In an analysis of clinical studies conducted between 2015 and 2023, women's participation met or exceed their disease prevalence in 67 percent of trials. However, some areas of study still significantly under-enroll women participants.
Over the past 15 years, the share of young women identifying as something other than exclusively straight increased from 22 percent to 50 percent, according to a new study from Binghamton University. Notably, the research did not find a similar trend among young men, who are more likely to say they are either exclusively straight or exclusively gay.
Prior to 2022, trends in suicidality among adolescents were similar across U.S. states. However, after the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, these trends diverged, with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among girls increasing in states that had instituted abortion bans and decreasing in states that had not enacted bans.
The Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy at the University of California, Berkeley, will address the nation's most pressing societal, economic, environmental, and political challenges. Pelosi will teach a class on the Congress.
Under a new agreement, the university will assume responsibility for all research components of the Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation and its grant activities. Pamela Moalli, a leading physician-scientist in urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery, has been named executive and scientific director of the institute.
Switzer, a two-time alumna of Syracuse University, made history in 1967 when she became the first woman to officially register for and run in the Boston Marathon. A successful broadcast journalist, Switzer has been instrumental in advancing the sport of women's running over the past several decades.
The University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine has partnered with Norvatis to expand access to early breast cancer detection among women from underserved communities in Los Angeles County. In addition to providing direct care, the partnership will focus on leveraging data science to identify gaps in healthcare access and develop solutions.
As a scholar, Dr. Hesse-Biber is known for her research on women's health and body image, women and work, feminist sociology, mixed method inquiry, and hereditary breast cancer. She has retired from Boston College after 50 years of service.
“This encyclopedia comes at a time when matters related to gender and education are increasingly fraught and urgent in the United States and globally and is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to understand how gender shapes educational experiences and outcomes,” said co-editor Sherry Deckman of the City University of New York.
Using data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Guttmacher Institute, Pew Research Center has analyzed several decades of information on abortion in the U.S., including the number and rate of abortions over time and the demographics of women who have experienced the procedure.