Washington- The President and First Lady hosted the first-ever White House Conference on Women’s Health Research. The Conference, organized in collaboration with the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research and the Milken Institute, brought together business and philanthropic leaders, academic researchers, women’s health advocates, investors, and federal agency representatives to showcase the President and First Lady’s historic leadership to advance women’s health research and discuss how to continue making progress on improving women’s health.
Launched by President Biden and Dr. Biden in November 2023, the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research has worked to fundamentally change how our country approaches and funds research on women’s health. Since its launch, the Initiative has galvanized nearly $1 billion in funding to close gaps in research on women’s health. These investments will advance research to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and conditions that affect women uniquely, disproportionately, and differently—from menopause to brain disorders to cardiovascular disease.
“The work we’re doing on women’s health research is some of the most important work this Administration has ever done,” said President Biden during the Conference.
“We brought all of you into this room to elevate all this information: discoveries that will change how we treat menopause symptoms…research that uses genetics to find the cause of extreme morning sickness…funders and founders who are seeing the market for women’s health products triple, advocates who are making sure that women know that solutions are at our fingertips if we just keep fighting for them. Together, we’ve laid down a new line, a marker of our progress toward closing the gaps in women’s health,” said the First Lady at the Conference.