Every year in May, the Office on Women’s Health celebrates Women’s Health Week. Let’s face it: when we are in our 20’s we think we are invincible! But the foundation…



Every year in May, the Office on Women’s Health celebrates Women’s Health Week. Let’s face it: when we are in our 20’s we think we are invincible! But the foundation…

How do you improve your health? Dr. Dorothy Sears, Associate Professor of Medicine from UCSD came to speak at the Howell Foundation’s luncheon research on 2 key concerns and how…

National Nurse’s week is celebrated May 6th to May 12th. This incredibly noble profession isn’t always recognized as it should. Aside from treating patients that can be very sick or…

Come and meet Emily Judd at the Howell Foundation Lecture “Small Lifestyle Changes for Improving Women’s Health” on May 20th. The Howell Foundation announced that Emily Judd was awarded the…

We’ve all heard that exercise, managing stress and healthy eating are the cornerstone of a healthy life. You can find tons of advice on how to make simple lifestyle changes…

The Howell Foundation Legacy Council held its inaugural meeting this month to discuss the ways in which it will work towards recording the history of the Doris A. Howell Foundation.…

The Doris Howell Foundation held its first Luncheon Series with the lecture “Understanding the genome 10,000 experiments at a time: applying genomic approaches to understand autoimmune disease in women” with…

Brandon Strong – Howell/CSUPERB Scholar 2016 Thank you Brandon Strong for you wonderful testimonial! Brandon was our 2016 CSUPERB Howell Scholar. The scholarship Brandon received goes to help him…
The National Sleep Foundation paints a pretty clear picture on how lack of sleep affects women and their health, how they cope and a few recommendations on how to improve…
Pictured above: Sima Chokr (Biology, California State University, Long Beach), Karl Liboro (Biology, California State University, Los Angeles), Brandon Strong (Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo) & Alan Tran…
Those of us who constantly search the internet have come across a Google Doodle from time to time. Something to lighten up the day as well as informative and fun!…
As this year’s International Women’s Day comes around, we would like to thank all the women and men that make our work at the Doris A. Howell Foundation possible. It…
Women’s heart health should be on women’s minds every day, not just during February. Spreading the word on how heart health differs between men and women creates awareness that hopefully…
The Doris Howell Foundation starts the year with the lecture “Understanding the genome 10,000 experiments at a time: applying genomic approaches to understand autoimmune diseases in women” with…

Deemed the “silent killer”, the crusade that started 10 years ago is now yielding very encouraging results. The American Heart Association has reported that in the past 10 years:…

Oh yeah… and 2016, get ready, here we come! We kick off the year with the lecture “Understanding the genome 10,000 experiments at a time: applying genomic approaches to understand…