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Why Gender-Biased Funding Is Costing Women Their Health

Posted by Courtney Cyron & Lauren Perna on Jun 3, 2025 2:12:28 PM

Did you know that until 1993, women weren’t required to participate in clinical trials? That means until just a few decades ago, many medications prescribed to women may not have been tested on a woman. 

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Topics: Career, Innovation, Business, Inspiration, Challenges, Advocate, #WESTevent, Life Science VC, Venture Capital/VC, D&I, Equity, Female Representation STEM, Healthcare, Strong Women, Women's Health, Health

Healing and Hope: Where do we go from here?

Posted by Joanna Buscema on Mar 8, 2022 3:42:09 PM

This year’s National Women’s Month theme is “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope." According to the National Women’s History Alliance, as written on History.com, this theme is "both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and also a recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history."

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Topics: STEM, Resilience, Women in STEM, Upcoming Events, Support, #WESTorg, Broadway, Healing and Hope, International Women's Day, Women's History Month, Healthcare

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