Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation

Wishing you a happy and safe #LaborDay weekend from all of us at Magee-Womens! 💜 As we celebrate the hard work and dedication of all workers today, we want to extend our gratitude to the incredible researchers, health care professionals, and supporters who work tirelessly to advance women’s health every day. Pictured: Our incredible team and their families enjoying some well-deserved fun at MWRI's annual summer cookout!

August was filled with fun events that brought our community together. This month, we: 🐟 Enjoyed two days of fly fishing with Pittsburgh Penguins Alumni at the Cast for the Cure PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Fly Fishing Classic, presented by MW Mechanical. 🧺 Relaxed in Schenley Park during our annual staff picnic. 🍽️ Held a luncheon to share updates on research and connect with attendees. 🎸 Celebrated women making a difference in the music industry at the 2024 Women Who Rock™ Benefit Concert, presented by Gibson, Inc. Gives, and headlined by Melissa Etheridge. Add us to your calendar: https://lnkd.in/e3x6_kUX

🦠 What is our microbiome, how does it impact human health, and how might we modify it and use it to inform the future of disease prevention and health care? During the Magee-Womens Summit, we will provide a roadmap on the potential promises of microbiome research and women’s health. We will discuss how incorporating the microbiome into current concepts of human health and disease offers the potential to revolutionize the future of how we predict, prevent, diagnose, and treat illnesses in women and their progeny. Be part of a riveting conversation about The World Within Us: The Microbiome, featuring: • Eran Elinav, MD, PhD: Professor, Systems Immunology – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel • Eldin Jašarević, PhD: Assistant Professor, OB/GYN-Reproductive Sciences and Computational and Systems Biology – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine • Barbara Methé, PhD: Professor and Co-Director – University of Pittsburgh Center for Medicine and the Microbiome • Jennifer Wargo, MD, MMSc: Professor, Surgical Oncology – MD Anderson Cancer Center Register today at MageeSummit.org.

Within any passion or spark of creativity lies the ability to make a difference. Dominique Murray Photography knows this fact firsthand. Through her artistic event series, Splatter Me Crazy, she has helped raise support for Magee-Womens in honor of her lost loved one. Having witnessed her grandmother’s battle with breast cancer, Dominique is an advocate for finding a cure for the disease, which is how she came to give to Magee-Womens through one of her passions: art. “As a female business owner, it is empowering to donate to an organization dedicated to advancing women’s health,” Dominique says. Learn about ways you can give back at https://lnkd.in/dQYDFP7T #StoriesofMagee

Gestational diabetes is the most common medical disorder in pregnancy, impacting both mothers and their children. A new paper co-authored by Magee-Womens investigator Dr. Maisa Feghali advocates for a personalized, integrated life course approach to treatment — from preconception to postpartum. Early pregnancy lifestyle interventions — especially those before 14 weeks of gestation –– could prevent late gestational diabetes. At all stages in this life course approach, across both high-resource and low-resource settings, a more systematic process for identifying and overcoming barriers to preventative care and treatment is needed to reduce the current global burden of gestational diabetes. 🔗 Read the full paper here: https://bit.ly/3YZ6PqQ

Planned giving makes a tangible impact on both patient care and research. It provides an avenue for you to make a lasting difference and offers financial benefits for you, your heirs, and Magee-Womens. You can choose the method that best fits your philanthropic and financial goals, with options including bequests, retirement accounts, life insurance policies, or other estate planning tools. To learn more about supporting Magee-Womens with a planned gift, contact Janice Devine at [email protected] or 412-641-8973.

Did you know that women at all academic levels (graduate students to faculty) are less likely to be credited with authorship than men? 📉 This editorial piece co-authored by Magee-Womens investigator Dr. Mellissa Mann shines a light on this gender disparity. This #WomensEqualityDay read about the groundbreaking work of women in developmental epigenetics, such as: ·Mary Lyon: Her discovery of X-chromosome inactivation provided fundamental insights into dosage compensation mechanisms in mammals. ·Barbara McClintock: Nobel laureate whose work on transposons ("jumping genes") and epigenetic silencing challenged traditional genetic paradigms and emphasized dynamic gene regulation. ·Susan Clark: Developed bisulfite mutagenesis techniques – the bedrock for precision mapping global DNA methylation. 🔗 Read the full text here: https://bit.ly/3YcqV0k

Thrilled to welcome four new Research Assistants to our Magee-Womens family! 🎉 We are so happy you are here, Maya, Jordan, Zoe, and Elizabeth!

Less than 1 month until the 13th Annual Women’s Cancer Research Center Fly Fishing Classic on September 10 & 11 at the HomeWaters Club. ⏰ There’s still time to register at MageeWomens.org/WCRC. A big thank you to everyone who helped make this event possible, especially our presenting sponsor Williams and our supporting sponsor PJ Dick - Trumbull - Lindy. Thank you for partnering with us to continue the fight against women’s cancers. We look forward to joining you in this competition while raising funds for this worthy cause.

🌳 How does the environment shape human health, and how can we reimagine science and health care while preserving the world around us? At the Magee-Womens Summit, we will discuss how the ever-changing environment shapes our health, modifies our disease risk, and affects our general well-being, as well as new approaches and tools to improve human health in ways that protect our natural resources and do not pollute our environment. Join us for an illuminating conversation about The World Around Us: The Environment, featuring: • Gwen W. Collman, PhD: Director, SCOPE – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) • Judy Omumbo, PhD: Senior Program Manager – Science for Africa Foundation • Papa Alioune Seck: Chief, Research and Data Section – UN Women, New York • Caren G. Solomon, MD, MPH: Deputy Editor – The New England Journal of Medicine Register today at MageeSummit.org.