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.
Announcements & Upcoming Events
Jacqueline Leaffer Wish for the Heart Award
The Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research is offering a $2,500 award for faculty doing outstanding research in women’s heart health. Eligible candidates will be evaluated on criteria appropriate to measure progress in research. Such criteria will include, but are not limited to research funding obtained, papers written, presentations delivered, discoveries made, peer-recognition, leadership in the field and overall commitment to research.
Women's Health News
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Sex Specific Guidelines Needed to Accurately Treat Women
Apr 11, 2022 byToday, in a new paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus faculty Judy Regensteiner, PhD, and Jane Reusch, MD, discuss the need for sex-specific health information for obesity, hypertension and diabetes.Full story -
Incorporating Sex as a Biological Variable into Basic and Clinical Research Studies
Mar 18, 2022 byDespite the establishment of NIH guidelines for inclusion of women in clinical studies, as well as clear expectations for rigor and reproducibility in reporting sex as a biological variable in NIH grant submissions, women and females are still understudied populations in human and animal research. Enter this important primer on incorporating sex as a biological variable into basic and clinical research.Full story -
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
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Ludeman Family Center for Women's Health Research
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12348 East Montview Boulevard
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Aurora, CO 80045
303-724-0305
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