https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/whr/news-rss/?keywordId=1238&orgId=109460&title=You+might+also+like%3A+News+from+Our+Director A selection of the latest research, academic, and other newsworthy developments at Women's Health Research at Yale en-us Copyright 2026 Yale School of Medicine Tue, 19 May 2026 12:10:11 Z https://femtechinsider.com/new-womens-health-fund-of-funds-launches-to-activate-60b-in-life-sciences-capital/ https://femtechinsider.com/new-womens-health-fund-of-funds-launches-to-activate-60b-in-life-sciences-capital/ At HLTH this week, Jessica Federer stood on the main stage and declared that the time for incrementalism in women's health is over. The founder and managing partner of The Women's Health Fund announced a new vehicle designed not just to invest in women's health companies, but to systematically build a market that has been under-recognized, under-funded and under-prioritized. Dr. Basmah Safdar, Director of Women’s Health Research at Yale and Founding Member of the Advisory Board for The Women’s Health Fund, explained how decades of excluding women from research created fundamental knowledge gaps. “We’re studying diseases that are disproportionate in women, like Alzheimer’s disease and mental health conditions, diseases that present differently in women, such as heart disease and cancer, and diseases specific to women, such as menopause and preeclampsia.” Wed, 22 Oct 2025 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/whr/news-article/welcoming-basmah-safdar-md-as-director-of-womens-health-research-at-yale/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/whr/news-article/welcoming-basmah-safdar-md-as-director-of-womens-health-research-at-yale/ On July 1, Women’s Health Research at Yale welcomed the center’s second-ever director, Basmah Safdar, MD. Safdar is both a clinician and researcher: an emergency medicine physician at Yale New Haven Hospital since 2000, she is a recognized scholar in sex differences in microvascular health as well as a professor of emergency medicine. Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/whr/news-article/womens-health-research-at-yale-named-founding-member-of-the-milken-institutes-womens-health-network/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/whr/news-article/womens-health-research-at-yale-named-founding-member-of-the-milken-institutes-womens-health-network/ Women’s Health Research at Yale was named a founding member of the Milken Institute’s Women’s Health Network. The 75 founding members bring together expertise from a wide variety of sectors including academia/research, advocacy, business, community-based organizations, finance, health systems, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, technology, and nonprofit organizations. Thu, 18 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2025/08/08/the-gates-foundation-commits-2-5b-to-womens-health-00499439 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2025/08/08/the-gates-foundation-commits-2-5b-to-womens-health-00499439 In Dr. Basmah Safdar's first interview as director of Women's Health Research at Yale, she celebrates the monumental investment from the Gates Foundation and highlights the need for even more. Read this week's POLITICO Women Rule newsletter. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/whr/news-article/celebrating-carolyn-mazure/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/whr/news-article/celebrating-carolyn-mazure/ As I embark as the new director of Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHRY) this July, I’d like to celebrate and thank Founding Director Carolyn M. Mazure, PhD, who leaves a tremendous legacy. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 04:00:00 Z