Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Tufts University in Massachusetts has been awarded a $3.03 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop novel methods that can quantifiably measure chronic pain in women. On average, women are significantly more likely than men to experience chronic pain. Through the development of new diagnostic technology, the research team at Tufts aims to standardize pain assessment and eliminate physician bias when developing treatment plans.
The Institute for Women’s Health at Virginia Commonwealth University has received a $3.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance gender equity in the biomedical academic and research workforce. The funding will support the development of a national hub for resources and strategies that other institutions can leverage when creating their own gender-inclusive STEM programs and initiatives.
Texas Woman’s University has received a $1 million gift from Kathleen Hildreth, owner of M1 Support Services, a logistics service provider for military aviation. Half of the gift will be used to provide scholarships for every student in the inaugural class of TWU’s Doswell School of Aeronautical Sciences. The other half will match future donations to the school’s aviation program.
Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, has received a $1.5 million grant to study the dynamics of bacterial vaginosis, a widespread condition affecting women’s reproductive systems. While common, the condition is linked to various health risks such as preterm birth and sexually transmitted diseases. The new funding will support research aimed at developing methods to prevent and treat the infection.