Susan Baxter, Ph.D. and Stanley Maloy, PhD. appointed to Foundation’s Executive Leadership Team Along with Chair Person, Carol Tuggey, and CFO, William Wurch, the Howell Foundation is on track to…
Category: Women’s Health Awareness
The Howell Foundation is #breakingthebias in research. Because women’s health starts with research.
In 2022, the theme for International Women’s day is about equality and ending bias for women worldwide. For us, this includes research. Health prevention strategies, illness diagnosis and treatment, and…
Inspiring Careers: Howell Foundation Announces 2022 CSUPERB Awards
Inspiring careers for the next scientific breakthrough as the cornerstone of women’s health. Topics of research include depression, monoclonal antibody treatments, cancer, scoliosis, and artificial sweeteners’ effect on women’s health,…
Howell Foundation Announces the 2021 USD-Cheryl Wilson Awards in Nursing
Partner Violence in the Latino Community and Meditation for Post-Partum Depression as the 2021 fields of research. Howell Foundation’s Research Awards inspire and fund undergraduate and post graduate research as…
Celebrating Women’s Health Week Howell Style
For the Howell Foundation, women’s health is year round. It’s a celebration — and well deserved recognition– of the long path that scientists have taken to ensure that gender differences…
How Sleep in Aging Women Impacts their Health
In March, the Howell Foundation hosted Sonia Ancoli-Isael, Ph,D to present the science behind sleep and its impact on the health of aging women. “The Importance of Sleep in Aging…
Investing today in tomorrow’s health: Howell Foundation presents the 2021 Howell-CSUPERB Scholars
Topics of research include ovarian cancer, breast cancer, gestational diabetes and lung cystic fibrosis. Research experience in the life of an undergraduate scholar critical to engaging and graduating students interested…
Taking your health to heart during Heart Health Month
For the first virtual luncheon of the year, the Howell Foundation hosted three experts in women’s health: Dr. Christina Chambers, Dr. Cynthia Stuenkel, and Dr. Andrea LaCroix. Each presented the…
Howell Foundation Announces Five Appointments to Board of Directors in 2020
New Board appointees to drive efforts to advance women’s health The Doris A. Howell Foundation for Women’s Health Research welcomes five new appointees to the Board: Susan Baxter, PhD, Former…
Celebrating women's health: Happy Doris Howell Day!
At the beginning of the year, the Howell Foundation hosted three experts in the field of women’s health to discuss the major research projects that are affecting the health of…
Meet Edna Esquer and her perspective on the role of nursing in community health.
“I am honored to have received funding from the Doris Howell Foundation for Women’s Health Research for this important project in community health. I feel very grateful and fortunate for…
Am I losing my mind or are women more prone to cognitive decline than men?
Dr. Linda McEvoy, guest speaker for our August webinar “What Science Tells Us about How to Stay Cognitively Healthy as we Age” walked us through the changes the brain goes…
An update on the undergraduate and graduate Howell Scholars, and how they conduct their research in the era of COVID.
The pressing issue with our scholarship program back in March was how COVID would affect the research capabilities of our scholars. Amid the shutdown, the undergraduate and graduate Howell Scholars…
On our 25th anniversary, we celebrate the success of our scholars: Meet Hoejeong Kim
Celebrating 25 years of dedication to women’s health is also about recognizing the recipients of the Howell Foundation undergraduate and graduate scholarship program. Our series “Where are they now?” showcases…
Celebrating the Life of Women’s Health Champion and Emeritus Board Member, Peggy Oechsle.
2019 was another sad year for the Foundation. Peggy Oechsle, women’s health champion and Emeritus Board Member passed peacefully in December. An avid supporter the Howell Foundation, Peggy Oechsle served…
The top research projects that will impact --and inspire-- women’s health well into the new decade.
For the first luncheon of 2020, the Howell Foundation hosted three experts in the field of women’s health research. The presentation “Top Ten Stories in Women’s Health” walked us through…