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Who We Are

 

The Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health is based at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University and publishes the peer-reviewed journal Women's Health Issues. Our mission is to identify and study aspects of healthcare and public health, including legal and policy issues, that affect women’s health at different life stages; to foster awareness of and facilitate dialogue around issues that affect women’s health; and to promote interdisciplinary research, coordination, and information dissemination.

 

Women's Health Issues

 

We publish high-quality peer-reviewed research on topics that affect women's health across the lifespan.

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Commentaries call for improvements in policy, research, and practice to improve women's health.

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Our supplements collect recent research on important women's health topics. 

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Scientific Integrity Work

 

We work to educate lawmakers about legislation that can help ensure the federal government produces and uses scientific evidence appropriately. 

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We collaborate with other organizations to promote science-based policymaking across the federal government.

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We comment on proposed actions by federal agencies that have implications for scientific integrity and women's health.

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Recent Articles

Screenshot from Health Affairs Forefront. Article title: Remember Susan F. Wood, a Woman Who Dared. Author: Anne Markus. Date: April 25, 2025. Photo: Susan Wood (a white woman with grey hair, wearing a purple jacket) smiles.

Remembering Susan F. Wood, A Woman Who Dared

April 28, 2025

For Health Affairs Forefront, Anne Markus describes Susan Wood's career in federal service and academia and highlights all she brought to the GW community.

Trump Administration Cancels NIH Scientific Integrity Policy

April 25, 2025

Liz Borkowski spoke to reporters at Science and E&E News about the recission of the scientific integrity policy of the National Institutes of Health.

A dark-haired white-presenting woman in a white coat shows something on a clipboard to a blond-haired woman standing next to her

Study Finds Too Little Contraception and Pregnancy Counseling for Women with Congenital Heart Defects

March 25, 2025

The latest WHI Editor's Choice article reports that most female survey respondents with congenital heart disease did not receive the recommended counseling.