment to prevent it. tommys.org/about-us/news-…

Congratulations to all of our incredible @UCL_IfWH students who graduated yesterday at Royal Festival Hall! 🎓 We can’t wait to see where your journey takes you next and the impact you'll make in the future 🌎 #UCLGrad #WomensHealth #Postgraduate #UCL

🎓 Huge congratulations to all of our @UCL_IfWH Class of 2025 students graduating today! We’re so proud of everything you’ve achieved and can’t wait to see what you do next. Don’t forget to tag us in your graduation celebrations! 🎉 #UCL #WomensHealth #Graduation2026

Join us as we mark 30 years of MSc programmes at @UCL_IfWH and 200 years of @ucl. Reconnect with fellow alumni and celebrate the impact of women’s health education and research over the past three decades. 🔗 Book your place now: bit.ly/4fiHgJm @UCLAlumni

This #WorldOvarianCancerDay, we revisit S2 of our It All Starts Here #podcast with Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Adeola Olaitan. Here, Adeola discusses the 5 different types of gynae cancers, and symptoms you should look out for. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4ts4DU5

📢 Our BAME MSc & PhD Scholarships are now open! ➡️ The MSc Scholarship has one award available, with £10K towards tuition fees. ➡️ The PhD Scholarship offers £5K per year for 3 years towards tuition fees. 📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026 Apply here: bit.ly/4tVPziE

“What we eat absolutely affects menopause symptoms, from energy levels to hot flushes… If you eat rubbish food, you will feel worse,” said @ProfJoyceHarper (UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health). bit.ly/42FPRy9

Pregnancy Endings is a free exhibition and takes place at the Bomb Factory Art Foundation in London until 4 May 2026. More information available here 👇 feministmiscarriageproject.org/events

The episode also spotlights the Feminist Miscarriage Project and its powerful new exhibition, Pregnancy Endings, bringing miscarriage into dialogue with abortion, fertility journeys, and many other pregnancy experiences.

What if miscarriage isn’t just a medical event, but a feminist issue? In Ep 2 of Let’s Talk About Women’s Health, Dr Zeynep Gurtin, Prof Susie Kilshaw, and Dr Victoria Browne explore why miscarriage is often overlooked in feminist discourse. 🎧 Listen: bit.ly/4uoBRox

🔴 Romanian doctoral students in the United Kingdom were honoured last Friday for academic excellence at the final of the Sir George Iacobescu Awards 2026, organised by the Embassy of Romania in the United Kingdom. Read more ⬇️

Do you or someone you know have a preterm baby? Contribute to an MSc research project at @UCL_IfWH focused on understanding the information and support available around child development. 🔗 Find out more: hope.gooding.24@ucl.ac.uk #prematurebaby #pretermbaby #NICU

Exceptional Final of this year`s Sir George Iacobescu Awards for Academic Excellence, the 3-min thesis competition for 🇷🇴PhD students in UK organized by @ROEmbassyLondon. Congrats to all finalists! 2026 winners: 🥇George-Teodor Obadă @KingsCollegeLon 🥈Teodora Popa @UCL_IfWH @ucl

The latest data does seem to nod to people moving away from hormonal contraception, says Professor Jenny Hall (@UCL_IfWH) on assessing the risk of hormonal contraception. Read the full news story here ⬇️ bit.ly/4tqkjYV

What are the foundations of women’s health & happiness? In Episode 1 of our new #podcast, Let's Talk About Women's Health, @ProfJoyceHarper (@UCL_IfWH) shares how the pillars of health & happiness can transform how women feel, live, and thrive. 🎧 Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/d6b52453

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"Women have complicated biology. It's brilliant that this is being addressed, but we have a lot more work to do to make sure we are listening to women," said @ProfJoyceHarper (@UCL_IfWH) on the launch of a new plan to improve health care for women. bit.ly/4tP3eHY