Society for Women's Health Research. (Ehpnet)

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Women's health activists, researchers, and practitioners formed what is now known as the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) in the late 1980s to advocate for women's inclusion as subjects in clinical drug trials. Today, with the help of its website at http://www.womens-health.org/, the group promotes research on sex-based biology, lobbies for more women's health research funding, and educates women on the importance of medical research.

The site's Our Activities page links to information on society-sponsored conferences, clinical research workshops, and scientific advisory meetings developed in response to the Institute of Medicine's April 2001 report Exploring the …