The health inequities facing women and gender-diverse people exist in both prevalence and manifestation of numerous disorders, making it challenging to diagnose and treat these disorders without recognising sex-based disparities. Federal funding agencies have mandated that sex and gender diversity be included in health research but despite these efforts sex and gender related inequalities remain in both research and practice.
womenmind™ aims to address these disparities by promoting excellence in research on women’s mental health, with the understanding that gender is fluid, non-binary and diverse. By developing innovative solutions to improve prevention, policy, and treatment of mental illness among women and girls, womenmind seeks to improve health for everyone.
womenmind has enabled the recruitment and retention of the following scientists who have dedicated their careers to women’s mental health: