To remain a dominant force behind major medical advances in women's health, we must have the deepest commitment to forge alliances across disciplines, institutions, and specific types of research, including basic science, clinical, prevention, and health services research. To further our efforts in accomplishing these goals, and to meet the crucial needs of women, four cores of research excellence in the areas of Cardiovascular Health and Women , Women and Trauma , Women and Addictive Disorders, and Statistical Modeling are ongoing. These initial topic areas were determined by reviewing the types of research proposals that Yale investigators were prepared to undertake, assessing the need for work in these areas, and judging the commitment of investigators to pursue research in these areas.
Heart disease is the leading killer of women.
Increasing evidence shows that when heart disease occurs, how it appears and its clinical course, can be dramatically different for women and men. The work of this core will be to foster research addressing critical contemporary questions in the maintenance of cardiovascular health, and in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease in women. Teresa Lynn Caulin-Glaser, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology. Women consistently report rates of traumatic experiences that are substantially higher than those reported among men. To improve the public health of women and their children, information is needed to enhance our understanding of the ways in which exposure to trauma influences the health and functioning of women.