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Join us in support of our 3Not30 goals. WHAM has developed an action plan to create impactful and sustainable change by identifying the economic impact of accelerating research and investment in businesses focused on the health of women. Your voices need to be included. These goals will affect your health and the health and well-being of future generations. Let’s eliminate the health gap. Help advance the health of women by supporting these goals:
- Double the Budget – Double the NIH budget for women’s health research, as identified in The WHAM Report – with the potential to add $14.0 billion to the economy, and double VC investment.
- Improve Diversity and Access to Clinical Trials – Increase diversity and improve access to clinical trials.
- Mine the Data – Ensure studies analyze and report results by sex, and create a WHAM Accountability Index.
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5 facts you need to know about women’s health:
🚨For every woman diagnosed with a women’s health condition, roughly four go undiagnosed.
🚨Women often produce higher antibody levels than men at the same vaccine dose.
🚨Less than 15% of women with maternal mental health disorders receive treatment.
🚨Women face ~2–3x higher risk of hip fractures than men.
🚨Only 30% of women over 40 report discussing what to expect in menopause with a healthcare provider.
Data drives discovery. Discovery drives better care.
When women are properly represented in research and data, we can improve diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes for millions.
🔁 Repost to help raise awareness.
Make a difference by supporting the WHAM Edge Awards.
#WomensHealth #WomensHealthData #WomensHealthFacts #WHAMNow
Five dollars. That’s it. If 5,000 people join in, we can fund life-changing women’s health research that impacts the women you love. Link in bio.
#WomensHealth #WomensHealthResearch #Fundraiser
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The WHAM Edge Awards support early-career investigators pursuing bold, high-impact research on sex-based differences.
These awards fill a vital gap in today’s research ecosystem. Early-stage researchers often struggle to secure funding without preliminary data, making it difficult for promising ideas to get off the ground.
That means important questions in women’s health can go unanswered for too long.
When you donate to the WHAM Edge Awards, you’re helping advance the early research that can lead to better science, better treatments, and better outcomes.
Support the WHAM Edge Awards today.
The women’s health gap is real—and these stats prove it. 🚨
1️⃣Women weren’t required in clinical research trials until 1993, and female mice weren’t required in animal studies until 2016.
2️⃣ There are 5x more research studies on erectile dysfunction than there are on PMS.
3️⃣ Women spend 25% more of their lives in poor health compared to men.
4️⃣ Less than 50% of medical schools include women’s health in their curriculum.
5️⃣ Women are diagnosed an average of 4 years later than men for 700+ diseases.
Repost if these facts surprised you.
#WomensHealth #GenderHealthGap #WomensHealthFacts #WHAMNow
Stadiums are full, sponsorships are growing, and women’s sports are breaking records. 🏆
Now, the science supporting female athletes is getting the spotlight too. 🔬
⚽️ FIFA just launched its Female Health & Performance Project to advance research on female athletes — from training and recovery to menstrual health, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and menopause.
As women’s sports continue to grow, research designed for female athletes can help unlock even greater health, performance, and opportunity.
When women are included in research:
✨ Injury prevention improves
✨ Performance improves
✨ Economic impact grows
Women’s sports are entering a new era — and better science can help them reach their full potential.
#WomensHealth #WomenInSports #FIFA #SportsScience #WHAMNow
More WHAM Edge Awards! 🏆
Why this matters 👇
Women’s health research still has major gaps in data, funding, and evidence.
These projects are helping close those gaps — asking overlooked questions and pushing the science forward where it has been missing for too long.
💥 Dr. Anna Eisenstein
Yale School of Medicine
Studying hormone signaling + anti-androgen therapy for hidradenitis suppurativa, a painful chronic skin condition
💥Dr. Xin Meng
Yale School of Public Health
Temperature + menopause + heart health
Using SWAN (Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation)
Better science → better treatments → better outcomes.
Learn more at our link in bio
#WHAMEdgeAwards #WomensHealth #WomensHealthResearch #WHAMNow
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Women are 51% of the population but receive only a fraction of biomedical research funding. Sex differences are still often ignored, even in diseases that hit women hardest. Advancing sex-based research closes that gap, sparks innovation, and delivers more precise care for everyone. Support the future of health—for women, and for all.
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Four out of five Americans with autoimmune disease are women—40 million lives impacted—yet the science hasn’t kept up. In 2019, only 7 % of the NIH’s rheumatoid arthritis budget focused on women. Dedicated funding can pinpoint why women are so vulnerable and drive better diagnostics, therapies, and quality of life. Fuel research that will change lives.
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Donate to Brain Health Research
Women make up two-thirds of Alzheimer’s cases and are twice as likely to suffer depression—yet we still don’t know why. Targeted, sex-specific studies can reveal the biological and clinical differences that unlock earlier diagnosis, smarter treatments, and healthier minds. Your gift drives that discovery.
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Donate to Cancer Research
Most cancer studies still default to male models, overlooking critical sex differences in how cancers start, spread, and respond to therapy. Lung cancer now kills more women than breast, ovarian, and cervical cancers combined, and rates are soaring among young, non-smoking women. Boosting sex-based cancer research will reveal why—and lead to breakthroughs in screening, care, and survival. Help us accelerate that work.
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Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, but it remains underfunded, under-researched, and underdiagnosed. Nearly half of women over 20 have cardiovascular disease, pregnancy heart risks are widespread, and women are 50% more likely to die after a heart attack. Focused research can rewrite those odds—changing how heart disease is detected, treated, and prevented in women. Invest in saving women’s hearts.
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