Our Purpose

Healthy women. Healthy community. Healthy society.

Our Mission

We advance women’s health and wellbeing through transformative, collaborative, and action‑oriented research and capacity building.

Our Vision

We envision a society where women are empowered to achieve optimal health and communities thrive.

Who We Are and What We Do

We take an innovative, multi‑level, and interdisciplinary approach to advancing women’s health across the lifespan. Our work identifies and disrupts barriers to knowledge, opportunity, and health, while directly addressing inequities that impact women, families, and communities.

As a center grounded in community responsiveness, we are committed to ensuring that research leads to meaningful action. We translate evidence into impact through training, partnership, and advocacy—strengthening capacity among researchers, practitioners, and communities alike. By sharing our findings broadly, we aim to inform policy, inspire innovation, and advance solutions that improve population health and wellbeing for women as individuals, parents, and caregivers, and engaged community members.

Our Commitment

We are energized by our continued growth and evolving work, and we remain deeply grateful for the leadership, support, and partnership of our funders, including The Frost Foundation, Ltd., W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and our federal sponsors. Their support enables us to pursue bold, collaborative efforts that move us closer to a healthier and more equitable society.