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Black women face major barriers to menopause support: new study Black women in the UK are entering menopause severely under informed, under supported, and often dismissed by healthcare professionals, according to new research from the UCL EGA Institute for Women’s...

Black women in the UK are entering menopause severely under informed, under supported, and often dismissed by healthcare professionals, according to new research from @profjoyceharper.bsky.social (UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health).

Learn more here: bit.ly/4rEVK9K

International Women's Day 2026: Gender Differences in Women's Heart Health UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health are delighted to host a selection of free events to celebrate International Women's Day 2026 and UCL200

Join @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social & UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science for Gender Differences in Women's Health: an empowering and informative talk dedicated to women’s cardiovascular health.

📅 Thursday 12 March
⏰ 12:00–13:00
📍 Theobald Lecture Theatre

@uclpophealthsci.bsky.social

🔊 Prof @drkevinfong.bsky.social @uclengineering.bsky.social presents The Artificial Human in front of a live audience at @ucl.ac.uk.

As UCL marks 200 years, they ask whether AI is the future of learning and how we can make the most of what it has to offer.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I got to be part of the podcast that goes with this investigation and honestly — everyone needs to hear it.

$1.3 billion in taxpayer money going to FAKE clinics with ZERO oversight. This series is just getting started.

Our International Women's Day events begin next week! 🎉

Final few tickets remaining, book now: bit.ly/4kDdwHQ

They Look Like Clinics. They Are Not. And You Are Paying For Them. A physician’s guide to crisis pregnancy centers — what they are, what they’re hiding, and why it matters to all of us.

Everything your doctor wants you to know is in my latest Substack.

This #InternationalWomensDay, we're excited to launch our new podcast, Let's Talk About Women's Health. This first episode reflects on UCL’s bicentenary, its long legacy in women’s health and women’s education, and what the Institute looks like today.

🎧 Listen now: share.transistor.fm/s/d6b52453

Happy New Year!

We are looking for a postdoc with computational expertise to join our group. Deadline for application is 13th January.

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

#newjob #postdoc #vascularbiology #atherosclerosis #cellplasticitycontrol #functionalgenomics #cellheterogeneity

The Compounding Burden of Pregnancy Loss: A Longitudinal Analysis of Quality-of-Life Trajectories After Miscarriage To characterize the trajectory of health-related quality of life, both overall utility and individual EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level (EQ-5D-5L) dimensions, over 12 months after miscarriage and assess whe...

The Compounding Burden of Pregnancy Loss: A Longitudinal Analysis of Quality-of-Life Trajectories After Miscarriage

Corneliu Bolbocean, Arri Coomarasamy, Leah Fitzsimmons, Rosinder Kaur, Adam Devall

www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S109...

OBGYN Mid-trimester pregnancy loss (MTL), defined as a pregnancy loss occurring between 14 + 0 and 21 + 6 weeks of gestation, causes significant physical and emotional distress to women and presents clinic...

🔔 ICYMI: Now in issue

📄 Triage & care for women with symptoms/diagnosis of pregnancy loss between 14+0 & 21+6 wks' gestation

✍️ Caroline Fox, Rosinder Kaur, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social, @prenataltherapy.bsky.social et al

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Methods to establish a Pregnancy Register in the QResearch Database - Communications Medicine Snelling et al. describe the methods used to establish a pregnancy register in the QResearch database. The resulting algorithm successfully sorts and consolidates delivery and pregnancy loss (incl. te...

Methods to establish a Pregnancy Register in the QResearch Database

Andrew JHL Snelling, Emma Copland, Winnie X. Mei, Wema M. Mtika, Tom Ranger, Carol Coupland, QResearch Pregnancy Consortium, Aziz Sheikh, Julia Hippisley-Cox & Jennifer A. Hirst

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

‘You put the top on and your life is sucked out of you’: The fight to change women’s sports uniforms | CNN Tight, revealing uniforms cause many girls to drop sports, but elite women athletes are changing the clothing that puts them on display.

Teenage gymnasts, university swimmers & pro soccer players have been told that their uniforms should be “flattering,” ie: revealing. When athletes feel pressure to look “lean,” they often end up underfueling and hurting their health and performance.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/s...

IfWH Annual Conference 2025 Overview YouTube video by UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health

Earlier this month, we were delighted to welcome over 300 delegates to our UCL IfWH & UCLH Annual Conference.

Join @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social MSc student, Alanna, who picks her five key takeaways from the Conference.

Learn more about our Annual Conferences here:

🔗 bit.ly/3Y4wQTS

#womenshealth #ucl

UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health wishes all of our staff and students a safe and restful festive break — see you all in 2026! 🎉

UCL is now closed until 9:00am on Monday 5 January 2026. Students will still have access to support during this period.

