Women’s Health Research Collaboration Lab

Career-development and research collaborations platform for interdisciplinary women’s health and gender/sex-differences research collaborations to flourish at the University of Minnesota.

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>521
Researchers
$53,853,002
FY24 NIH Funding
>190
Research Units

Vision 

Robust, interdisciplinary women’s health and sex-differences research collaborations across departments, schools and institutes are created and reinforced allowing for resource sharing, increased number of multidisciplinary team science and research outputs with impacts on women’s health through-out the life course. 

Mission 

Create a community for interdisciplinary women’s health and sex-differences research collaborations to flourish.  

Upcoming Opportunities for Connection 

Semesterly Happy Hours 

February 5, 2026 at 4:00-6:00pm CDT

September 10, 2026 at 4:00-6:00pm CDT

Let’s get to know one another! UMN faculty, staff, trainees, and students interested in women’s health research are invited to convene for an informal, semesterly happy hour. Email [email protected] for more information. 

Monthly Virtual Office Hours

Rotating Days During Second Week of the Month at 11:00-12:00pm CDT 

Fall Dates: 

  • Wednesday - September 10
  • Thursday - October 9
  • Friday - November 14
  • Monday - December 8 

The right resources in submitting a grant? Feeling a little lost in the research complex? Trying to recruit for your study? If you have technical questions and want to problem-solve with an experienced UMN women’s health research administrator, we want to connect!

Join us for an informal, monthly virtual office hours with resident Women’s Health Research Collaboration Lab research administrators Erin Zielinski, MS, CCRP and Kait Macheledt, MPH.  Email [email protected] for more information. 

Monthly Journal Club

Every Third Monday of the Month Starting September at 4:00-5:00pm CDT 

Dates: 

  • November 17
  • No December Meeting
  • January 19
  • February 16
  • March 16
  • April 20

Join us in cultivating a scientific community committed to discussing women’s health research from an interdisciplinary perspective. A typical session includes reflection/reading time, personal/professional introductions, and facilitated discussion of one journal article pertaining to women’s health research. All UMN faculty, staff, trainees, and students interested in women’s health research are welcome to participate. Email [email protected] for more information.