Addressing violence against women in pre-service health training
IRWG affiliate Vijay Singh contributes to WHO Training Guide Dr. Vijay Singh’s 2017 IRWG Faculty Seed Grant was used to travel to, then deliver and evaluate a medical student training at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) School of Medical Sciences in Ghana in 2018. The training was on healthcare identification and response to ...
Empowering the Love Her Collective: Participatory research with and for transgender women of color
May 2021 In 2019, Professor Kristi Gamarel (Public Health) was awarded a Transgender Health and Empowerment seed grant from IRWG for a participatory research project to enhance and sustain the Love Her Collective, which is a community-academic partnership with the Trans Sistas of Color Project (TSoCP). The Love Her Collective seeks to understand and address ...
Announcing 2021 Faculty Seed Grant Awards
April 2021 The University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) has awarded 12 Seed Grants for faculty projects on women, gender, and sexuality. The grants support individual research activities, as well as collaborative projects, pilot studies, and initial research efforts, with nearly $70,000 awarded. The 2021 seed grants were awarded to ...
Announcing 2020 Faculty Seed Grant Awards
April 2020 The Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) has awarded nine Seed Grants for faculty projects on women, gender, and sexuality. The grants support individual research activities, as well as collaborative projects, pilot studies, and initial research efforts, with over $60,000 in awarded funds. One seed grant addressing transgender health research was awarded ...
Faculty Seed Grant Report: Cheryl Moyer
In 2015, Dr. Cheryl Moyer (Associate Professor in Learning Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology) and Dr. April Bell (then a Fogarty-funded fellow at the University of Michigan) were funded by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender to conduct a pilot study exploring the shift from surgical to self-induced medical abortion in two ...
Evaluating Reproductive Healthcare Services for Adolescents and Women with Physical Disabilities in Ethiopia
Over 15 million persons with disabilities live in Ethiopia, nearly one-fifth of the population. Unfortunately, women and adolescents with disabilities experience significant marginalization and isolation and their reproductive health needs are virtually unmet. In 2016, IRWG awarded Dr. Susan Ernst (Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical School) a Faculty Seed Grant to gather preliminary evidence for developing ...
IRWG seed grant supports first-of-its-kind mHealth app for teen girls
by Laura Bailey As a clinical psychologist working with high-risk populations, Golfo Tzilos Wernette often listened to her young female patients’ concerns about pressure to have unprotected sex—especially if alcohol was involved. This population also has the highest rates of several sexually transmitted infections, which now hover at record levels overall. Tzilos Wernette, an assistant ...
Announcing 2019 Faculty Seed Grant Awards
The Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) is proud to announce 24 funded Seed Grants for faculty projects on women, gender, and sexuality. The grants support individual research activities, as well as collaborative projects, pilot studies, initial research efforts, and creative endeavors. New this year were specific calls for research projects related to transgender health, ...