Older Women's Health
Vision
To become a leader in women’s health efforts that improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities locally, nationally and globally.
Aims of the Program
To build women’s health research laboratory funding, with initial focus on medication adherence, team-based care, and decision-making.
To advance women’s health research enterprise-wide with focus on education of junior investigators internal (MCW, particularly GIM and CTSI-institution) collaborations.
Projects
Baseline Symptoms and Adherence to Oral Breast Cancer Therapy among Older Women
Bridging Community-based Continence Promotion and Primary Care (INTUIT)
Building sustainable interventions to improve endocrine therapy adherence
Understanding and addressing health disparities in Wisconsin through statewide partnerships
Understanding the Role of Mammographic Quality in Wisconsin's Breast Cancer Disparities
Wisconsin Exploratory Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology
Grants & Partnerships
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Academic Partnerships
U18 Grant - Intuit partnership with UW
WI-INTUIT -
Mission Boost Grant
Building a Sustainable Intervention to Improve Endocrine Therapy Adherence Mission Boost Grant Speaker: "Team-based Symptom Monitoring and Medication Management Intervention to Improve Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy Adherence"
ACS Research -
Translational and Interdisciplinary Research (TIGUR)
The Wisconsin Exploratory Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology is an exploratory Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) formed to conduct research and training focusing on improving urinary incontinence (UI) in women.
TIGUR
Older Women's Health Faculty
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Joan Neuner, MD, MPH
Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
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Kathryn Flynn, PhD
Professor, Vice Chair for Research
Older Women's Health Staff
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