Outline: Women's Health

PLEASE NOTE:

Information on this site pertains to MD students who matriculated in the 2006-2007 academic year or later. All other students matriculating prior to 2006 should refer to their year's Guide to the Scholarly Concentrations for more information.

Directors
Lynn Westphal, MD
Mary Jacobson, MD
Marcia Stefanick, PhD

Objectives and Goals

Women’s Health is an application area in the Scholarly Concentration program that addresses the wide scope of women's health issues and sex-based medicine and biology. This Application trains students in basic, translational, epidemiologic, health policy, and clinical research in women's health and comparative biology and medicine. It integrates diverse disciplines, such as molecular biology, genetics, autoimmunity, epidemiology, environmental science, with abnormal development and diseases that are unique to or more prevalent in females.

Requirements

Students who pursue Women’s Health are required to complete 6 units of coursework from the following featured courses (or other courses, as approved by the WH Directors):

OBGYN 240/MED 240       Sex differences in Human Physiology and Disease (2 units/Winter/Wed. 3:15-4:45pm); Stefanick

INDE 256       Controversies and Topics in Women’s Health (2 units/Spring/Wed. 3:15-4:45pm); Jacobson and Stefanick

OBGYN 230      Women’s Health Medical Forum (1 unit/Fall, Winter, Spring/12:00-1:00pm, 2x/month); Westphal

INDE 245      Women’s Health Independent Project (1unit/Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer); Jacobson, Stefanick, and Westphal

OBGYN 282      Pregnancy, Birth, Infancy, and Childhood (3 units/Winter); El-Sayed