Women, Gender, and Health

This interdisciplinary concentration is geared toward students who desire careers in research, teaching, and programs relat ed to women, gender, and health. Addressing issues of women, gender, and health requires the study of the health of women and girls--and men and boys--throughout the life course, with gender, gender equality, and biology understood as important and interacting determinants of well-being and disease. As the concentration does not offer a degree, prospective students must apply to a degree program, which can be in any department. Students must fulfill the requirements of the home department, which issues the degree, and the requirements of the concentration, which include core courses in women, gender, and health; gender analysis; and womenís health.

Contact Information

For more information about research and training in women, gender, and health, please contact:

Rachel Shelton
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-432-3690
Fax: 617-432-3755
E-mail: wgh@hsph.harvard.edu
Web: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/wgh/