"Two centuries ago, few women lived long enough to reach menopause. Today, it marks a major inflection point in women's health, yet remains poorly understood. Cornell researchers aim to change that. Drawing on cutting-edge technology and interdisciplinary expertise, researchers are launching Menopause Health Engineering, a new initiative uniting faculty from Cornell's Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine, to uncover how menopause shapes health and disease, and to develop urgently needed treatment strategies."
"Nozomi Nishimura, founder of the initiative and associate professor in the Meinig School, said gaining a better scientific understanding of menopause is important because it not only affects half of the population, but because its different phases and outcomes, when taken together, affect women for the majority of their lives. "All kinds of conditions develop as women undergo this transition to menopause," said Nishimura, "including cardiovascular disease, cancer, osteoporosis, dementia and metabolic diseases.""
Menopause marks a major inflection point in women's health and affects roughly half the population across different life phases. Cornell established Menopause Health Engineering to unite faculty from Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine, leveraging cutting-edge technology and interdisciplinary expertise to uncover how menopause shapes health and disease and to develop new treatment strategies. The inaugural team includes nine faculty across four departments with a core in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering. Menopause transitions contribute to elevated risks of cardiovascular disease, cancer, osteoporosis, dementia, and metabolic conditions. A long-standing bias toward male subjects in research has contributed to knowledge gaps.
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