NOTE: This article featured interviews with Insitute members Melina Kibbe, MD and Director Teresa K Woodruff, PhD.
September 3, 2014
Chicago Tribune | By Lisa Black
September 2, 2014
Women and men often react differently to illness and treatment, yet surgical researchers rarely use female animals or cells in their published studies--to the detriment of patients, a Northwestern University professor has concluded. Dr. Melina R. Kibbe, senior author of a study published Thursday in the journal Surgery, said she was stunned by what she found during her review of five medical journals published in 2011 and 2012.
August 5, 2014
Stephen Colbert's show featured clips from the Women's Health Research Institute's recent 60 Minutes segment on sex inclusion in research.
July 17, 2014
Psych News July 17, 2014
Antidepressant May Have Role in Treating Menopause Symptoms
http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsarticle.aspx?articleid=1890220
July 10, 2014
Bethanee J. Schlosser, assistant professor of dermatology and director of Women’s Skin Health at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago and a Council member of the Women's Health Research Institute comments on Melasma in the Digital Journal. Melasma is a common skin problem that causes brown to gray-brown patches on the face.
July 3, 2014
Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD, Benjamin and Virginia T. Boshes Professor in Neurology Director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Northwestern, comments on this sleep study.
June 17, 2014
As told to Sandra Guy, Staff Reporter, Chicago Sun Times
June 16, 2014
Chicago Sun-Times June 13, 2014
The Sitdown: Teresa Woodruff is a driving force for sex equity in medical science
http://www.suntimes.com/news/27972204-418/the-sitdown-teresa-woodruff-is...
June 16, 2014
NATIONAL
New York Times June 15, 2014
‘Thinking of Ways to Harm Her’
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/health/thinking-of-ways-to-harm-her.html
And doctors have historically been taught in medical school that “women don’t get depressed during pregnancy because they are happy,” said Dr. Katherine L. Wisner, a professor of psychiatry and obstetrics at Northwestern University and member of the WHRI Leadership Council..
June 16, 2014
NATIONAL
New York Times June 15, 2014
‘Thinking of Ways to Harm Her’
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/health/thinking-of-ways-to-harm-her.html
And doctors have historically been taught in medical school that “women don’t get depressed during pregnancy because they are happy,” said Dr. Katherine L. Wisner, a professor of psychiatry and obstetrics at Northwestern University and member of the WHRI Leadership Council..
June 9, 2014
Ending the Gender Bias in Research
May 29, 2014
The work of two Northwestern researchers was influential in a recent policy change by the National Institutes of Health, which will require that researchers include their plans for balancing male and female cells and animals in preclinical studies with few exceptions.
April 22, 2014
Women's Health Research Institute Leadership Council members Dr. Melina Kibbe and Dr.