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Joyce Brenner Women’s Health Research Award – October 2007
Foundation for Women’s Wellness (FWW) is honored to announce the Joyce Brenner Research Award created in the esteemed memory of Joyce Brenner to improve medicine’s understanding of women’s health. Areas of interest include cardiovascular disease, leading female cancers (lung, breast, and ovarian), and hormones’ role in causing and treating health concerns; however any topic deemed important to women’s health will be considered. This award will provide one-time funding to the selected finalist by first quarter 2008. Please refer to requirements for information on how to apply. Sorry, applications are no longer being accpeted.

FWW Women’s Health Research Fund – 2005
The Women’s Health Research Fund raises support for small, short-term studies with significance to improve medical understanding and galvanize larger scale research funded by large organizations and the federal government. The Fund is comprised of different awards which are announced as they become available thru this website, www.grantsnet.org and e-newsletter www.newgrantinfo.com. Each award provides one-time funding to a researcher of merit seeking to study issues on the causes and/or treatments of leading women's health issues such as cardiovascular disease, leading female cancers (lung, breast, and ovarian), and hormones’ roles in female health concerns; however any topic deemed important to women’s health will be considered. The selection process is spearheaded by FWW’s Medical Advisory Board comprised of prominent physicians from across the country and chaired by Dr. Rob Flaumenhaft, MD, PhD of Harvard Medical School.

2005 WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH AWARD

FWW Research – NEW
FWW’s founder and chairwoman, Dr. Lila Nachtigall MD, and Medical Advisory Board Chair Dr. Rob Flaumenhaft, MD, PhD are conducting a study to examine the clotting incidence in women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT). This is an important area of study since the Women’s Health Initiative of the National Institutes of Health cited significant increases in clotting (a risk factor in heart attack and stroke) among women taking HRT.

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