Advancing the health of women through research

Getting Answers
The pioneering National Children’s Study will provide invaluable information for understanding the complex interactions of genes, the environment, and social and behavioral factors and their effects on children’s health.

Building Tomorrow
Women’s Health Research is committed to developing knowledge to address key issues in women’s health and the clinicians and researchers who can rapidly move discovery forward; programs such as the BIRCWH foster interdisciplinary mentorship and research growth.

Changing Lives
Our research is providing real-world information to help women with health issues in their daily lives; for example, one of our recent studies points to an association between taking vitamins early in pregnancy
and a lower rate of miscarriage.

Highlights

2009 Tennessee Women’s Health Report Card summarizes trends in critical health indicators for the women of our state, including chronic illness, disease prevention, and behavioral risk factors.  Download the Report Card or view recent media coverage.

Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Women, a systematic evidence review developed by the Vanderbilt Evidence Based Practice Center, has been  released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); the review notes modest treatment effects for therapies included. Read more | VUMC Reporter

Participate in Research

Women´s Health Research at Vanderbilt promotes the health and well-being of women everywhere by getting answers to questions that matter. Your participation in research can help to foster the discovery of new methods for preventing and treating disease. The following Vanderbilt Women´s Health Research studies are seeking participants:

Right from the Start seeks women ages 18 and older who are attempting to get pregnant or are less than 9 weeks pregnant; contact rfts@vanderbilt.edu or 1.866.346.2684 (toll free) for more information.

The Endometriosis Research Study is developing knowledge to help the more than 5 million US women with endometriosis.  Women between the ages of 18-45, with or without endometriosis, with normal menstrual cycles, not taking hormones/birth control pills, and not pregnant/seeking pregnancy may volunteer to provide endometrial tissue samples.  Monetary compensation is offered.  Contact ruth.robertson@vanderbilt.edu; 615.322.4196 for more information.

Locate additional opportunities to participate in research studies at Vanderbilt in women´s health and other areas such as diabetes, children´s health, and cancer.