Women's Health Research at Yale

Hear how WHRY is investing in the future by mentoring and training scientists to factor gender into their research. Emphasizing translation of their findings to benefit and improve health.

Is dietary protein good or bad for your bones? Dr. Karl Insogna's research focused on answering this question and investigates the factors that put women at a greater risk for osteoporosis.

If you are wondering what we do, and how? Center Director, Dr. Carolyn Mazure, explains the mission, and activities, that have been driving Women's Health Research at Yale since 1998.

This video features Dr. Marina Picciotto's investigation of smoking and depression as key, inter-related health concerns for women. For more information, please go to our website: - Women's Health Research at Yale

Learn about the mission of Women's Health Research at Yale, and why it is so important for gender differences in biology and behavior to be examined in health and medicine.

Our video series continues to feature the work of our funded investigators. In this latest video, Dr. Julie Ann Sosa explains how she and her colleagues are turning human embryonic stem cells into replacement parathyroid cells -- to address the debilitating calcium imbalance that results from the loss or injury of parathyroid glands -- a condition more common in women than men.

Our video series continues to highlight the research by our Pilot Project Program investigators. This video features the work of Dr. Sherry McKee in developing gender-sensitive smoking cessation therapies -- to help women quit.

This pilot study video from Women's Health Research at Y ale highlights the work of investigator Dr. Joann Sweasy, who is developing a humanized model of breast cancer for "individualized" treatment.

Women's Health Research at Yale - Video Series: A new video series on our center's mission and scientific investigations on women's health. The first video explains the importance of studying gender differences. More videos to come. Learn more about us at