June 25, 2020, Raleigh N.C. — American Bone Health is proud to announce it has joined the newly launched Women’s Health Innovation Coalition, a collaboration of advocacy organizations, innovators, investors, clinicians, and industry leaders along with a new web portal, womens.health. The members of the Coalition are committed individually and collectively to drive initiatives to promote greater gender-specific health data transparency, to spur investment in women’s health innovation, and to use innovation to produce health outcomes for all.
With the support of dotHealth, LLC, the new web portal serves as a log of important resources, news, policy, research, and the status of legislative and scientific initiatives to advance women’s health innovation. Content provided by American Bone Health can be found at womens.health/resources under the “Bone Health” heading.
“American Bone Health actively seeks to collaborate and form partnerships to find solutions that will help consumers, so the Women’s Health Innovation Coalition provides an exciting vehicle to fulfill that part of our mission,” said Kathleen Cody, executive director of American Bone Health. “We look forward to building on the great support system this coalition gives us in order to expand our education outreach to women throughout the lifespan.”
Coalition members to date include: 2020 Mom, American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc. (AARDA), American Bone Health, Vermillion, Inc. / ASPiRA Laboratories, Avestria Ventures, Bloomer Tech, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP’s Project W, Elidah, Elix, FEMSelect, Femtech Collective, Femtech Focus, Femtech Insider, Future of Femtech, G2G Consulting, Gals bio Ltd, Gennev, Health Education and Learning, LLC (HEAL, LLC), Healthy Women, HLTH Foundation, Hormone Health Network, Life Whisperer, Madorra, Mahmee, Mymee, Pandia Health, Presagen, Pulse, RiskLD, Spark Solutions for Growth, SteelSky Ventures, The Fibroid Foundation, Univfy, VentriNova, Women of Wearables, and Women’s Health Innovation Summit.
The Coalition members’ efforts highlight The Framework of Women’s Health, which include Autoimmune Diseases, Oncology, Bone Health, Gynecological Health, Reproductive Health, Heart Health, and Cognitive and Brain Health.
This initiative is spearheaded by Springboard Enterprises, a network of influencers, investors, and innovators dedicated to building high growth companies led by women. “Women’s health is multi-faceted and complex,” commented Springboard Enterprises alumna and Coalition partner Rachel Braun Scherl, co-founder and Managing Director of Spark Solution for Growth. “Importantly, women’s health is big business and the businesses in the space are focused on funding companies and innovation that provide better solutions and improved outcomes. As part of this effort, the Women’s Health Innovation Coalition will support that innovation, channel the investment, and support the growth of solutions that have the potential to positively impact women’s health.”
About American Bone Health
American Bone Health is a national, community-based organization that teaches people how to build and keep strong and healthy bones for life with practical and up-to-date information and resources to inspire them to prevent bone loss, osteoporosis and fractures. Learn more at americanbonehealth.org and @ambonehealth.
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