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A 2024 McKinsey report found that women spend 25% more time in "poor health" compared to men, due, in part, to diagnostic delays, lack of tailored treatments and historic under-investment in women's health research. "We know that if we increase the health of women, we are increasing the health of our communities because women give birth to all of humanity," said Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD, director of the Women's Health Research Program and Microbiome Initiative and professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Basic Medical Sciences at the College of Medicine – Phoenix. She will discuss her research on host-microbe interactions in the female reproductive tract and their implications for gynecologic health and cancer during ASM Microbe 2025, the American Society for Microbiology's annual conference next month in Los Angeles.
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Founded in 2007, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix inspires and trains exemplary physicians, scientists and leaders to optimize health and health care in Arizona and beyond. By cultivating collaborative research locally and globally, the college accelerates discovery in a number of critical areas — including cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury and cardiovascular disease. Championed as a student-centric campus, the college has graduated more than 900 physicians, all of whom received exceptional training from nine clinical partners and more than 2,700 diverse faculty members. As the anchor to the Phoenix Bioscience Core, the college prides itself on engaging with the community, fostering education, inclusion, access and advocacy.