Wellbeing of Women announces Professor Hilary Critchley as the new Research Advisory Committee Chair
Wellbeing of Women has announced its Chair and Deputy Chair of its Research Advisory Committee.
by Wellbeing of Women | 12 Mar 2021
#ThisIsAMother: Join our Mother's Day campaign
We invite you to pay tribute to mothers everywhere by sharing a vision of motherhood
Join our Mother’s Day campaign This Is A Mother on Sunday 14th March to celebrate extraordinary mothers and all aspects of motherhood.
We want all of our supporters to celebrate Mother’s Day by sharing a photo that depicts what motherhood means to them tagging @WellbeingofWomen and using the hashtag #ThisIsAMother.
It’s very simple:1. Share a photo of an extraordinary mother on your Instagram stories and tag @wellbeingofwomen and #ThisIsAMother
2. Text THISISAMOTHER to 70085 to donate £5 (or you can use the ‘donate’ link on Instagram in your story)
3. Nominate five friends to do the same
Wellbeing of Women invests in vital research to help more women become mothers. From fertility, to pregnancy complications, to improving the experience of pregnancy and childbirth, we are funding some incredible research:
- We are funding Prof. Molly Stevens and her team to develop a bio-engineered gel to prevent scarring of the womb following infection or surgery, helping to regenerate healthy tissue to prevent infertility and miscarriage, read more here.
- We are funding Dr Heather Garthwaite to improve outcomes for women going through fertility treatment, read more here.
- We are funding Dr Emily Cornish to better understand and therefore treat women who suffer a rare complication that can cause multiple miscarriage and pregnancy loss, read more here.
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More than £750,000 of new research set to tackle women’s reproductive and gynaecological health challenges
We’re delighted to announce the funding of 17 new research projects tackling health inequalities and spanning the whole life course – from menstruation to menopause, pre-natal to postnatal, and gynaecological cancers.
Wellbeing of Women supports the integration of sex and gender considerations in UK biomedical, health and care research
Women make up 51% of the population, yet women’s health has not been prioritised.