

Women & the Brain is an initiative started by Project ALS in 2007. Our mission is to educate women about brain health. Women & the Brain funds scientific research through the Women & the Brain Fellowship for Advancement in Brain Science and funds the education of a medical student with a focus in neurology through the Women & the Brain Scholarship.
Women have taken control of understanding their heart, breast and reproductive health, but the brain remains elusive. While women are disproportionately affected by health problems related to brain aging, men are often the primary focus of research. In order to promote a shift in women’s brain health, we must foster greater research and understanding in this field.
Women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
By 2025, 1 in 25 of us will be diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease (ALS, Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, or Parkinson’s)
By the time our current population turns 80, 1 in 2 of us will be diagnosed with one of these fatal, untreatable brain diseases
Over the course of its nine events, Women & the Brain has covered such topics as depression, the aging brain, memory, stress/mood, self-image, food’s effect on brain health, anxiety, and dementia.
Past event participants include prominent doctors, scientists, artists and advocates like:
Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University
School of Medicine
Journalist & Author
Professor of Metabolic Research, Weill Cornell
Actor
Founding Director of the Payne Whitney Women’s Program, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Comedian
Elizabeth Gould, Ph.D.
Journalist & Author
Journalist & Author
Professor of Metabolic Research, Weill Cornell
Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University
School of Medicine
Actor
Journalist & Author
Comedian
Founding Director of the Payne Whitney Women’s Program, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Elizabeth Gould, Ph.D.