About the UIC BIRCWH Program

The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program at UIC is a collaborative effort among UIC's National Center of Excellence in Women's Health (CoE), the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and UIC's six health colleges: Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Applied Health Sciences, and the School of Public Health. The overall purpose of this BIRCWH program is to institutionalize a generative scholar training program that will optimize the success of junior faculty in developing a substantive and sustained research program in women's health science.

UIC's BIRCWH program trains leading scholars in women's health research, providing supportive mentorship and opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration across the university's diverse department. This blog serves as a platform to disseminate our own scholar's insight and accomplishments in their various areas of expertise, as well as to initiate electronic conversations about leading women's health concerns.

For list of our current funded scholars, visit our Current UIC BIRCWH Scholars page.

For a list of our past and present mentors, visit our UIC BIRCWH Mentors page.