The Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research is regarded as one of the best places to conduct research that includes women and considers the distinct but linked concepts of sex (biological) and gender (social) differences.
We mentor and fund the next generation of researchers, supporting their cutting-edge research on issues that pose a significant threat to women’s health – cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and the intersection of mental health and physical health in those diseases. Join us in supporting new, life-saving discoveries and in learning more about women’s health across the lifespan.
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Ludeman Center Director Judy Regensteiner, PhD, Named Distinguished Professor
Congratulations to Judy Regensteiner, PhD, professor of medicine and director of the Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research, David Schwartz, MD, professor and former chair of medicine, and Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD, professor of epidemiology in the Colorado School of Public Health, who last week were among the newest members admitted into an elite club: Distinguished Professors of the University of Colorado. The title of Distinguished Professor is the highest honor that the University of Colorado bestows on its own faculty members. The title recognizes outstanding contributions of tenured faculty members to their academic disciplines. Only 129 CU faculty members have been granted the title of Distinguished Professor since the designation was established at CU in 1977.
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Health-promoting behaviors early in life such as adequate exercise and sleep, maintaining a healthy weight, and learning how to cope with stress and anxiety are associated with higher levels of healthy behaviors during adulthood. Additionally, these healthy behaviors prevent, delay and even divert the onset of many life-threatening illnesses and chronic conditions during middle age, including cardiovascular disease, onset of disability, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Join experts from the University of Colorado School of Medicine to learn how family and social support can help promote high engagement in healthy behaviors early in the life course and how these behaviors can be adopted and maintained across the lifespan.
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Watch 2021 Annual Community Event!
The 2021 Annual Community Event featuring Jennifer H. Mieres, MD was livestreamed on October 5, 2021. Dr. Mieres is an award winning professor of cardiology, author, and leading advocate for women’s heart health, heart disease prevention, wellness and diversity in healthcare. Rewatch the event on your own time.
Jane EB Reusch, MD, named recipient of Endocrine Society's Outstanding Mentor Award
Jane E.B. Reusch, MD, professor of medicine and associate director of the Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research, has been named the recipient of the Endocrine Society’s Outstanding Mentor Award. This award recognizes a career commitment to mentoring and a significant positive impact on mentees’ education and career. Jane, who continues to mentor pre-doctoral and postdoctoral fellows, has mentored 77 trainees through her research program. She also directs the University of Colorado Pilot and Feasibility Program to fund diabetes researchers.
Women's Health News
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Impacting Care through the Ludeman Center Network
Oct 27, 2021 byAt times, opportunities for the Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research to have an impact on health occur rapidly, such as when when there are shifts in healthcare delivery policies and procedures. That was the case in December 2020, amid a COVID-19 pandemic surge, when UCHealth received a mandate to start using a new laboratory assay to measure the early signs of a heart attack in patients – the ‘troponin’ laboratory test. The relevance to the Ludeman Center is that this new laboratory assay for the troponin test is one of the first tests to recommend different normative values for men and women.Full story -
Sharing Heart Health Information with the Community
Oct 14, 2021 byOn October 5, Jennifer Mieres, MD, senior vice president of Northwell Health’s Center for Equity of Care and expert in nuclear cardiology and cardiovascular disease in women, shared heart smart tips to improving health at the 2021 Annual Community Event.Full story -
Long-Term Complications Common With Youth-Onset T2DM
Jul 29, 2021 byPetter Bjornstad, M.D., from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, and colleagues transitioned participants with onset of type 2 diabetes in youth enrolled in a multicenter clinical trial to metformin with or without insulin and enrolled them in an observational follow-up study in two phases. Diabetic kidney disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and nerve disease assessments were performed annually and retinal disease was assessed twice.Full story -
Secret Side Effects of Exercising Just 2 Hours Per Week, Says Science
Aug 3, 2021 byBoth the World Health Organization and American Heart Association recommend that adults perform at least 150 minutes per week (two and half hours) of moderate aerobic exercise, such as a brisk walk or light bike ride, or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise such as running or hiking. Importantly, both organizations also offer a third option: a combination of both moderate and vigorous activity roughly equivalent to either of the first two options. So, about two hours of combined moderate and vigorous exercise should be enough to meet those suggestions as well.Full story
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