WE ARE CHANGING THE WAY THE WORLD TREATS WOMEN
100,000 Reasons to Close the Research Gap
Honor the mother or special woman in your life this Mother’s Day by donating to the #Magee100KChallenge. As we celebrate National Women’s Health Month, join the #Magee100KChallenge to raise $100,000 and help us close the research gap in women's health.
In Partnership with UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
Located right across the street from Magee-Womens Research Institute, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital is one of the nation’s top hospitals specializing in gynecologic and obstetric services. UPMC Magee also combines a wealth of specialty services for men and women, including cardiology, geriatrics, urology, bone and joint, and bariatric surgery.
Rock the Future of Women’s Health!
Spend an evening with singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge at the 2024 Women Who Rock™ Benefit Concert presented by Gibson Gives on Wednesday, August 28 at Stage AE. The show will feature a special set by Pittsburgh’s own DJ Femi and actress-singer Margot Bingham as event emcee. Every ticket sold directly supports life changing research at Magee-Womens Research Institute.
From woman-controlled HIV protection to therapies that could prevent the recurrence of ovarian cancer, we are helping to solve real-world problems and impacting women’s lives. And the potential is boundless. Anything is possible when the country’s largest women’s research institute partners with a world-class women’s hospital.
Our StoryOur Seven Areas of Research
Learn more about our researchWe accelerate discoveries in stem and germ cell biology to unlock the mysteries—and enormous medical potential—of the very beginnings of life.
Learn MoreWe study maternal health and fetal and placental development to ensure healthy mothers and babies. And those first nine months can actually affect our entire lives.
Learn MoreHundreds of millions of women are affected every year. We are developing new therapies for STDs, including a groundbreaking study that is putting women in control of preventing HIV.
Learn MoreFrom family planning and safer contraception to postmenopausal health, we focus on the incredible and sometimes challenging adventure that is a woman’s life.
Learn MoreTreatments for infertility are safer and more effective than ever. And major breakthroughs are coming that will help even more couples who are struggling to conceive.
Learn MoreWhat if there was a vaccine for ovarian cancer? Here, we are making tremendous strides in the detection, treatment and yes, prevention of women’s cancers.
Learn MoreWe study behavioral science, patient-provider communication and health service outcomes to improve access to affordable, quality health care for women—especially women at risk.
Learn MoreWomen are Different Than Men.
From how they present symptoms to the way their brains work. The thing is, most research has sidestepped sex differences, studying men and applying the findings to women.
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