More details here:

🔗 bit.ly/3YK70EU

Twenty Thousand Stillbirths a Year, and No Federal Plan to Prevent Them For a country that claims to value life, the U.S. has allowed stillbirth to remain in the shadows of public health and reproductive justice.

Twenty Thousand Stillbirths a Year, & No Federal Plan to Prevent Them | For a country that claims to value life, the United States has allowed stillbirth to remain in the shadows of discussions about public health & reproductive justice

@msmagazine.com.web.brid.gy

msmagazine.com/2025/11/28/b...

HRH the Duchess of Edinburgh visited @ucl.ac.uk’s EGA Institute for Women’s Health @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social to see cutting-edge science improving outcomes for women and babies. She met Wellbeing of Women-funded researchers and discussed their work to stop pregnancy loss www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...

Screenshot of the title and abstract page of the paper, available at https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijgo.70621

Triage & care for women with symptoms or diagnosis of pregnancy loss between 14 + 0 & 21 + 6 weeks' gestation

Caroline Fox, Rosinder Kaur, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Alexander Heazell @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social, @prenataltherapy.bsky.social, et al

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The project is led by @shematariq.bsky.social (
@uclglobalhealth.bsky.social) and Marthe Le Prevost (@mrcctu.bsky.social) and includes collaborators from a wide range of disciplines and sectors within UCL and beyond!

We are working with @coprocollective.bsky.social and Tommy's (www.tommys.org) to make sure that people who have been pregnant and/ or cared for babies and young children during outbreaks of disease can have their say on how we prepare for future outbreaks

We are a group of researchers at University College London (UCL) working on a new project called RECENTRE. This project wants to understand how we can better prepare and respond to future infection outbreaks for people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or making health decisions for their babies.

Did you experience the COVID pandemic whilst pregnant, breastfeeding or caring for a baby? We need your help to shape research on how best to support people like you during the next big infection outbreak. See below ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Applications close tomorrow!! Fully funded 4-year PhD studentships in reproductive and placental biology.

Last chance to apply go to trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-studentships

Treating gum disease could reduce risk of heart attacks and strokes Intensive treatment of severe gum disease can help prevent arteries from becoming clogged, supporting heart health and reducing the long-term risk of developing cardiovascular diseases such as coronar...

Intensive treatment of severe gum disease can prevent clogged arteries, reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks, according to a new clinical trial by Dr Marco Orlandi, Prof Francesco D'Aiuto and Prof John Deanfield @uclmedsci.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social

Women Scientists Were Written Out of History. It's Margaret Rossiter's Lifelong Mission to Fix That The historian has devoted her career to bringing to light the ingenious accomplishments of those who have been forgotten

It’s a good day to talk about women scientists. Let’s also remember Margaret W. Rossiter, who died in August of this year.

She coined the “Matilda Effect” (named after suffragist Matilda Gage), which describes bias against acknowledging women’s achievements.

New guest post on my blog: Csaba Szabo plays cat and mouse with a paper mill
deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
#fraud #publishing

Graduate Open Events: Women's Health Explore Master’s degrees in Reproductive Science and Women's Health. Join our virtual open events to meet Programme Directors and plan your next career step.

Are you thinking of studying Women’s Health? 🔬

Join us this November at our online information sessions where you’ll meet Programme Directors and find out what it’s like to study at a world-leading institution.

📅 25 Nov, 13:00-14:00 GMT
📅 27 Nov, 12:00-13:00 GMT

Secure your place now ⬇️

2 weeks left to apply! Fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships for home or overseas students, applications open till 4 November. 🔗 Please like and share to spread the word! www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students...

Take a look at projects for 2025/26 www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/opportunitie...

Maternal risk stratification and planned birth improve pregnancy outcomes at term: A population-based cohort study. In many countries antenatal maternal risk stratification and individualization of subsequent pregnancy care is ubiquitous. However, because of the dyn…

Maternal risk stratification and planned birth improve pregnancy outcomes at term: A population-based cohort study.

Cynthia Wong, Kylie Crawford, Jesrine Hong, Shannyn Rosser, Vicki Flenady, Susannah Leisher, Robert Silver, Sailesh Kumar

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Microscopists | The Microscopists Discusses Menopause and Perimenopause In this special episode of The Microscopists, we're joined by three passionate voices who share their personal experiences with perimenopause and menopause.They share personal stories of navigating...

To mark World Menopause Day, Crick scientists Maxine Holder and Celine Bouchoux, as well as former Crick scientist Georgina Fletcher, appeared on The Microscopists podcast to talk about their experiences of perimenopause.

Listen now 👇
themicroscopists.bitesizebio.com/episodes/the...