Connors-BRI Center for Research on Women’s Health and Sex/Gender Medicine

The mission of the Connors-BRI Center for Research on Women’s Health and Sex/Gender Medicine at the Brigham Research Institute (BRI) is to improve the health of women and transform clinical care and prevention strategies.
 
To achieve this goal, the Center works to stimulate and expand the community of researchers dedicated to the advancement of sex/gender-informed science by 1) fostering collaboration between investigators, 2) disseminating the latest in BWH research on women’s health and sex/gender medicine, and 3) providing education, resources and connections with the broader community involved in this diverse field.
 
Center Overview
The Connors-BRI Center for Research on Women’s Health and Sex/Gender Medicine engages the talent and resources of a diverse group of BWH research faculty and trainees in the fields of women’s health and sex/gender medicine. Research led by Center members across the institution employs fundamental science, population health, as well as clinical and translational models to investigate disorders that affect women exclusively, predominantly, and differentially. Representing multiple disciplines across the hospital, research includes the discovery and investigation of mechanisms that explain sex and gender differences in morbidity and mortality, study of disorders specific to women, utilization of a lifespan perspective, including but not limited to a focus on reproductive transitions specific to women such as pregnancy, the menopause transition, and postmenopause.
 
The Center represents the interests of its stakeholder community at the Brigham Research Institute, hosts symposia on key research topics in women’s health and sex/gender medicine, sponsors educational seminars on related topics, partners with BWH affiliates, and recognizes excellence in women’s health and sex/gender medicine research through awards at the annual Discover Brigham meeting.
 
For more information about the Connors-BRI Center for Research on Women’s Health and Sex/Gender Medicine, email bwhbri@partners.org.
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Center Co-Chairs
Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc

Professor, Psychiatry
Vice Chair for Research, Psychiatry
Interim Chair, Psychiatry
Co-chair, Center For Women’s Health

Working Group
Bharti Khurana, MD

Founder and Director, Trauma Imaging Research and Innovation Center
Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Shadab Rahman, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Neuroscientist, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Primavera Spagnolo, MD, PhD

Clinical Research Junior Faculty Representative (Alternate), ROC

Scientific Director, First.in.Women, Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology

Mary Ann Tynan Research Scientist, Psychiatry

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If you are interested in joining the working group, please click here to submit an interest form. We plan to review the submissions once a year in February.
 
With questions or for more information about the Connors-BRI Center for Research on Women’s Health and Sex/Gender Medicine, email bri@bwh.harvard.edu.

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