Overview
Traditionally, medical and scientific research focuses on male specimens, with the assumption that what works for men will also work for women. However, the latest research shows this assumption can be tragically flawed, given that 70% of people with Alzheimer’s and 65% of those with depression are women.Part of Center for BrainHealth's third annual BrainHealth Week, the Empowering Women Through Brain Health conference underscored the urgent need for a global shift in scientific culture to prioritize women’s health, bringing together national experts to emphasize the ways in which research into women's brain health is both understudied and underfunded.“”
“It’s become clear to many of us in this room that positioning women’s health and prioritizing it will take a global shift in science culture. That shift can start now, it can start here. It can start with all of us using the tools of talent and the resources we have to push for change.”
Emily Jacobs, PhD
UC Santa Barbara
Speakers at this event included leading voices in neuroscience, including Jacobs; Judith Joseph, MD, NYU; Jessica Shepherd, MD, Sanctum Med + Wellness; Matt Walker, PhD, UC Berkeley; Annie Fenn, MD, The Brain Health Kitchen; Gillian Coughlan, PhD, Harvard's Mass General Research Institute; and multidisciplinary AI researcher Nina Miolane, PhD, UC Santa Barbara. Read the full article in the Dallas Morning News
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