¶ Women's Global Health Institute (WGHI) |
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| 203 S. Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907 https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/WGHI/ Contact: wghi@purdue.edu Twitter: @PurdueWGHI |
Research and Training | |
| Role(s) | The Women's Global Health Institute (WGHI) at Purdue University serves as a nexus of interdisciplinary research to create partnerships, promote research and develop training opportunities to improve the health of women globally. The Institute uniquely strives to promote research on the prevention and early detection of diseases, rather than the classic medical model focusing on treatment, and research to understand sex-differences in health across the lifespan. |
| Mission | Developing and implementing innovative interventions and technologies to prevent disease and improve the quality of life of women globally based on creative interdisciplinary research and education. |
| History | 2012 - created as a center with Purdue's Discovery Park and College of Health and Human Sciences |
| Org | More than 250 affiliated faculty members from nine colleges and 41 departments Leadership: • Dorothy Teegarden, Director (dteegard@purdue.edu) • Ulrike Dydak, Associate Director (dydak@purdue.edu) • Luanne Bermel, Managing Director (lmi@purdue.edu) |
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External Advisory Council: Internal Steering Committee: |
| Finance | • Funding for operation from Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Disease (PI4D), College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS), and donations • Seed grants from donations, gifts, and foundations including Catherine Peachey Fund |
| Data Source | • Purdue University Sponsored Program Services • Purdue Research Foundation - Office of Technology and Commercialization • Online news resources and search engines • Government partners (i.e., Lewis Burke firm hired by Purdue University to provide information about new initiatives in government that result in funding opportunities) • Cancer Care Engineering (CCE) Data Repository - Colorectal cancer datasets contain tissue and blood samples collected from 523 healthy, polyp-bearing, and colorectal cancer patients, along with extensive sample annotation and lifestyle data. |
| Data Access | • Funded research awards by various agencies including NIH, NSF, USDA, etc. • Tracking progress of internally funded projects • Cancer Care Engineering (CCE) Data Repository |
| Tech Capabilities | • Multidisciplinary and translational research administration • Project management for research in women's health, disease prevention, and early detection • Women in science: equality, inclusion, sexism, and leadership |
| Projects | • Colorectal cancer - CCE datasets to develop novel screening and risk assessment tools to prevent cancer and decision-making tools to personalize cancer therapy for optimal response. • Various research projects funded by the WGHI on women's health including disease prevention, early detection, sex differences, health risk assessments, breast cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, bone health, drug delivery, mental health and improving life quality of women and girls. |
| Future Focus | • Sex and gender desegregated datasets in disease prevention and early detection • Large center grants in women's health or sex gender differences for sustainability • Large training grants in women's health for career development of junior faculty, postdoc, and graduate students |
| Talent Development | • Annual symposium and invited talks on women's health and sex differences research • Annual seed grants in women's health, sex differences, disease prevention, and early detection • Group and peer mentoring of Purdue faculty by support circle with the Butler Center • Coordinate and facilitate large scale grant applications for Purdue faculty • Encourage graduate students presenting their work on women's health through Student Poster Award |
| Data Sharing Agreements | This is project dependent. |
| Programs/ Publications | Newsletters: https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/WGHI/about/newsletters.php |