Gender based biology is the study of gender differences in health and illness.
In 1995, the Society's fifth SAM was the first national meeting on gender based biology. This year's SAM provided an update on research advances in the field of gender based biology and other findings relevant to women's health. That has begun to change as scientists and health care providers increasingly conduct gender based research. Their research has identified gender differences in virtually every system of the human body. These differences extend beyond the obvious areas like reproductive differences to areas such as reactions to specific drugs, and how men and women respond to the same disease or treatment.