
Center for Women’s Health Research
We are driven to improve the health of women across the lifespan and, by extension, to improve the health of their families and communities.

Director Dr. Kristen Mark
Kristen Mark, PhD, MPH is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and the Joycelyn Elders Endowed Chair for Sexual Health Education at the Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health in University of Minnesota Medical School. Her research centers around sexual wellbeing across the lifespan with a particular emphasis on women’s sexual and reproductive health.