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The Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women's Health is a leading force in advancing the health of women.
Joined June 2020
The SIRCTT Research Matrix is now live on our website! The Matrix is a list of MGB-affiliated women’s health and sex-informed scientists. Use it to find potential collaborators or mentors within MGB. You can submit your information here:
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Despite CVD being the #1 killer of women globally, sex-specific risks are still overlooked in guidelines. Drs @ShrillaB & @aayshacader call for tailored tools reflecting female-specific risks such as early menopause, gestational diabetes & PCOS. đź”— https://t.co/ryBQd6Lo84
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Take a break and destress with the #BrighamBuddies! Join us for pet therapy at the #BrighamBEI on Tuesday, August 19th from 12pm–1pm. @BWHNeurology
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Check out the first edition of our new monthly news post Connors Connection! Check out news about our Center, exciting updates, publications, press from our community of talented investigators, relevant upcoming events, and awards that may be of interest.
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Encarnación Torres Jiménez, PhD, won second place in our Endocrine Images Art Competition ( https://t.co/PT4wScXJcl) for her image of the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus nucleus in a heart-shaped spatial arrangement. View this image in enlarged detail at #ENDO2025.
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Check out this recent article on Menopause from the New York Times featuring Connors Scientific Advisor JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH, MACP:
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There are lots of misconceptions out there. We asked experts about the biggest offenders.
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Male and female athletes have different hearts, and that can have serious consequences
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When female athletes collapse on the playing field, they are less likely to be resuscitated than men: How gender differences play out in sports medicine.
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This month's ROSA SCORE Seminar is on Monday, June 23rd at 12pm and will feature speaker Stephanie Correa, PhD who will discuss "Estrogen Signaling in the Hypothalamus Aligns Thermoregulation with Reproductive State". Register to attend here: https://t.co/uZFIvMFXlS
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ROSA project co-leader Jorge Chavarro, MD, ScM, ScD was recently featured in an article about federal grant funding, read more here:
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The hard work of the competitive process pays off for researchers: "It means you can do something to try to help people."
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Check out this new publication from 2024 Connors BWH-MGB Collaborative IGNITE Awardees Fei Liu, PhD and Menglu Yang, MD, PhD:
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At the 2025 Women’s Health Luncheon hosted by Brigham and Women’s Hospital, nearly 700 guests gathered to spotlight cancer care for women and raised more than $1.4 million to support women’s health research across the Brigham and Mass General Brigham. https://t.co/XKsdN3nNjb
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The Women’s Health Luncheon is an annual fundraising event presented by the Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The center strives to ignite change in...
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WE ARE HIRING! Looking for a highly motivated full-time Postdoctoral Fellow with a strong background in clinical neuroscience, women’s brain health, and sex-differences in diseases. For more info, see https://t.co/0nqfZGMuxw.
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Check out this new publication from 2018 IGNITE Awardee Morteza Mahmoudi, PhD on how bioengineering can improve women's health:
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Check out this article on Nurses' Health Study, a groundbreaking study on women's health that has been running for almost 50 years and is currently lead at BWH by ROSA project co-leader Jorge Chavarro, MD, ScD:
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The iconic study has been one of the most ambitious and fruitful investigations of the risk factors that can lead to chronic diseases.
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A few weeks ago, the Sex Informed Research Collaborative Think Tank (SIRCTT) hosted its first virtual Mixer. Thank you to those who attended for making it a successful and productive event! Learn more about SIRCTT here: https://t.co/5nP2REqxnI
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Natalie Feldman, MD, a Brigham psychiatrist, talks about premenstrual dysphoric disorder, a more severe form of PMS, in this @WCVB interview.
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Brigham and Women's Dr. Natalie Feldman says doctors believe the cause of premenstrual dysphoric disorder is shifts in hormones. Feldman says the disorder is diagnosed by patients tracking their mood...
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Grateful to @BrighamConnors for the incredible years of collaboration, support, and shared mission. Excited to carry the spirit forward! @KathrynRexrode @HolsenLaura @HadineJoffe #DawnDemeo @VeselaKovachev2 #NataliaSarkisian @DasaniSerena
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MIT is hosting the inaugural Female Medicine through Machine Learning (FMML) Women's Health AI Hackathon — a one-day event on Sat, May 17 from 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM at the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. Learn more or register to attend here:
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We invite you to join us at MIT’s inaugural Female Medicine through Machine Learning (FMML) Women's Health AI Hackathon — a one-day event to reimagine…
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The @BrighamConnors Symposium features the keynote by @Davide__Cirillo on #AI Biases in Health and Biomedicine: Challenges, Consequences, and Solutions. Connors-MGBRI Center Symposium: Incorporating Sex Differences into Research | May 13th, Boston, USA https://t.co/XJ17qOdxsW
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