BU Faculty:
Please complete this form to express interest in participating in a Women’s Health Pre-ARC in any capacity.
Co-Directors
| Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM | Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at BU & a cardiologist at BMC | |
| Elisha M. Wachman, MD | Professor of Pediatrics at BU & attending neonatologist at BMC | |
| Joyce Y Wong, PhD | Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Materials Science Engineering at BU |
Upcoming Pre-ARC Monthly Meetings
Tuesday, 5/13/25 from 8am-9am (CRC: 610 Comm Ave, CILSE 101 location tentative at this time)
Contact the Pre-ARC leaders
Pre-ARC Overview
The objectives of the BU Women’s Health Pre-ARC are to bring together Women’s Health researchers (faculty and trainees) from across BU to share knowledge on Women’s Health topics, foster community and mentoring relationships, and facilitate collaborative interdisciplinary research projects. The pre-ARC will help to build capacity for Women’s Health researchers across BU.
The Women’s Health pre-ARC has a long-term goal of becoming a Center of Excellence at BU to lead discovery and delivery of comprehensive, coordinated, and compassionate women’s healthcare that:
1) advances research emphasizing health equity at basic science, engineering, clinical, and community levels;
2) improves clinical practice, especially for special populations (e.g., women with substance use disorders); and
3) contributes to public policy changes.
With interdisciplinary participation from across BU’s schools on the Medical and Charles River campuses, our Pre-ARC faculty have expertise in Women’s Health basic, translational, data science, behavioral, clinical, health services, and community-engaged research across the life course.
Our cross-cutting themes include:
* health equity
* addiction science
* reproductive health
* sex and gender influences on health
The pre-ARC will hold hybrid monthly meetings (alternating between BUMC & CRC) with lightning talks on various Women’s Health topics and will facilitate networking and collaborative grants over the next year including an application for an Evan’s Center ARC.
The Kick-off (hybrid) Meeting, held on Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024 (650 Albany St, X714), provided an overview of the goals of the new Women’s Health Research Pre-ARC and ways to get involved, featuring talks by Pre-ARC leaders Dr. Emelia Benjamin (Department of Medicine, BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and BU School of Public Health), Dr. Elisha Wachman (Department of Pediatrics, BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine), and Dr. Joyce Wong (Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering)