Our Mission
To conduct patient-informed high-quality clinical intervention trials and cohort studies to prevent chronic disease in the maternal-infant dyad and improve women’s health across the lifespan
Our Values
Our research and team are grounded in evidence-based approaches, driven by innovation, and informed by patient perspectives.
Evidence-based
Our research is grounded in rigorous scientific evidence to ensure findings are reliable and clinically meaningful, leading to real improvements in women’s health.
Innovation driven
We advance women’s health by developing and applying innovative approaches that address complex and emerging health challenges.
Patient informed
We center patients’ voices and lived experiences to ensure our research reflects real needs and outcomes, leading to meaningful improvements in care.
Current Studies
Previous Studies
GooDMomS
GDM affects 7-10% of pregnancies GooDMomS is a digital health pregnancy and postpartum lifestyle intervention for women with recent GDM to promote glucose control during pregnancy and weight loss after delivery. Our goal is to use digital health technology to advance perinatal health, promote the health of the mother-child dyad, and test the acceptability of an intervention that can be integrated alongside routine clinical obstetrical care.
COMPARE-UF
Sponsor: PCORI/AHRQ
By age 50, 50% of white women and 70% of black women will have symptomatic uterine fibroids. COMPARE UF is a prospective longitudinal study measuring quality of life outcomes following surgical intervention for uterine fibroids.
Our overall goals were to establish a national registry of women undergoing surgical interventions for uterine fibroids, to conduct a longitudinal follow-up of women following surgical interventions, assess women’s perception of their quality of life (QoL) following hysterectomy (removal of uterus) versus uterine sparing procedures (myomectomy, UAE, endometrial ablation). We found that women undergoing either hysterectomy or myomectomy had improved QoL scores, although those undergoing hysterectomy had slightly higher scores. Additionally, those with hysterectomy had better symptom severity scores and more improved depression scores.
DiabetesSisters Voices
This study aimed to develop and rigorously evaluate an online platform—the DiabetesSisters Network—to engage women with current or gestational diabetes. The goal was to create a virtual patient community that empowers participants to identify and prioritize topics for patient-centered and comparative effectiveness research.