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A Resource for Those Interested
in Women’s Brain Health.

Our Mission

The Coalition for Women’s Brain Health is a group of organizations and individuals promoting women’s brain health and addressing the disproportionate burden of neurological disease on women through a focus on research, advocacy, and collaboration.

Vision & Objectives

Our vision is to ensure women have access to cognitive health resources and to empower women to actively invest in their cognitive well-being.

We will achieve this by advancing women’s brain health through research & evidence generation; implementation projects (e.g., toolkits, care delivery models); and advanced treatment options.

Three "Pillars" of Interest

Our efforts to address our goals stated above are organized into the following three priority areas:

1 Research on
Sex Differences

Current or future research focused on sex differences related to women’s brain health.

Patient and Caregiver Burden and Support

2

Caregiving responsibilities and the entities that impact caregiving burden and support.

Access to Care and Care Delivery Models

3

Care delivery models addressing women’s brain health and women’s ability to seek brain-related care compared to men.

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Approximately ~8-10% of NIH funding is allocated to research focused specifically on women.

CWBH Origins

Genentech, AARP, and the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement (WAM) established a Steering Committee comprised of healthcare leaders and experts from government agencies, professional organizations, health systems, and research institutions. This Steering Committee was developed in part to advance efforts originally spearheaded by AARP and WAM. In 2019, AARP and WAM convened experts to assess the state of research on women’s brain health. Following the meeting came a detailed roadmap for outlining a 5-point Strategic Plan to address disparities:

Eliminate the stigma of dementia
Empower women to promote their own brain health
Invest in research that is inclusive
Enhance support for family caregivers
Improve training for care providers.

These served as the foundation for the Coalition for Women’s Brain Health (CWBH). On December 5, 2023, the Steering Committee convened to identify gaps, explore potential solutions, and align on actionable next steps related to these focus areas. The Committee used the meeting to brainstorm solutions for each of the issue areas, focusing on opportunities in research, education, communications, and policy.

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Over 60% of Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers in the United States are women.

(Source: Alzheimer’s Association, 2024)

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